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~ANON~
THE TREES APPEAR AS A GREEN BLUR as I run. I could see the sun at its highest peak. I could hear the crunch of the dry leaves and branches, with every step. I could see him already, trying to sneak up on a deer. A brown, white spotted, long legged deer. The kind of deer they only make in The Laboratory. He is about to shoot it with an arrow. A gold dipped arrow, a very expensive looking piece of craft.I step into the same, narrow path he is in. And scream by but off , scaring the tiny creature into the bushes.
โWhat the heck, Sparrow?โ Liam asked me.
I donโt answer him. I just walk over to the creek, sitting by Big Oak, another Lab-creature. I sigh.
Liam understands that I want to talk to him and sits down beside me.
โWhatโs wrong, Spar?โ
โNothingโ, I lie.
I wrap my hands over my knees and sigh again.
โTell meโ, Liam says, bumping his shoulder with mine.
I donโt answer.
I sigh another time, then lay down my back on the damp ground.
โFineโ, he says, copying my moves.
I look up into to the sky, the sun is almost done setting. I, then, look into Liamโs eyes.
โI want to run away, Liam. I want you to runaway with me.โ, I blurt, feeling weight lift off of my shoulders.
Liam sits up, and sighs. I copy his moves.
โYou know we canโt. We have family and friends here. How can we leave them? Why would you even suggest that? โWe-โ
โI know, I know โWe canโt keep thinking about us, We have to to think about our neighbors, and our neighbors, neighbors, because without them there wouldnโt have been usโ. Why do you keep quoting my dad? Itโs getting really tiring hearing you talk about my dad all the timeโ
โWell, he is the mayor and- hey! Stop trying to change the subject. We already talked about running away. It canโt be done. Itโs too riskyโ
We were silent for a while.
โI canโt take this Liam: the tiring labor, the continuing food shortage. Its getting worse, Liam. People are dying. And The Officials wonโt even let us bury them. They are being burned and the stench always stinks up the village. I am sick and tired of having to cope with the deathly changes. I am-โ
โSPARROW!!!โ
I look at him, then I look through the patch of trees, hearing my echo, not realizing I was screaming.
โIโm sorry. I didnโt mean to scream like that. I am just so mad...and tired. So tiredโ
โI know Spar. We all areโ
โWhy canโt we just leave? Pack up our stuff and just leave?โ
โWe willโ
โWhen? When will we be free of Them and stop being afraid of stepping out of our own doorstep? When?โ
I could barely see through the salty tears streaking down my cheeks. I can feel my fists clenched, and I can hear my heart beating rapidly, out of anxiety.
โWhen?โ I repeat.
โOne Dayโ, Liam replies.
I sigh and lean my head against his shoulder.
And I repeat the words that will echo across the mountains when I scream them at the the top of my lungs.
โOne Dayโ
Publication Date: 04-29-2012
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