It was a gloomy, cold day in September and the clocks were striking thirteen in the afternoon. ' DONG! DONG!' A thick carpet of white snow covered the streets and lamp posts of Narnia. Almost the whole city was buried in snow. Only a few shops were open and the people were locked up in their homes. Autumn has just passed and almost all the trees had lost their leaves and the evergreens just stood up, taller than ever.
Jolly Jane had wanted to go... “Mommm!!! pleaseee. I just hate to be in this creaky place where the whole apartment seem to fall apart at any moment”Jane moaned. But ah ah... No way it worked. 'Mothers have a different brain' as she thought.
After an hour or so, Jane was too bored and restless. This is too much. It has crossed the limit.“That's it! One more second in this creaky place, and I am dead. I am out of here” cried Jane.She ran out of her messy bedroom, jumped down the stairs and reached for the door knob and... stopped dead. The door wasn't opening. She tried pulling it again. Still it wouldn't budge. It must be locked from outside. JOLLY JANE WAS SNOWED IN!!!
Jane scurried to the phone and called her mom. But oh man... she wouldn't pick up.Probably she would have just slipped to the mall and be looking at the latest fashions. But it wasn't like her. This seemed unusual. Jane ran to the window only to see the window painted white.She opened the window and peeped outside as a gust of cold air entered the room. Suddenly, she stopped dead in her tracks. The telephone and TV lines were down. “What else could go wrong today?” She asked herself angrily.
At an instant she had an idea... She ran to the switch box that had underground lines. Her mom had talked to her about it just a few days before. She was surethe underground lines wouldn't be damaged. She quickly connected the telephonewire to it and tried calling again. And TADA!!! it worked. She called her mother. Her mother answered her in a worried voice.“Dear don't worry. I am at Mrs. Wicket's house and I think it would be impossible for me to come home without applying this plan”.
“Mmm Hmm”replied Jane.
“Look. Mrs.Wicket's yard is not filled with snow and I bet even our yard is not filled.Ours even has a garden shed with a long shelter. Open the main shelter door and the garden shed door which is connected to our home. I know you're strong. So please take out the rake and pave a path for me to come. Also, open the fence door that leads to our neighbor's home. Replace the tools and if you are hungry,help yourself to some hot cocoa”.
“Ok. Mom,the front door is~” said Jane, but the next minute she was listening to a dial tone.She quickly did as her mom said and helped herself to some hot cocoa and made her mom some bread toast. Within minutes, she heard a steel door shut and a bang of a plywood door. She ran as fast as her feet could carry her and saw her mom, as white as ice standing wearing only a thin red shirt and padded jeans.
“Oh, for goodness sake!” exclaimed Jane.
She quickly helped her frozen mother to the sofa and turned on the heater. She ran into the kitchen to grab a mug of cocoa and gave it to her mother. She ran to her mom's closet and picked out the best sweaters in it. She even picked out some woolen hats and socks. You could see she was practically TERRIFIED!
May the sun always live and reign. May the snow always wither.
Another novel by,N. Nivetha.