Dark and Light
Silently, I strolled down the lifeless alley. I could hear the gravel under my feet as I stepped quietly along the snake-like path. A dark, hideous building stood before me that looked like a scene from a horror story. I stared at it and spotted; cracked windows; corroded drainpipes; poorly sculptured statues and a rusty old fence that surrounded the building like a cage. At the heart of the house was an auburn door that had cobwebs disguising it like a facade.
As I got closer I could smell the aroma of tulips, roses and all sorts of flowers. I approached the backyard and witnessed a whole acre of flowers. It looked like a rainbow had fallen to the ground. Towards my left I could see that the back door was open. Silently, I crept in the direction of the door and peeked inside. The kitchen was a mess; there were dishes towering up in the sink; windows that hadn’t been cleaned since the Stone Age and the tiled floor looked like a blanket of dust. The amount of cobwebs in each corner was innumerable. After sightseeing, I decided to explore this building. First, I ambled down the dazzling ruby corridor and into the next room. I sneaked in and gazed at the walls. Each square was filled with animals’ heads, and if they weren’t on the walls they were on a shelf, stuffed and concealed in a box. It was like a zoo that had been silenced. I started to walk backwards, but tripped over a leg of some sort. Shocked, I got up and saw that there was nothing there. I scanned the room and spotted nothing, as a matter of fact, it had gone quieter. It was so quiet you could here a spider crawl across the floor. There were so many animals on the wall that you could not identify the shade of paint on it. Suddenly, I heard a loud cough coming from the other room. Stunned, I tiptoed across the hallway and in to the next room. The coughing got louder as I came closer towards the chair. I quickly leaped in front of it but slowly opened my eyes; I could still here the coughing so I assumed it was still there. But after I had opened my eyes completely, I experienced the most preposterous thing, nothing stood before me, just a rocking chair. Without thinking, I got up and ran like the wind, out of the room and down the hallway. I could feel the place getting hotter. It felt like an oven, and I was the turkey.
