WRITING
Holocaust
Tears from his previous night had frozen
and his eyelashes were laced with ice.
have gotten something from the house
in the cover of the awning above him
he looked out on the smelly streets of
Germany. Sounds in the distance were
like cries of wolves. His foot was still
aching and his makeshift bandages were
not helping. Howls and shots echoed
through the alley but most of the sounds
were muted by the rain. Although he had
the hole in the awning was located right
above his head. After a while of lying
there he heard splashes but his limbs
were too weak to support him. As the
splashes got louder he heard a sobbing
and a small frail girl came into view. She
was pale with dark hair and large fearful
brown eyes. She kept looking left to right
as though a whole army of Nazi’s would
The dash through the woods left Elsa
tired and dizzy and the last thing she
needed were surprises. She felt faint
when she merely saw the boy staring out
at her. She almost hadn’t seen the boy
been terrible for he wasn’t a Nazi.
Elsa peered around the corner. Every
night above her but it would be easy to
The dark might give her enough time to
something sharp pierced her shoulder
and she remembered looking through the
picketed fence as the gunmen shot her
parents.
into reality and thrashed about trying to
target the noise.
It’s all in my head.
Elsa kept rolling knowing if she stopped
and got up they would take the
opportunity to shoot her. On the way up
she saw them yelling in German and
Elsa yelped as her head smacked into a
Ava
Elsa closed her eyes and tried to fall
asleep. Her legs were close to her body
and frozen in place. She was at the point
where she was half conscious when she
He beckoned her over and Elsa stood
Nazis or going over and sitting with a
She felt faint when she merely
saw the boy staring out at her.
complete stranger (Hmmm...). As the
sounds of the angry men got closer she
made her decision and dove under the
awning.
pointing to a rag that he had been sitting
on. Under the rag she felt as stupid as
a donkey. They waited so long it was
like her blood was freezing. The leader
of the men called them and left with his
chat ѕɥ