3rd Person

If only Jane and Ethan had continue driving that fateful night, they might have discovered that the theater troupe and their pups were only a mile ahead, pulled over on the side of the road to investigate the strange sounds coming from the pair of costume trunks in the main caravan.

The troupe leaders had first noticed the sounds of whimpering just as the sunset, and upon closer investigation, heard a tiny voice whisper, “I can’ hold it!

I’m gonna burst!”

“I think we might have picked up some stowaways.

” The director murmured to his costume mistress.

“Oh dear!” She exclaimed, “Surely not” Even as she spoke, she fumbled for the key to the trunk in question. She slid it into the lock and quickly unlatched the trunk. The lid swung open, and revealed a pair of little boys, both unbearably cute but covered in dirt and grime. They had huge, fear-filled eyes, and were trembling as they stared up at the unfamiliar grown ups.

“Oh my word!” The costume mistress cried. “You poor darlings! How did you get in there?”

The boys exchanged worried glances, then one of them waved his small hands in front of him and chirped. “We aren’ here -this trunk is empty… is just an lusion.”

The adults had to smother the desire to laugh at the cheeky claim.”An illusion huh?” The director repeated. “I don’t know, you seem awfully solid to me.”

When the pair continued staring at the boys, clearly not convinced, the second boy whimpered. “

Please don’ hurt us.” This pup was squirming with the antsy energy of a child desperate for a potty, but before the costume mistress could extract him, he leapt out of the trunk and to her shock-ran to the other one.

Open it! Our sisters!”

“Oh my Goddess!” The overwhelmed woman immediately raced to open the second trunk. When the lid popped up it revealed a pair of identical little girls, easily as similar as the boys except that one was a bit smaller than the other. The costume mistress pressed her hands to her cheeks. “Well l never!”

The larger girl eyed the she-wolf warily as she climbed out of the trunk. “We won’ be any troubles.

Just lets us go an’ you’ll never see us agains.”

a minute little one. We need to talk about this. I

little boy had apparently reached a breaking point. He was dancing around on the spot, holding his hands between his

right this way.” The director instructed, leading him

smaller girl squeaked

one is going to hurt him, and he’ll be right back:” The costume mistress promised.

Orphaned?”

shook his head, his voice thick with emotion. After so many weeks of surviving all on their own, not trusting anyone and hiding from everyone they

only wanted to hide for a minute” He explained, bursting

thing!” The costume mistress crooned, hugging him close. “‘m so sorry, we’ll turn around

first girl sniffled, also on the verge of tears and not believing

age, and placing them somewhere around four or five. “1 suppose you don’t know their phone

maybe can look

tell you that” The second girl announced, rubbing

The costume mistress

is not safe.” The boy

costume mistress was baffled, “What isn’t safe,

their names.”

the time they got back to Alta Montarña it probably wouldn’t be hard to locate their parents. They could go to the police or simply look for a panicked couple shouting their names. On the other hand, she ached for what these poor angels must have been through. Their first reactions to being found hadn’t been relief but pleading not to be hurt and worries about safety. “How long have you bee lost?” She asked.

second little girl frowned. “Ages an

haven’t seen Mommy and Daddy

The boy asserted.

The costume mistress guessed, her

her free arm to

cried and cried into her blouse, soon joined by their second brother once he returned

the director with wide

the bright red caravan had made a u-turn and was speeding back in the direction from

captivity. He wasn’t sure how much time had passed, only that the king was determined on making it as unpleasant as possible. When he wasn’t being interrogated he was shivering in

hatred slicing into him with every word. He’d never regretted being exiled

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