|
 ete's cousins were coming
for the weekend. He would be two this Saturday. Now mummy was
thinking, "Pete's a big boy now. It would be nice if he
and his cousins could sleep in the same room. The spare room
is big enough for the six of them. It just needs a few beds and
some toys." Mummy and Daddy went to the spare room when
Pete was sound asleep. They got three beds and a comfortable
couch from the attic. They dusted and cleaned the furniture.
Mummy also found some curtains and a full-length mirror. "I
don't think Pete has ever seen a mirror before", said mummy,
"and it's about time he had his own room. He will be two
years old in a week." You see Pete has been sleeping with
his parents ever since he was born. He had never seen a mirror
because the mirror was kept in the dressing room and Pete didn't
care to go to the dressing room to get dressed. Then mom got
a box of toy soldiers from the trunk for Dick, a doll house for
Debbie, a teddy bear for Joe and Pete, a baby doll for Marcia,
and a big book for Christie. All these toys had belonged to either
mummy or daddy.
The next day mummy explained
to Pete that he will be sleeping in this room when his cousins
will be here. Pete was only too happy about it. But wait, he
had to first explore the room. "Ah! there's a comfy couch
and there is a big bed. Wait a minute! What is the doorway without
a door?" Actually the 'doorway' was the full length mirror.
"It looks as if leads to another room", thought Pete.
He tried to go through the 'doorway' but he couldn't pass through
it. Pete noticed something else. A boy! "Why!", exclaimed
Pete, he looks just like me in the photographs. He looked at
the boy and he pushed his knuckles at the glass. The boy in the
mirror did the same. "Well", said Pete, "his knuckles
can't be that hard which means an invisible door is between us.
The doorway must lead to a magical room".
That night he slept with his
parents in their room because the spare room wasn't ready yet.
He suddenly woke up. Then he started to think about the boy and
the 'doorway'. He slowly sneaked out of the room and went to
the spare room. The boy from the magical room had also come.
But this time he was inside the spare room. "Hello",
he said, "I managed to get out of the magical room. I kept
feeling the invisible door until I touched an invisible knob.
I turned it and the invisible door opened. But as I was coming
out, the doorknob fell and as it is invisible I won't be able
to find it and we won't be able to lock the door now. The evil
wizard, who imprisoned me in the magical room, will not only
get me but you also. He hates boys because a few boys teased
his ugly daughter."
Pete was cold with fear. Pete
caught the boy's hand and both of them ran to the attic to hide.
But the attic had another doorway and the wizard came out of
it. The wizard had a long beard. His eyes were a mixture of bright
green and gold. He had two sharp yellow teeth sticking out of
his evil grinning mouth. He wore a long black and purple robe
and a black pointed hat. He caught sight of the two boys and
he said in a voice that howled like the wind, "Aha, there
you are, and you got another boy. You both shall pay for teasing
my daughter." Pete cried out to the man, "We didn't
tease your daughter. It was some other boys." But the wizard
only laughed wickedly and rushed after the boys. Pete grabbed
his friend and ran to the dressing room and caught sight of another
doorway. And both of them sped out of the room. They found themselves
back at the spare room. The wizard was already there grinning
at them. It was such a surprise that Pete screamed, "Maaaammyee".
The next moment he was sitting
in the spare room's couch, his face covered with cold sweat.
Mummy and daddy were looking at him anxiously. He accepted the
cold water mummy gave him. He went to sleep. The next day, he
showed the 'doorway' to mummy and he also showed her the boy
in the mirror. Mummy laughed when he called the boy to play with
him and told him all about mirrors and explained that the wizard
was just a dream. Soon his cousins came and so did uncles and
aunts. His birthday was a grand success. After the weekend, everyone
left. That night, Pete picked up the piece of cake he had been
saving and went to his new room. He kept the piece of cake In
front of the boy in the mirror. He smiled at him and went to
sleep. While he slept, a mouse came and ate the piece of cake.
|
