The animal that found me alone

The Animal That
Found me Alone

By: Valeria Turcios

I was tired from school, and I had to do some things
that I usually don't do. Then I thought, I should go to
Greenway Forest. It was a pretty day for walking in the
Greenway Forest.

Right by me was this huge rock that I laid by to think. I
sat down and leaned against the huge rock. I was
listening to the birds chirp, and the squirrels on the
trees looking for food. Listening to everything that
made a single noise. It even made me almost fall asleep
because of the quietness not including the animals.

Then I heard something. That “something” woke me
up from almost falling asleep from my tiredness. I
saw. Then something. It was coming from a bush,
about six ft away from me. I slowly scooted my butt
away because I wasn’t trying to die today.

What if it was a deer, or worse a bear!? Hmm... I should
be brave and check it out! I got five steps closer. So
what do I do now? I decided to take a small rock with
my mind circling and throw it at the bush, a blueberry
bush. It moves, even more, deciding to get closer, I hear
a voice.

“OWWW,” said the mysterious animal.
This animal can talk? WHAT? I see fur coming

out, it looked spikey and brown. Almost like it was a
he-...

A HEDGEHOG. I was worried about what animal it was, but it
was only a small hedgehog. HUH?
“Good day to you, ma’am,” said the mysterious hedgehog.
“H-Hello sir,” I replied.
SIR, SIR?! Why am I calling a hedgehog sir, he is an animal! I
thought to myself.
“If you may, you have to follow me. It’s an emergency,” said
Mr. Hedgehog.

I decided to follow him even though I know about
stranger danger. I felt that this path that we were
taking was very familiar for some reason. We kept
walking until we reached our destination.

We were at school. At my school. How did he
know where my school was, who is this hedgehog?

I heard a faint voice echoing in the air. I blinked and
then I saw kids. Kids were looking at me. A book was
standing up on my desk blocking my view. Then I got
my hearing back, but it wasn’t fun. It was my teacher
lecturing me for falling asleep in class and saying it’s
disrespectful.

However, I wasn't paying attention to what she was
saying. I wondered who that hedgehog was and how he
knew I was supposed to be in school?

How did he know I was in a dream... My question
was, did he know me?