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July 17, 2019 By

Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)

 

This is the Six Sentence Story bloghop.

The host is Denise.

The rules are very simple: make the prompt word appear in one of the six (and only six) sentences allowed for the story.

This week’s prompt word:

ESCAPE

 

“Mom, I’m not a kid anymore, you can close the door and everything,” the five-year-old watched from his bed as his mother smiled, turned off the light and shut the bedroom door with the nearly invisible hint of sadness.

Staring at the gap where the closet door stood half-open, Ian saw two ovals of less-than-dark appear beneath his school shirts and pants on their clothes hangers; most of the hair on his scalp snapped taut and the muscles in his legs began to liquify.

“Hey, sorry, thought you were already asleep, I’ll wait ’til you’ve had a chance to drift off,” a voice like a wolf doing an imitation of a crocodile crossed from the closet to where the boy lay, like a friend leaving the chair to his host and flopping down on the bed.

“Sure, so you can scare me into running and then make the floor all quicksand?”

“I do that for your own good,” the crocodile voice had a definite upwards lilt of hope; under the covers, Ian’s legs felt less rubbery and his curiosity grew enough to say, “I should be glad I can’t escape because?”

The eyes within the dark of the closet acquired an vague familiarity that transformed them from frightening into something kind of sad, “The thing is, soon you’ll outgrow me and I won’t be able to prevent your escape; I’ll miss you and though you won’t believe it for a very long time, you’ll miss me.”

 

 

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Well, what exactly do you want to know? Whether I am a clark or a scott or roger? If you have to ask, then you need to keep reading the Posts for two reasons: a)to get a clear enough understanding to be able to make the determination of which type I am and 2) to realize that by definition I am all three.* *which is true for you as well, all three...but mostly one

Comments

  1. westcoastwoman says:
    July 17, 2019 at 9:44 pm

    I was right in that bedroom……great story. Love the video ….takes me back

  2. GirlieOnTheEdge says:
    July 17, 2019 at 10:17 pm

    Aww. What a wonderful 6 :)
    Yet…closets, too tall dolls with scary, giant eyes. Nope. Don’t miss them, lol
    But I do feel a sadness for those who lose the wonder, lose the magic of imagination.

  3. dyannedillon says:
    July 17, 2019 at 11:02 pm

    Wow, Clark, that was terrific! And this is why you NEVER LEAVE YOUR CLOSET DOOR OPEN AND YOU NEVER SLEEP WITHOUT COVERS ON OR WITH AN APPENDAGE HANGING OFF THE BED!

  4. UP says:
    July 18, 2019 at 12:22 am

    This is why I face the wall when I sleep. Way to freak me out

    • clarkscottroger clarkscottroger says:
      July 18, 2019 at 6:50 am

      YW. (lol… yeah, what the hell… a lifetime later… heck, an adult, a lifetime later totally know what’cha mean)

  5. Josie Two Shoes says:
    July 18, 2019 at 4:24 pm

    What a wonderful tale, Clark! I could see this encounter taking place through your eyes, and I love the way you ended it. Very very good!!

  6. Lisa Tomey says:
    July 18, 2019 at 8:30 pm

    I still prefer to cover my neck when I sleep.

    • clarkscottroger clarkscottroger says:
      July 19, 2019 at 7:09 am

      lol (as the punchline of the old joke goes, “…see how well it works?”)

  7. phyllis0711 says:
    July 18, 2019 at 10:21 pm

    Am I the only one that feels bad for the monster? It made me sad the way that Puff the Magic Dragon always makes me sad. Very well written.