My Mind - Short Stories From My Imagination

Part 22 ~ Imagine ~ Mute

Have you ever met someone who, never said a word to you? I haven't, but my classmates have. Me. I'm in 4th grade and has never said a word. I hear, see, smell, feel, taste, write and read perfectly. But, I don't talk. My parents always tell the other kids that I'm just shy. That I'm not good with other people. It is true, I'm very awkward and make people feel uncomfortable around me. Probably because I don't talk.

When the other kids ask the teachers why I don't speak they say it's because I'm mute. I'm unable to talk. I can but refuse to. The teachers and my parents are worried about my future. They worry that I won't pass my exams next year, and that I won't get an education or a job if I don't speak. I'm too young to care about that stuff right now.

My parents also worry that I might have some form of social anxiety and maybe that's why I don't talk. I don't think so. I feel awkward around others, but I'm not scared to be with others. I won't talk to the other kids, but I like playing with them. They don't want to play with me though. They think I'm weird because I don't talk. I don't think they like me.

I get good grades, have a decent home and never gets into trouble. I think the others might be jealous of me, and maybe that's why they won't play with me. I don't have many friends. In fact I only have a few. My dog at home and all the dogs I meet in the streets. I love animals and animals seem to like me as well. I've never encountered an angry animal that would attack me.

My dogs name is Sam. Sam's a good dog. Sam helps me whenever I feel down. I love playing in the garden with Sam. It's so much fun just to roll around in the grass with Sam barking at me, trying to knock me over. Sam is also very protective of me. Whenever I feel in danger Sam always jumps in front of me and protects me.

Do you want to know a secret? I actually speak a lot, every day. No one knows this, not even my parents. But I can speak with animals. That's why all the animals that I meet are nice to me. I speak with them and understand them. Whenever an animal is feeling angry or sad I just talk with it and help it. That's why it doesn't bother me that the other kids think I'm weird. I know the animals will always treat me right.

I've had this power as long as I can remember. I think I was born with it but I'm not sure. It's a weird power. Even though I "speak" with the animals, I actually never open my mouth. Not once have I opened it to speak. I speak with them in some other way. I don't know how yet but I hope to find out in the future. When I grow up I'm going to be a psychology scientist. I'm going to research the human brain, specifically mine, and figure out how I'm able to talk with animals without speaking. I'm also going to find out if there's other mute kids with the same power as me.

I'm going to find my future.