Prompted Shorties

Finish this Sentence #8

Prompt: This wasn't the first time I had been trapped inside a _________ , but it was the first time I had to escape in order to save a life. Here's what happened.

Story:

I remember doing this story (odd coincidence, I know) when I was younger, so I rummaged my things until I found it. I'm gonna take a break this week and let 7 year old me do the writing. I didn't want to edit it (other than the grammar errors I could find, except typos) because I thought this was too cute so, yeah. I apologize in advance.

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There's this guy – let's call him Jared. Jared woke up in the atic (attic) looking all confused.

"How did I get up here again?" Said Jared. Jared has this condition where he stands up in the middle of the night, still asleep, and just walks around the house all night long until he finds a comfortable place to rest.

So Jared had to get out of the atic (attic), right? But when he goes to the door it was locked, which was weird.

"Oh no. It is locked!" Jared was feeling scared now.

"What am I going to do?" Said Jared.

After a few moments, Jared remembered Mr. Snuffles. You see, Mr. Snuffles is Jared's cat and Mr. Snuffles only eats this special treats that Jared has locked up at the top cabinet in his kitchen, but since Jared is locked again in the atic (attic), how is Mr. Snuffles going to eat now? Mr. Snuffles will starve to death if Jared doesn't go down to feed Mr. Snuffles.

"Mr. Snuffles!" Jared tried to scream. But Mr. Snuffles was too far downstairs that he couldn't hear Jared.

So Jared had to find another way out. He can't go through the door like last time, because he fixed it and made the door better after he broke it the first time.

So, now what? Jared is thinking. He looked at all the things he had in his atic (attic), hoping that there would be something to help him escape and save Mr. Snuffles from starving.

You know those old record players, with the big horn, a big black CD, a thing you wind it up with, and a needle that you put down so that the music would play? You know those? Jared owned one.

He thought of selling it before but decided not to because it was a gift from his father, which was a gift from his grandfather, and a gift from his grandfather's father and so on, it was an air loom (heirloom) in their family.

There were lots of stuff in Jared's atic (attic), but it seems like there's nothing useful there to help him escape.

He has these big old chests full of old clothes, but all of them are locked and needed a key to open. All that's left is the mannykin (mannequin) near the square window.

So he thought. Maybe Jared could go out the window? But the drop is 30ft high.

Then he remembered that Jared's bedroom balcony is just down below. That was his way out.

Jared broke the window, because this window is like those windows that don't have any openings. It's just for light to shine through. It was little, but it was enough.

So Jared climed (climbed) up the window, went down to his balcony, and ran immediately downstairs into his kitchen, then fed Mr. Snuffles.

"I love you Mr. Snuffles" Jared patted Mr. Snuffles and Mr. Snuffles just perd (purred).