February, 2014 i | Page 19

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