by
Danae
t was November in the town of St.Lambert. Winter was coming. I could feel the cold touch of the air, and the crisp frosty weather. My mother and I just moved in. I stepped inside my new house. I stopped for a moment. I looked above my head. There was a handle. I pulled the handle and out popped a staircase.I thought about climbing the staircase, but I knew that my mom would get angry. I was curious, so I climbed the stairs(no one was looking). The stair boards creeked under my feet as I climbed higher, and higher. Finally, I came into the dark room. It was actually an attic. I looked inside the attic. There, lying on the floor I found a mini-size carousel. It looked very old. Suddenly, I could hear someone entering inside the house. It was my mother. I quickly hid the small carousel under my shirt and ran to my room. When I was in my room I locked the door and sat on my bed. I sat on my bed looking for anything that the carousel could do. The small carousel looked rusty and old. The colours on the carousel were pale and dull, and fading away. Finally, I saw a wind up button at the bottom of the carousel. Right when I was about to wnd it up my mother yelled out, " Ok now, time to go to bed". I shoved the small carousel in my drawer and I put on my pyjamas to get ready to sleep. That night, I dreamed that spiders and rats were crawling over me. I woke up quickly. I was breathing so hard. I was also very scared. I went downstairs to drink a glass of water, and then I went back upstairs to my room. I couldn't get back to sleep so I decided to play with the carousel. I looked at the bottom of the carousel. I started to wind it up. Suddenly, I could hear moaning voices around me saying Sandra, Sandra come closer, about 5 times. The clock kept ticking faster and faster. The floor boards trembled and cracked. The lights flicked on and off, and then I got dizzy dizzier and even more dizzier. Boom!!! I hit the floor. I had no idea where I was. I got up slowly. I looked around. There was all sorts of shapes and sizes of mirrors. There were spinning dandelions with happy faces on them, but then their faces were not happy anymore. They were angry with big sharp teeth. They started laughing in a mean way, and started staring at me with their evil red eyes. I ran away from the dandelions. I couldn't see anything now because a whole bunch of balloons were flying infront of my face. Finally, I got through the balloons. Just then, I could hear music. It was the kind of music that you hear at a circus. The sound of the music got closer, and closer, and even more closer. Suddenly, a bunch of clowns with big shoes, black eyes, and evil smiles started chasing me. I was so scared that I ran and ran, and then suddenly I tripped. I was falling and falling and then, Boom!!! I had hit the floor. I was now in the laundry room. I got up. I headed to the doorway to exit the laundry room. Suddenly, the door slammed shut. I was now stuck in the laundry room. " That's it I give up now, it's just hopeless" I said to myself. Just then, I remembered that I had the carousel. I took it in my hands. I raised it above my head and smashed it to pieces. There was a big cloud of smoke, but then it disappeared. The door opened. I ran to my mother and said, " I missed you so much". and gave her a big hug.
Story by: Danae, age 12, Canada
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