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And
most importantly, she was scared. She could sense that her children were scared
too. She
wanted to leave before either of them came to harm.
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| Illustration by 13-year-old Rithika Murugan |
But
she could not. Not without Udit.
The
bat blocking that entrance seemed significant. Even injured, it looked scary, and
add to that the monsters staring at her. She looked back at the monsters and
counted five. But one of them had become smaller, another was shrinking. She
frowned thoughtfully and turned to face them fully.
“Go!
What are you waiting for?” the tallest one shouted and the shrinking monsters
again swelled up with a bushsh sound. Sulekha recoiled in fear and nodded,
wondering if the gesture would even be visible in the dark.
