There was very little light in the closet, which made it difficult to see just how large the space, was, but it looked to be a hallway of sorts with a very low ceiling. It extended in the direction of the kitchen but he could not see for sure if it was anything more than an attic space. Feeling rather excited about what he had found he ran across the hall to his sister's room to tell her what he had found. "Becky!" he exclaimed, "There is something you have to see in my closet. Find your flashlight and lets see where it leads." Becky, who putting the final touches on her stuffed animal arrangement, was startled by Robert's explosive entrance. She looked skeptical, as Robert tended to be dramatic about these things. Once, at their old house, he had found a something in the basement and had given her similar instructions. When they returned to the spot she realized to her horror that it was a massive rat snake, almost six feet long. She screamed so loud that even the snake didn't know what to do. Her father arrived moments later with a bag and stick to corral the snake and remove it from the basement.
Deciding that there could not possibly be a snake in his closet on the second floor of a farmhouse, Becky dug into her desk drawer for her trusty Maglite Flashlight. It had been a Christmas present she received from her grandfather several years ago, a present she was not overly thrilled about at the time. It turned out to be one of her most prized possessions. It had a long blue shaft made of airplane aluminum, thick enough that a semi truck could run over it and not break it (or so the advertisement had claimed). The beam of light it cast could be adjusted to be a narrow and powerful beam or a wide bright light, which made it perfect for flashlight tag and worm hunting in the summer.
She stepped over the pile of packing boxes that had accumulated between their rooms and into Robert's room. Becky frowned at the mess Robert had made in his new room. She had carefully folded all of her clothes and placed them neatly in her chest of drawers, meticulously organizing each drawer. The top drawer was for socks and undies, next was short sleeve shirts, then long sleeve shirts, then shorts and skirts, and lastly pants. Each drawer was then organized by color. Whites were on the left, followed by gray, pink, yellow, orange, red, green, blue, purple, and black. Robert had hastily stuffed his clothes wherever they would fit. Shirtsleeves and socks were sticking out of the drawers and only one of his drawers would even close all the way. The only things he had carefully put away where his insect jars, his dress shirt and pants, his button collection, and his telescope.
"What could possibly be so interesting that you would take me away from unpacking? I was almost finished."
"I found a trap door in the back of my closet! Did you bring your flashlight?"
"A trap door?! What's inside?"
"I don't know, that's why I asked you to bring your flashlight. You brought it right?"
She turned on the light and pointed it in his face. "Lets go!"
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