“Let me out!” screamed a terrified eight year
old Sung Hoon. He was trapped in total darkness with four
walls closing in on him. Tears streamed down his cheeks
as he remembered what had happen.
He was playing hide and seek with two boys from his school.
Their names were Eun Ji Won and Chu Tae Won. Sung Hoon was
so happy when they invited him to join them. In school Sung
Hoon was the most popular kid because his aunt was the famous
actress Jung Yeh Ja but when all the excitement about her
was over, he was lonely all over again. In real life, Sung
Hoon doesn’t have any friends because all the other
kids assumed he was too good to play with them.
“Okay,” said Ji Won. “I’’ll
seek and you guys hide. 10…15…20…25…”
Sung Hoon jumped with excitement and started running to
find a place to hide. He saw a refrigerator near his house.
He wondered where it came from but then didn’t care
because it would make a great hiding place. Sung Hoon hid
for a while and then he heard Ji Won’s and Tae Won’s
voices. He wondered what was going on and then he heard
a noise.
“I hope you like it in there Sung Hoon!”
‘What?’ thought Sung Hoon. He tried to push
open the door but it wouldn’t budge. He felt trap
and started to gasp for air. He pounded on the door and
screamed, “Let me out you guys!”
Ji Won just laughed. “Why don’t you ask your
aunt Yeh Ja to help you? Act like you’re better than
us just because she is famous.”
Sung Hoon’s heart sank. He couldn’t believe
it. He thought Ji Won and Tae Won were his friends but they
had tricked him. He began to cry. “I don’t act
like I’m better. Please let me out.”
Tae Won began to laugh. “This will teach you to mess
with us.” Then he and Ji Won left.
In the dark Sung Hoon sat and curled himself into a little
ball. He was terrified. He was scared of the dark and worse,
he was afraid of being alone. Then he heard a knocking.
A little girly voice called out, “Is someone in there?”
Sung Hoon stood up and banged his fists against the door.
“Hurry up and let me out!”
“Wait!”
He heard the noise of wood sliding and the door suddenly
opened. Just as he saw light coming he pushed his way out.
He bent over and began breathing fast because he almost
ran out of air when he was inside the refrigerator. Then
a pair of Mary Janes came into his view. When he looked
up he saw a pair of big brown eyes staring back at him.
It was a little girl in pig tails that saved him.
They looked at each other for a while and didn’t say
anything. Then the girl looked down and kicked her foot
into the dirt.
“Umm…what were you doing in my fridge?”
Sung Hoon looked at her and then he turned away and ran
into his house, leaving the little girl staring after him.
Part 2
‘Huh? What just happened here?’ Kyung Hee thought.
“Aye! I’ll never understand boys!” she
screamed out loud. She was watching Sung Hoon as he ran
into the house next door.
“What don’t you understand sweetie?” her
grandpa asked as he came out the front porch to look for
her.
“Oh nothing grampie.”
“Come here.”
He waved for Kyung Hee to come sit with him on the porch
swing. She walked over to him and sat on his lap.
“Yes grampie?”
“Do you like it here?”
She nodded her head. “Ah huh. I get to be with you
all the time but I’m still mad at mommy and daddy
for leaving me.” She frowned and crossed her arms.
Her grandpa let out a little laugh. “Silly girl, your
parents are geologists. They have to travel around the world.
They can’t take you with them because you have school.
Besides they’ll send you presents.”
Kyung Hee’s eyes got wide. “Presents? A lot?”
“Yes.”
She clapped her hands. “Yay!”
Back at home Sung Hoon buried his face into his pillow and
cried. Then he heard a knock on his door.
“Sung Hoonee?”
Sung Hoon quickly wiped his nose on his sleeve.
“Yes? Come in.”
Then his mother came in. “What’s wrong honey?
Why are you crying?”
He shook his head. “Oh it’s nothing mommy.”
His mom looked around his room. “Where are your friends?”
Sung Hoon tried his best not to cry. “They….they
went home.” His Mom hugged him. “Oh, you’re
sad that they had to go home so early?” Sung Hoon
held onto his mom tighter and didn’t answer. His mom
thought for a while.
“Hey I know. A new family just moved in next door.
An old man and a little girl.
You can go play with her. Do you want to?”
“Okay mommy.”
