The Way The Mind Works - Original Writing

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The Way The Mind Works - Original Writing

This story starts on a sunny Saturday in a little cul-de-sac named

'forgotten close'. Every morning the first thing Robert does is look

out of the window "another normal day" were his first words, how wrong

he was.

As it was a weekend, Robert stayed in bed for a while, and almost

dozed off, suddenly, he was woken up by his pet rat, grim squeaker,

running franticly around in his cage. This was strange as the little

black and white rat, was never seen running around, in fact he was

hardly ever awake, unless he was hungry or was woken up to get his

bedding changed of course, but none of this was happening.

As he was now wide awake, Robert thought he ought to get dressed and

go downstairs, which he did.

Downstairs, Roberts mum and seven younger sisters had already started

eating their breakfast, infact they were already on their second

helping and running out of cereal.

"You know what happens when you lay in on the weekend, don't you."

noted Michelle, Robert's eldest sister, before putting another spoon

full of sugar puffs in her mouth.

"I know, I know" replied Robert "any-way what's left."

"Hardly any coco pops, a few frosties, some sugar puffs and I think

the corn flakes are in the cup board." said Roberts mum in a grumpy

voice.

Robert look in the cupboard to see nothing, so he filled the only

clean bowl on the table with the only cereal left in the boxes and

finished off the milk. After finishing his cereal, Robert was about to

go back up to his own room, when the unusually loud doorbell rang.

"I'll get it!" shouted Amanda, Robert's youngest sister.

"NO YOU WILL NOT!" snapped Robert's mum.

While, for the first time ever, Robert's mum and Amanda were arguing,

Robert answered the door, and no one was there. It was probably Danny,

he was always playing tricks on Robert, so Robert closed the door and

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