As Anna lifted Alfie
from the dirty floor tears poured down her little cheeks and she said, “I
thought you were my friend Millie. I thought you would help me.”
“Oh lass, please
don’t be mad at your old pal. I’m not able and my old bones aren’t what they
used to be.”
Huffing, Anna
walked out the door. The gripping pain in Millie’s chest had been quite bad the
last few days and the shock of what had happened to her best friend hadn’t
helped. Slouching back in her chair as a tear rolled down her weathered skin,
she closed her eyes taking her last breath and she was gone.
When Bill
arrived home later that day, he told Anna they were going for a walk and to
dress little Alfie and put her coat on. They seemed to walk for quite some time
before they stopped outside some very large gates. Bill told Anna to wait
around the corner for him, Anna did as she was instructed and stood behind the
wall. She watched as Bill pulled a cardboard box from a rubbish bin on the
street and, picking little Alfie up, he placed him in the box, told him to be a
good boy, rang the bell of the large gates and walked away.
Bill stood a
good distance away, enough to see if someone came to the gates. Anna watched
open-mouthed as the gates opened and a lady wearing a white coat came and
lifted Alfie into her arms whilst taking a moment to look up and down the
street very puzzled to find an abandoned little boy. The gates closed and all
that lay on the path was an empty cardboard box. Alfie was gone!
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