Coraline by Neil Gaiman

Bottom Eyes

Related to Coraline (the Movie)

My life was boring

Until I found the other world.

With another mother. With another father.

Everything was better than my normal world.

This was like no other.

Except for the cat . . .

Of course

Which I called 'Wuss Puss' in my world.

One day, my real parents were off.

I went to the other world.

Not knowing what task I had.

So. . .

I waited and waited and waited

For them to come

They - my other parents

Gave me a choice.

An important choice.

This . . .

Given to three children before me.

Bottom Eyes.

For me.

I choose differently. I choose to challenge her. I choose to be

Let say - defiant to my other mother . . .

The Beldam

I played a game like finding a needle in the haystack.

With a hint

But . . .

With three ghost children's eyes,

With my parent's lives at stake.

In the place of the needle

With some luck, With some held

I found the eyes of the three ghost children

Now . . .

It's the Beldam's turn to death

With everyone is freed, safe and released.

This time, there was a different task

More difficult, More challenging, More dangerous,

This time

More involved with the key

I went to the well.

Struggled to keep the spirits of Beldam at bay.

Wybie came in quietly like a fox.

Tried to help

Yet, the hand of the Beldam attacked at will

Until we,

Wybie and I, Coraline Jones,

Tossed it into the well and the key followed after it

Life at the Pink Palace . . .

Went back to normal.