Friday, November 16, 2012
I used to have a friend about the same height as mine who lingered around me for days and nights. Her name was Nancy. She accompanied me everywhere I went and even to school. Similar to me, Nancy was a fair girl. She had a pair of white eyes and sometimes one of them would pop out and fall that she had to pick it and place it right inside her eye socket again.
One weird thing about Nancy was that nobody else could see her other than me. Once I pulled Nancy to Mum to introduce her (I almost broke Nancy’s arm) but Mum laughed at me saying “Oh Susan, is this a trick your friend taught you at school?” and pat me on my head.
Well, maybe it’s just that my eyes are more “powerful” than Mum’s.
Nancy and I always played in the living room. One thing that I notice about her is that she seemed to be more visible at night than at daytime. Sometimes she appeared right next to me out of nowhere and that scared me a lot!
We had so much fun playing together but I disliked talking to Nancy. She had a pairs of fangs on her upper and lower jaws which were such a horror to look at. Everything else was fine, I guess.
Nancy had never eaten any of the strawberry muffins that I had been urging for her to have. Once I forced a whole muffin into her mouth but it went through her as though she was unreal. That was spooky.
Our friendship remained until one day she disappeared and never returned to play with me. It happened when my family visited Grandma’s grave on a Sunday afternoon. On our way back, Nancy didn't return to the car to sit beside me. She stood firm on an old grave next to Grandma’s.
I shouted at her “Nancy, come in! We are leaving! “But she smiled at me and waved goodbye. She said that she has found her home and could never come to play with me again.
That was the last time I saw her.
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