The If Game (2011)
“There was a little, a very little light coming in from somewhere above his head. There was just enough light for him to be able to see that he was not alone.
Someone else was there, standing still and observing him. His heart gave a loud thump. He couldn’t see what the moving thing was. He wondered, horribly, if it could be a wild animal which had been shut up here for ages. But it didn’t move like a hungry animal. It now came quite close to him and he saw, with immense relief, that it was a bo...y. Quite a small boy, a lot smaller and younger than he himself was.
The boy said, ‘I got here first.’ ‘All right,’ Stephen said, not quite knowing what the boy meant.
‘Did any of the others see you come in here?’ the boy asked.
‘What others?’ Stephen asked.
‘The others who’re hiding like us.’ ‘I’m not hiding,’ Stephen said.
‘If you’re not hiding, why did you come in here?’ Stephen did not understand this. He did not want to try to explain why he had come into the tower, so he said, ‘How did you get in?MoreLess
Someone else was there, standing still and observing him. His heart gave a loud thump. He couldn’t see what the moving thing was. He wondered, horribly, if it could be a wild animal which had been shut up here for ages. But it didn’t move like a hungry animal. It now came quite close to him and he saw, with immense relief, that it was a bo...y. Quite a small boy, a lot smaller and younger than he himself was.
The boy said, ‘I got here first.’ ‘All right,’ Stephen said, not quite knowing what the boy meant.
‘Did any of the others see you come in here?’ the boy asked.
‘What others?’ Stephen asked.
‘The others who’re hiding like us.’ ‘I’m not hiding,’ Stephen said.
‘If you’re not hiding, why did you come in here?’ Stephen did not understand this. He did not want to try to explain why he had come into the tower, so he said, ‘How did you get in?MoreLess
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