There was a small village, there was a man named Richard and he have a daughter named Mary. Mary was a pretty and clever girl. In their village a woman called Sophia, she kidnap the kids because she don't have children. The people in the village talk about Mary and that she is pretty and clever, Sophia heard them then she decided to kidnap her. Mary loves to play with the children in the street, but the problem is that Sophia can't kidnap her because all the people will see her. So Sophia monitored Mary to know where is her house. She waited until the father sleeps, then she entered Mary's room from the window and wait for her to enter. Then Mary entered and when she saw Sophia she screamed and saying " Dad!" but her dad didn't hear her, then Sophia take her to her house. Sophia loves Mary so much, but Mary hate her because she took her from her father. Richard was so sad for Mary because he don't know if the woman that kidnapped her kill her or no. In Sophia's house, Mary tried to kill Sophia she brought the knife from the kitchen to kill her but Sophia saw her and after that she hate Mary. Then she told Mary to do many things, such us cooking, washing dishes... And she don't want Mary to take a rest. So Mary tried to escape from Sophia's house and the village because if she will go to her dad, Sophia can kidnap her again. But the problem is there is a guard standing at the door of Sophia's house. But Mary found another door at the back of the house. When Sophia sleeps she went from the door that it is at the back of the house. After she escaped, she went out of the village and she went to a city, this city looks very nice. She meets a girl their named Ashly, she was a kind girl and she take Mary to her home and she gave her nice clothes to wear and she brought to her food. Then they love each other so much and even Ashly's mother loves her too much. Then Mary told her everything about Sophia. And they consider their selves sisters. When Sophia woke up she didn't find Mary. So she asks the other children that she kidnapped them "Do you saw Mary?" and all of them say "no" except one girl is named Julia says "Yes, I saw her going from the door at the back of the house." Then Sophia got angry and she starts to hate Mary more. So she thought that she went to her father. Then she went to the father's house then she starts looking for her without Richard see her then she didn't found her. Then she went to her house then she found a paper on the table written in it "I escaped from you because you took me from my father and mother." Sophia regretted that she took Mary from her parents. Then after this Julia came to Sophia then she says to her "Really, it is not an easy something to take a kid from the parents." Sophia tried to look for her in all the villages near to her to return her to her father, but she didn't find her. She lost hope to found her but she thought that Mary travel to a near village so she go to a near village and she asked everyone but no one saw her. She was so sad. But she remembered that there is a city near to the village she live in. so she went to this city then she asked everyone but they say no. while she is walking she meet Ashly's mother then she ask her about Mary then Ashly's mother says " Maybe she is the one in my house come and see her." Then when they arrived to the house, Mary saw Sophia, so she told to Ashly " This is Sophia the one I told you about, please when she come tell her that I escaped from your house but I will hide in your closet." Then Ashly's mother ask Ashly where is Mary, she answered "she jumped from the window when she saw this woman." Then she pointed at Sophia. Then Sophia was so sad because she made a big fault in her life that she kidnapped her. Mary heard everything and when She saw Sophia crying she thought that Sophia is only crying to show them that she loves her and want her to come with her. she didn't believe Sophia's tears but actually this tears was real. then Sophia thought Mary suicide and she decided to return all the children to their parents but the problem is that Julia's parents died, so Sophia decided to stay with Julia and don't leave her. Then Ashly said to Mary "Sophia tell mom about everything and she told her that she want you to go to your father. Why you don't go?" Then Mary feels that Ashly want her to go out from her house. Then she went out of her house then she lives in the street. The clothes of her was so dirty from the sleeping at the street. And she was so sad because there are group of rich girls meet her and saw her dirty clothes and laugh at her. They told her bad words. After Ashly woke up and didn't see Mary she was so sad and after that moment she remembered that she told to Mary " go to your dad." So Ashly realized that Mary went because she feels that she want her to go from her house. Ashly was so sad because she don't want Mary to go. Then Ashly told her mom everything and her mom was sad also because she loves her so much. They decided to search for her but the problem is that the city is so big they can't find her easily. But they tried to search for her and they go to look for her in every place in the city but they didn't find her. But they didn't lost hope and they tried to look for her again. While they are searching for her, they found a store then they went to ask the man who is working in this store about Mary he told him "Yes, I saw her, she is sleeping beside the store." Then they thank them and go. Then they found her sleeping ten they wake up her ten Ashly's mother told her "Why you go from the house" then Mary answered "Because Ashly told me go to your father and she knows if I will go to my father Sophia can kidnap me again." Then she cried so much. And after that she wake up and all of this was a dream then she said everything happened to her in the dream to her parents and she was so afraid to sleep with herself in her room. And when her parents want her to go play with the children in the street like what she was doing before but she says no and always she is afraid and want to sit with her parents. Her life was so hard. She is also afraid from her shadow and the animated monster on the television. Then her mom told her ''Come to sleep.'' Then she go to sleep beside her mom. Then she dreamed by the same dream then she woke up and then she screams so much and cry. Then her parents don't know what to do with her. Then she sleeps because she cried so much. Then she dreams with a weird dream. She dreams that she was a queen and she have many enemies then there was an evil enemy then he kills her. Then Mary woke up and she cries so much. And her mom was crying to because she don't want her daughter to be like that and to be very afraid. Then Mary told her mother everything she dreams with. Then the mother said to the father "Maybe if we bring to her a doctor she can be will." Then the father agree with the mom and e bring to her a doctor. Then when the doctor sits with Mary and ask her and she answered him, he found that all of the things she saw was imagination. Then he goes and talk with the parents he told them "there is nothing to worry about, she is only dreaming but she must believe that all the thing that she dreamed are not real and will not be real. Then she will be well." Then the parent thank the doctor and go to see Mary. They found her crying so much then when they ask her why you