Fear Factor at Age of Five
Author's Note: This is
a one-shot in the series of Jonathan Blake as the character. It's all about fear
and I choose it from a five-year-old kid.
Contests rules:
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"Jonathan
Blake! you come back here this minute! I am telling your mother what you did
and you going not to sit for the next few days!" I gave up. no one is
going to hear me inside here. I looked to the sky and I can see nothing from
this stupid hole which Jonathan told me there is a rabbit here. now I am the
rabbit and this is my burrow. but no Jonathan and it's getting late. I wished
Mummy or Daddy are here. they would know what to do.
"Jonathan
Blake, you are going to regret this. I hate you." That felt good. but I am
getting hoarse from all the shouting. then I saw the spider; it appeared out of
nowhere. I looked at Dolly and told her there is a weeny spider in the hole.
"Picked me up
and smashed it." I did as Dolly told me and I grabbed the doll to hit the
spider. Soon I stopped and looked at the spot where I had last seen the spider.
It's dead now as Dolly had taken its head and crushed it to a pulp. I carried
Dolly in my arms and wiped her face and head clean of the dirt. \
"Thanks,
Dolly." She smiled at me and closed her eyes as I lowered her down to
sleep. Soon it would be very dark and besides Dolly, I have no one to talk to.
I would have snuggled up to Dolly but the ground is hard and the height of the
hole is too high for me. Just then a thought came to me and I decided to dig in
a little bit more into the ground. I might find the treasure or maybe a lamp
which contains the genie. Or worse come around, it would be a smaller hole and
I can crawl into it to sleep when it gets dark.
"What do you
think, Dolly?" But she is still asleep so I must be quiet or she would
wake up. I picked at the soft ground and slowly move the loose earth aside.
Soon I found what may be a long bone which I was able to use to dig deeper and
faster. I remembered reading about bones being found near treasure chests. I
wondered I find any and Jonathan Blake is not having shares of it. It would be all
mine plus some more for mommy and daddy.
"That's for
not coming back to help me, you naughty Jonathan Blake." I kept on digging
and finally, I have my little hole to crawl into rest. The sky is getting dark
and then I saw the skull like the one Jimmy has for Halloween. It's all bony
and missing the lower jaw. Jimmy's one still had one on it and it could talk.
Probably that's why it did not cry out when I dug it out earlier. Anyway, I
left it there on the mound of dirt I dig up and carried Dolly with me to the new
hole. I prod Dolly next to me and she opened her eyes to smile at me.
I must have slept for
a while because next when I opened my eyes, I saw it was all dark up there on
the skies. More to it, I felt hungry and I got up from my hole. I was surprised
to see somebody sitting in there; slumped against the other side of the wall.
It's a man and he looked like he is sleeping. Well, I thought he was until I have
seen the blood on his shirt. I have seen those sights before on TV and that
means he is either shot or dead.
"Mister, are
you okay?" But he was not answering, so I got up from my hole and walked
over to his side. I tapped him on the shoulder but he was not moving. Jonathan
used to do that when we are playing Cowboy and Injun. He would pretend to be
dead when I approached him. But sometimes I caught him peeking under my skirt
and I would tell his mummy later.
"Mister, if
you are dead, then I would let you stay here. But you don't come over to my
side. I would scream so loud that even the ghosts would come and take you
away."
I went back to my
side of the hole and sat down holding onto Dolly for comfort. I looked at Dolly
and she was still smiling at me. So we decided to sing some songs and make them
loud so that someone may hear us. Jonathan Blake would be in deeper trouble
soon. So I selected "Jack and Jill' and I went on the rhymes.
'Jack and Jill went
up the hill to fetch a pail of water.
Jack fell and broke
his crown.
And Jill came
tumbling after.
Up got Jack, and
home they did trot
As fast as he
could caper
He went to bed and
bound his head with vinegar and brown paper.'
When I had finished
singing, there were sounds of someone talking.
"Mickey, you
sure that the sound came from here?" The man who spoke was now shinning
into the hole at the dead man. "I shot him six times and he is unlikely to
sing anymore. You sure?"
So that man was
dead from the way the one on top was talking, and if he finds me I would be
dead too. I crouched in deep into the hole I dug earlier and move all my friends
out on top. The torchlight shone towards my side and it must have reflected off
the skull I dug up.
"Jesus, did you
see that? I just saw a dead man looking at me." The two men immediately
ran away as they got back into their car. The sound of the car was heard being
driven away. I crawled out of my hole and held Dolly to my face.
"Looks like
the bad men are all gone. But we are still stuck here." It was then Dolly
told me to check if the man has any food on him. So I walked over to the dead man
and searched his pocket. I found his pack of smokes which I threw aside.
"Smoking is
bad for you. If not them smokes, maybe....
being shot could. You never listen.." I could not find any food but
I found his portable. The portable still had some power on it, and I remember
how daddy made us remember the numbers we can call if we ever get lost. So I
dialed the number he taught me.
"911, how can
I assist you?" I liked that sweet voice. She sounded like Mummy. That was
when I cried.
"I am lost
here. My name is Elizabeth Mann of 321, Main Avenue 5, 47888. Please tell my
mummy I am okay and I need her....." I sobbed even louder on mentioning my
mother. "Tell her Jonathan Blake pushed me into the hole...."
I don't how long I
cried and talked into the phone but it must have been long as the battery went
dead. I sat down there and cried some more holding onto my doll named Dolly.
But soon they came
with these big lights and bigger cars. I was taken out of the hole and sent to
the hospital.
On the way to the
doctor, I had my Mummy with me.
And so was my
Dolly.
The next morning
when I woke up on the hospital bed, Mummy told me I was a brave girl who
survived almost the whole night in a new dugout hole in the cemetery. The dead
man who was in there is a wanted criminal and the police are going to reward me
for finding him.
"Liz, what
did you do when you were down there?"
"I sang Jack
and Jill. That chased the ghost away from catching me. What would happened to
Jonathan Blake now?"
"Well, he is
not going to sit for a while, and he bought you a new Dolly. Here it is."
I told my Mum I prefer my old one as Dolly can talk to me in the dark.
"Mum, can I
push Jonathan in the next time?
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