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AURORA DIANGELO
Brown,dried,autumn leaves crunched to crisps as I walked over them in boots. I looked left and right,my hair wiping my face painfully and my eyes darting about to catch the unfamiliar presence creeping up on me. I quickened my steps trying to feel brave, which I wasn't and to outrun the predator lurking in the woods.
Why,oh why do Papa have us to move to a suburban city?
Look at me, a scared cat forced to walk because the car broke down. I couldn't just stand idle all afternoon and watch the driver aimlessly wave down cars that ignored him. I had to go home because first, I was hungry, and second... I was still hungry. A presence interrupted my thoughts. Another set of boots was walking on the same path with me trying not to make much noise as it stepped on the dried leaves I crunched with my boots. Who could it be? The driver? I heard another set of boots,joining us on the walk on the same path. My heart rate increased to a concerning speed as I picked a race. I whoosed down the woods and autumn trees trying to get away from the predators currently running after me. My short legs didn't help me but the adrenalin did. It boosted me as i ran without care for the twigs and thorns snapping and pricking me as I ran deep into the forest.
Dios mio! Who could they be and why are they running after me? Oh,Santa Maria Madre Della Grazia help me! Please!
I thought as I kept on running. I ran stumbling at some point till I stopped to catch my breath, greedily taking in the smell of forest not having any care in the way of what oxides have been released by the plants in the air. When I raised my bowed head, five sets of fingers crept to my mouth as two other hands grabbed the lower part of my body and pulled it back into the woods as my muffled scream rang about around the woods. I kicked and punched,wiggled vehemently and shook for freedom but wrapped tighter to the point of becoming too sensual.
