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Post by thecatsmother on Aug 4, 2012 6:43:20 GMT -5
"Go away" says Rosie, looking at the doorway behind me. No-one else is here, so I don't take much notice.
Angry bursts of rain lash the windows but we're warm and snug inside on the red rug surrounded by half built Lego houses and buses.
Rosie stands up and stares past my shoulder.
"Go away" she says. I look round but no-one is staring at my back. There is only the empty hall.
"Go away!" She's indignant now; she's not being listened to, and she's glaring at no-one. My chest tightens, my scalp tingles as I look at no-one.
"GO AWAY!" She's stamping her foot but the red rug swallows her rage.
I take a deep breath.
"Shall we go over there and ask them to leave because we're busy?" I suggest. She nods and holding hands we move to the door and politely ask no-one to leave. I close the door and we sit down again, cross-legged on the red rug.
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Post by readilygrey on Aug 5, 2012 12:46:41 GMT -5
My favorite line in this is when the rug swallows the girl's rage!
This is an interesting snippet. Is "no-one" supposed to be an actual character?
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Post by scribbliz on Aug 5, 2012 13:22:48 GMT -5
I've had this exact experience with Pixie! The first time they do this, it's kinda creepy. After the third time, you think nothing of it!  |
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Post by thecatsmother on Aug 7, 2012 16:52:00 GMT -5
ReadilyGrey, I don't know what no-one was - just something or someone Rosie was clearly convinced was actually there!
Hehe Scribbliz, I was looking after my niece and I'd no idea that sort of thing happened so often ;D no idea if I handled it well, it just seemed the right thing to do. She's 18 now and very amused by the story of her spooky behaviour long ago.
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Post by scribbliz on Aug 7, 2012 17:26:01 GMT -5
catsmother, ya know, it seems to me to be the best way to handle it. at a young age, sometimes children cannot differenciate reality and fantasy...and i honestly think that sometiems something we can't see is there, but if asking it to leave and closing the door works, real or not doesn't matter. she felt safe after, and that is what matters
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Post by PaperGrace on Aug 8, 2012 9:57:41 GMT -5
The Doctor does this to me sometimes. I've seen it with other kids too. It can really be eerie. They certainly don't seem to be pretending, at least, if they are they are really good at staying in character! Add that to the lists of strange coincidences that my son seems to be involved in and I can't say I'm 100% sure there isn't something to it.
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Post by scribbliz on Aug 8, 2012 10:20:16 GMT -5
Truth be told, the other night, Pixie woke up scared (she is just over 3.5 years old); I went in to cuddle her, and she would be calm, so long as her face was pressed against me; I shifted her and she could see the corner of her room, and she got scared again, almost screaming; so I cuddled her close again, and it happened again, about four times, until she finally let me hold her long enough for her to fall asleep; keep in mind, the corner she was looking at, was by the ceiling, not the floor. There was nothing visiable there, but she was NOT pretending to be scared of whatever it was she could see....
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Post by readilygrey on Aug 10, 2012 22:06:24 GMT -5
When Powers was two he used to lie on his back and chant "they come and they take you." It was so creepy! Like he was talking about alien abductions. He says all sorts of weird stuff though so it usually doesn't get to me.
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Post by Freedom on Aug 10, 2012 22:13:53 GMT -5
ESP is real and kids are very good at it. That's what I believe.
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