Who’s that knocking on my door???

Who’s that knocking on my door????

                                                                                                                          Aayushmaan Mazoomdar

Class: IX A, Roll No: 2

DPS, Surat

2013

It was half past eleven in the night. The raindrops were beating against the window panes. The books were there in their allotted places on the shelves. Though unwelcomed, the sound of the raindrops seemed to be pleasant. The whole house was dark and silent. TERRIFYINGLY SILENT........

I wonder why it happens only when I am alone in my house.

I was gazing outside the window at the gardens when suddenly I heard someone knocking on my door.

“Who could it be at such late a night?” I thought.

I become curious but frightened at the same time. I got off the bed, and walked towards the main entrance of my house. I did not have my slippers on so as to avoid the sound of my footsteps. I groped for my way in the dark corridor for the main door. I heard the knocks once again, only that this time they were louder (I would rather call them ‘bangs’ instead of ‘knocks’). I must confess that I was terrified this time. Being alone in a house is really frightening, I admit.

“What if it is a murderer, or a burglar, or a sinister and evil minded clown?”

“Noooo, I hate Clowns” I repeated to myself.

For the first time in the whole night, I acted sensibly – I went to the storehouse and brought back a baseball bat with me for my defense. Amidst the ‘loud’ banging on the door, the ‘loud’ sound of raindrops outside and the ‘loud’ respirations of my terrified soul, I heard a voice inside my head urging me to muster up some courage. Finally, after coughing up some courage, I placed my hand on the doorknob and turned it.........

Whoa!

It became pitch dark. It seemed as if I had opened the door to a black hole in outer space, though I am not sure whether black holes are black or not! I did not know where I was. After some time, I regained consciousness. I found myself on my bed. It was half past eleven in the night. The raindrops on the window panes, the books, the garden, the........

Is that someone knocking on my door?!! I better get my baseball bat!