A cane is generally nothing special.<\/p>\n
Its indicative of intelligence, obstinate, or being something unique. \u00a0That’s what movies and tv told him. \u00a0But really, in the eyes of an 8 year old it was nothing special.<\/p>\n
Jack, he had a cane. \u00a0He stole from a store. \u00a0He was pretty good with his hands, especially for an 8 year old, so stealing a cane, not a problem.<\/p>\n
Now that he had it though, he didn’t know what to do with it. \u00a0He didn’t even know why he stole it. \u00a0Just that it was there, by the door, and he was on his way out. \u00a0Other kids left the mall with toys, games, and other childish things. \u00a0Jack though, he stole a cane and just kept walking until he was out of the store.<\/p>\n
The mall was close to his hide out. \u00a0Jack built it in the woods near his house. \u00a0Just a lean-to made of sticks and some tarp he had found. \u00a0He kept a stereo there, some books, and some apples in a basket. \u00a0Now he kept his cane there too. If his parents looked closely out the back window they could see his lean-to, but everyone else would just see the woods.<\/p>\n
Jack had an unusual amount of trust from his parents. \u00a0He often was allowed to stay out in his hiding spot late into the night. \u00a0He would lay there, with the tape deck listening to tv shows he had recorded until he heard his parents scream for him from the back porch.<\/p>\n
If he closed his eyes and listened he could picture the shows in his head. \u00a0Not what was on the tv, but how he thought they should look like.<\/p>\n
Tonight however, he listened to the woods instead of the stereo. \u00a0He looked at the branches, the leaves, hear the rustle and squirrels jumping around and felt completely at ease.<\/p>\n
He laid there for hours, just staring. \u00a0The dark welcomed him. \u00a0Starting slowly however, he saw a yellow spot. \u00a0At first he thought it was the moon shining through. \u00a0Although the forest canopy usually blocked the moon, when the wind blew hard enough he could find it. \u00a0But this light grew larger and larger, like something was coming down through the trees.<\/p>\n
Jack, for some reason, wasn’t scared. \u00a0He did however clutch the cane in his right hand. \u00a0The light couldn’t be more than ten feet above him, but at the same time seemed miles away.<\/p>\n
Then it dropped….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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