are crying she told them "The dreams are so scary and I am so afraid." Then the mother says to her "They are nothing to be afraid of my cute daughter, those are only dreams, if everyone will be afraid from their dreams they can't live." Then after the mother says this to Mary she didn't mind the dreams but also she was afraid a little from the dreams. Ten she go play with the children in the street. While she was playing with the children she saw Sophia laughing at her so much. Then Mary screams and runs to her mom. Then when she goes to her mom she told her " I saw Sophia, really I saw her." And she was crying so much. Then she sleeps. Then the mom went to see the calendar it was the date before the vacation of Mary's school to finish. Then the second day she went to her school while she was walking in the playground she saw Ashly and Julia. And it was the first time to see them. Then she was so afraid from them then she go to the principle of the school to tell her that she will go to home then when she went to her office she saw her Sophia then she screamed very much and the principal thought that she is crazy because when Mary look at her she screamed then she was so afraid then she runs to her mother and tell her everything then the mother told to the father to bring the doctor then the father bring him then when the doctor sit and to with Mary then he went to talk with the parents then he said to them " The problem is that she is very afraid then her brain let her to imagine everything in the dream but if you want her to be well let her believe that all the things that she saw is imaginations." They thank the doctor then they went to see their daughter, Mary, they found her crying and she was so afraid. So the mother says to Mary "All of the things you saw are imagination so don't be afraid." But Mary didn't believe her mother and she keep on saying that all the things she saw was real not imaginations. But actually if she keep on saying to herself that all of this are imaginations se will make herself more afraid. Then her mother told her "I will bring to you the soup you love." Then after the mother bring to her the soup to calm her and not to be afraid. When Mary look at the soup she imagine the face of Sophia laughing at her. She was so afraid and she screams alot. Then the mother was so sad for her daughter and she don't know what she will do for her and she was always crying. The mother bring for her the doctor again then when the doctor came and talked with Mary he realized that she cannot be well because she cannot believe that all of this are imaginations. He tell Mary "Mary, all of the things you see are not real and maybe the people you saw are not real, too." He went and tell her parents the same thing he told to Mary. The mother don't know what to do with her to sleep without she is afraid. And she is trying to do anything for her to let her not afraid. But Mary can't forget the dreams then Mary believes that it is imaginations and whenever she saw a character from her dream she say it's imaginations. Until she was so afraid because she saw Sophia laughing to her in a loud voice. And then disappeared. Then she was so afraid and she says to herself "I will kill myself because I can't live all my life and I am afraid." Then she went to the kitchen then she hold the knife and killed herself then her mother was calling for her and she didn't answer her then when the mother went to bring for her soup she saw her on the floor and the knife is in her stomach then the mother called the father while she is crying then when the father came he saw Mary then they were so sad and also all the people when they know they were sad too because they love Mary so much. Of course not more than her parents. And the life of them was so hard because she was so expensive for them. And all the people were wearing black. And they made for her a big picture on front of her school. And they wrote on the picture "THE MEMORY OF MARY RICHARD THE CLEVER GIRL." And whenever the mother walk on front of the picture she cries so much because she remembers Mary. And there is no any sound in the house. And the house was dull even if the light is open. In a day, the mother saw Mary in her dream. Mary was crying in the dream and she says to her mother in the dream "I hate you because you didn't make to me anything when I killed myself, you only cried. And the people in the village are the one who made to me the picture." Then the mother woke up then she cries so much she thought that she is the problem that lets Mary kill herself. But actually she was not. Then the mother go and bring everything Mary like then she paste it on the wall. Then she found a family picture and Mary was in it. She hold the picture then cries so much then she say "why you make this to yourself Mary, you don't know that I can't live without you." Then she cries so much. Then the father saw her. He also cried so much. Then in the morning she went to Mary's room and she sits on her bed and she smells her clothes then while she is sitting she imagine Mary saying to her "Don't be sad mother, what I made is correct if I will be alive now I will be afraid." Then she disappeared. Then the mother said "Don't go Mary, please." Then she can't live in this house because every part in this home remind her by Mary. Then she said to Richard "I don't want to sit in this house, every part in it remind me by Mary." Then the father said "I can't this house Mary was born in, I will not go from this house." Then the father went to his work then he enters his office he remembered when Mary came to him in his office to help him in his work. Then he was so sad. After he finished his work and ready to go home he saw a picture of Mary on his desk. When he saw it he was so sad and he cried too. He can't believe that his only daughter died. Then he took the photo and he go to the home then he enter Mary's room then he remembered the time he was playing with her toys and when he saw her books he remembered when he was studying with her. Then e went from the room because he don't want to remember that his daughter died. Then he called the mother and say to her "Why you didn't keep the books and the toys?" Then she answered him "because I have many memories with her I want to remember her in all the time and in the same time I don't want to remember her. And also she loves to put her books and toys in this place so I want it to be in the same place." In the night, while they took the dinner, the mom was so sad because she saw the chair that Mary sit in it is empty. Then she didn't complete her dinner then she went to her room to sleep. She dreams with Mary saying to her "sorry mom that I made your life hard, but I suicide because I wasn't happy in my life , I was afraid. My life was not easy." Then her mom answered her "but you know that I can't live without you." she woke up and she said to herself "Why am living until now? My life was taken, now my body is not important to live." Then she decided to suicide, too. She waits until Richard went to work. Then After, she enters the kitchen and she kills herself. When Richard came to the home, he calls his wife but she didn't answered. He look for her, he saw her dead in the same place Mary was dead in. He was so sad because he loves them. After, he decided to suicide because no one to live with.
THE END
BY: MANAR ABDELKAREEM
