Always October
“As soon as I touched the blue wall, my skin tingled all over. I felt myself being pulled forward, as if caught by a giant vacuum cleaner. When the pull, and the tingle, ended, I found myself in complete darkness.
The shouts and screams of the battling monsters had disappeared. All I could hear now was LD sobbing, and Jacob whispering, “Shhh, little buddy, shhhh, shhhh. Everything is all right.”
I wondered vaguely if it was a sin to lie to a baby.
“The poor beebums,” Mrs. McSweeney said. “He’s g...ot every right to be frightened.”
“Grampa?” I whispered. “Are you here?”
“Yeah, I’m here. Not sure I should be. I’ve got a pickax that wants to bury itself in some monster’s belly.”
“Do you think we should go back and help?” I asked.
“No,” said Jacob firmly. “The Poets wanted us to get LD away from that fight.”
“Jacob is right,” said Mrs. McSweeney. “Besides, I’m not certain we could go back even if we wanted to.”
“Then what do we do now?”MoreLess
The shouts and screams of the battling monsters had disappeared. All I could hear now was LD sobbing, and Jacob whispering, “Shhh, little buddy, shhhh, shhhh. Everything is all right.”
I wondered vaguely if it was a sin to lie to a baby.
“The poor beebums,” Mrs. McSweeney said. “He’s g...ot every right to be frightened.”
“Grampa?” I whispered. “Are you here?”
“Yeah, I’m here. Not sure I should be. I’ve got a pickax that wants to bury itself in some monster’s belly.”
“Do you think we should go back and help?” I asked.
“No,” said Jacob firmly. “The Poets wanted us to get LD away from that fight.”
“Jacob is right,” said Mrs. McSweeney. “Besides, I’m not certain we could go back even if we wanted to.”
“Then what do we do now?”MoreLess
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