Box


He looked puzzled. He looked down at the box that lay on his doorstep. It was wrapped in red wrapping paper and a red ribbon. He picked it up and unfurled the ribbon. He then peeled off the wrapping paper and took the top off the box. He looked inside. Nothing, he thought. Then he saw it, a little piece of paper, with writing on it, in some weird kind of language. He knew it told him how to do something, but he didn’t understand the instructions. He looked in the box, seeing the shadows inside curl and expand, then unfurl and retract. His eyes widened, as he felt like he was being sucked into the shadows. He tried to take his mind off the shadows, and thought of a book. The shadows once again curled and expanded, but this time they had depth. The shadows then solidified. He was astonished as he saw a book.

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