​The Unexpected Visitor

She wanders in the woods,
Further, deeper,
Looking for her friend,
Searching, calling,

“Reginald, where are you? Come here, boy.” She softly whistles through the trees. She tries to listen very closely hoping to hear the fox scamper to her, but nothing.

After walking a little longer she comes to an opening where a clear lake shimmers from the sunlight. She scans the lake’s edge and sees Reginald staring at a dark figure in the trees whistling. She tries to call him, but he is transfixed on the figure. Reginald jumps in the water and starts swimming to the dark figure.

“Reginald!” She feels the figure is dangerous so she runs and jumps in the water to try to get him. As soon as she does this, she sees the figure come out of the trees and says, “Hello, Sis.” Something grabs her leg and starts to pull her under. She tries to swim back to the surface, but the force is too strong and continues to pull her further under. She struggles to hold her breath.

As soon as she is about to lose hope, she hears a distant splash and sees a figure swim toward her. The figure is Tom. He grabs and pulls her out of the water.

The figure seeming to have disappeared, Reginald is finally out of his trance and swims back to the lake’s edge where she is lying on the ground out of breath with Tom.

“Sam, are you okay?” Tom asks holding her head up.

After a minute trying to catch her breath, Sam finally says, “She’s back.”