c c I’m Fine d d
The old batteries murmured in the flashlight and made a dim light shaft. I forgot to check my flashlight before I came out. I finished late that day and was to send my damselflies to bed. Nine in the northern woods was as dark as the deep sea. The forest trail looked deep. A night monster was hiding far eating up the light greedily. My eyes cannot find things to focus.
I was not afraid of going out at night. Night is best at covering things, on the face or in the heart. A month’s work, achieved nothing. Fear took over smile on my face. And I was trying hard to hind it during the day. But now it was night. I can finally take a break.
The flashlight blinked several times and was about to go out. The trail seemed endless. The trees beside it were screaming at a high note. The high tips of them were swinging in the wind as if they were whispering something about me. I wondered were they laughing at me.
I thought I suddenly heard something behind me, moving, in the woods. I stopped, turned off my flashlight. Fear came from everywhere, penetrated into every hole of my skin. When you don’t know what you are afraid of, that’s the most horrorable time. I didn’t know whether I wanted to turn around to face it. Then the sound moved closer.
I am a poor man. Whatever you are, don’t come to me please. I said silently.
A second was like three years. An approaching sound, a beating heart, a fearing soul.
I don’t know how long I stood there before I finally turned around. The sound was at my feet. I saw nothing like two green bulbs. I knew there was a bear nearby. It was only a toad.
On the remaining way, the house seemed further. The more I was longing for it, the further it appeared. The darkest darkness comes from nothing, just like I didn’t know why I failed all my experiments and what was sound behind me. I wondered how many times Meg had traveled on such night trail. Did she ever feel fear?
I finally got home.
“You are home. We were worried about you. Are you okay?”
“Yes, I am fine.”
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