AuntJeannie

Where am I? What is this place? It looks so empty. All I see are four walls with no windows, and only one door on the other side of the room. I'm sitting on a bed, if you can call it that. It's just a raised wooden slab really. No mattress or sheets. All I am wearing is some sort of cloth dress. No shoes. I wish I knew where I was. I don't even remember my name. All I know is that I'm human. That door. Where does it lead? I think maybe I should find out, but then a feeling of dread washes over me, like I don't want to find out after all. I'm scared. I think I'll sleep now. Maybe when I wake up this nightmare will be over. Maybe. I wake up and

She awakens in the middle of the night. She yawns and stretches. She looks this way and that way. All is quiet. All is still. She walks over to her food and water bowl. Her humans put down her favorite food. Tuna. She eats and drinks. She licks her lips. She wanders about the silent house, looking for something to do. Her humans are fast asleep. The little boy is dreaming in his little room. His door is open a little. The cat sneaks in. She finds her toy under the boy's bed. Right where she left it. She takes it in her mouth. She jumps onto the boys bed at the foot. The house is silent, and all is still, but not for long.....