An Ordinary Day
This story starts as many do, with something ordinary. No “Once upon a time” or “Happily every
after”. Just a plain, old, boring,
nothing special, same as always, ordinary day…that turned into an extraordinary
adventure!
Kelsey began her day as she always did on the weekend. She woke up around 9am with her tummy telling
her it was time to feed it.
She flops her legs out the side of her bed, feeling with her toes for her fuzzy slippers. Then willing her body up off of the bed she let out a loud yawn, stood up, and walked downstairs to get some breakfast.
She flops her legs out the side of her bed, feeling with her toes for her fuzzy slippers. Then willing her body up off of the bed she let out a loud yawn, stood up, and walked downstairs to get some breakfast.
Kelsey sat at the table, eating her favorite cereal and
wondering what she might do today.
Should she read one of her favorite books? Maybe she will play with her dolls. She could do some chores…ha. No, Meredith, Chavonne, Callie, and Kyla will be coming over today. They always get together on Saturday.
Should she read one of her favorite books? Maybe she will play with her dolls. She could do some chores…ha. No, Meredith, Chavonne, Callie, and Kyla will be coming over today. They always get together on Saturday.
Kelsey finishes her breakfast, brushes her teeth, combs her
hair, gets dressed, and then plops down in her beanbag chair with her iPod waiting
for the girls to show up.
Soon there is knock on the door. It’s Chavonne and Callie. A few minutes later Meredith is at the door. Finally Kyla shows up…late as usual.
Soon there is knock on the door. It’s Chavonne and Callie. A few minutes later Meredith is at the door. Finally Kyla shows up…late as usual.
“Come on,” Kelsey calls to them all. “Let’s go outside.”
“Let’s play hide and seek,” suggests Callie.
“Don’t we always play hide and seek?” asks Meredith.
“Yeah,” replies Kyla, “But we love hide and seek.”
“Kyla, you’re right,” Meredith says “Come on. I’ll count first.” She runs outside with the others following her. “Alright, don’t go past the edge of the park,” Meredith hollers as everyone starts to run to their hiding spots.
Kelsey starts towards the park. She always finds a great hiding spot in the
park. As she gets there she
sees Kyla
has already hidden herself there.
“7…8…” Kelsey can hear Meredith getting closer to 10, she
better hurry and find a hiding spot. She
runs towards the woods. If nothing else
she will hide behind a tree.
“9…10…Ready or not here I come” yells Meredith.
Kelsey looks around frantically for a hiding spot. Where
can I hide….where can I hide? She
thinks to herself. She hears Meredith holler as she finds Kyla.
Kelsey sees a dense vine covered area.
Kelsey sees a dense vine covered area.
It looks kind of
spooky, she thinks. As she
contemplates whether or not to go into the vines, she hears Meredith getting
closer. She ducks into the vines, hoping
there are no spiders.
Kelsey backs deeper into her hiding spot as she sees Meredith approaching her.
As Kelsey steps backwards one last time a root catches her foot and she stumbles backwards. “Whaoooo!” She yells as she falls backwards and crashes into something hard behind her.
Kelsey backs deeper into her hiding spot as she sees Meredith approaching her.
As Kelsey steps backwards one last time a root catches her foot and she stumbles backwards. “Whaoooo!” She yells as she falls backwards and crashes into something hard behind her.
“Kelsey?” asks Meredith.
“Where are you?”
Kelsey stays quiet.
She feels behind her. Her hands
run across something that feels like a handle and a keyhole.
She starts to turn around to see what she fell into when Meredith pulls the vines back from Kelsey’s hiding spot.
She starts to turn around to see what she fell into when Meredith pulls the vines back from Kelsey’s hiding spot.
“I found you!” Meredith cheers.
Kyla peaks around Meredith’s shoulder. “Are you alright?”
Kyla asks.
“Yeah. I just tripped
over a root and bumped my head against this…” Kelsey trailed off as she looks
at what she has fallen against.
At first glance it looks like the tree has a door handle
and key hole sticking out of it. As
Kelsey looks closer she can see the outline of a door. The entire door is made of bark, the same as
the tree’s bark, with jagged edges at the top and bottom, rather than smooth
edges like a normal door.
“What is that?” asks Kyla.
“Is…is that a door?”
“I think so,” says Kelsey.
“Pull the vines back so I can see it better.”
Kyla pulls the vines back revealing the old bark door. Kelsey feels the handle; a circular ring clamped
in the mouth of a lion. Her fingers run
across the keyhole. Slowly she wraps her
fingers around the handle and pulls.
“Don’t do that!” Meredith exclaims.
“Why. It’s not like
it’s going to go anywhere exciting.” Kelsey says. “Besides it’s locked. See.” She
yanks on the handle again to show Meredith.
“Whatever…come on out of there,” encourages Meredith. “That is definitely spider domain.”
Kelsey crawls out from behind the vines, looking back at the
strange door, wondering where it might lead.
It’s probably not even a real
door. I don’t see any hinges, she
thinks as Meredith runs off to find one of the other girls. But
what if it is a real door. What if…
“Come on Kelsey,” Kyla breaks in. “Let’s go back to the house and wait for the
game to be done.”
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