The Kingdom Under the Bed

Calm down said Madeleine as she saw Merreta and Maeve jumping on their new bed. Youll break the bars. In response, Maeve stuck out her tongue as Madeleine turned her back on them. Maddi asked Melody in her singsong voice. “May Mary and I go explore the acres”? Madeleine thought for a moment… “All right, but only with my supervision” she replied.” Behave you two or there will be consequences “. As she closed the door the girls giggled and went back to their jumping. The day was beautiful and perfect for exploring. There were plenty of long and big sticks perfect for building forts and castles. As Mary and Melody started building their fort, Madeleine poked her nose in her latest book “Pipi Longstockings”. She spent what felt like minutes reading and imagining herself as the reckless young girl doing whatever she wanted to do, having whatever pet she wanted and getting to eat caramels and chocolates all day. What Madeleine would of given to not have to take care of her sisters, although she truly loved them but it was rather hard without her mother or father. After muttering a small sigh she checked her pocket watch. The clock read 4:15; she turned to look at Mary and Melody who were playing princesses in their new fort. “Time to come in girls” she yelled, “It’s bed time”. About two seconds later, she heard a loud “crack” and the sound of screaming girls. The sound started to mysteriously fade away as she approached the house. To her surprise she found nothing, no guns, no strangers, but worst of all no girls! She ran through all the rooms screaming “Merreta, Maeve can you hear me…are you there?” She stumbled into the girl's bedroom to find again nothing. ”After I find them, they better clean up this mess of a bed” she muttered to herself. As she drew closer to the bed she gasped. There in front of her was their bed, but it had a hole in it!