“Bzzzzzzzzz!!!” the alarm rang. Small dirty hands hit the off switch and got out of bed. The scrawny boy walked over to the window in his old spider-man pajamas and looked outside. Everything was white as far as the eyes could see. The ground was covered with a silky smooth blanket of fresh new snow, which concealed the old brown sheet from the week before. By the driveway the top of an “open house” peered …showed first 75 words of 877 total…

…showed last 75 words of 877 total…others had done before. The boy retraced his footsteps back to the house. He took the now ashy eggs and bacon off the griddle, threw them in the garbage and placed fresh food on the now piping hot stove. He ate a hearty breakfast and savored the sweet taste of bacon and. He sat down by on the couch and turned on the tv waiting for the next report of missing people to show up.