oddly shaped box

The Oddly Shaped Box – Module 5 Assignment

Jade stepped lightly on the attic ladder rungs. She tried to keep the loud creaking noises to a minimum. No one was home. it wouldn’t have mattered anyway. The attic was foggy from dust, and the fragrance of candles, old newspapers, and pine permeated the air. From the window a beam of light in the odd shape of an obelisk washed across the wooden floor and landed directly in the corner. Jade was drawn in that direction, not knowing why. She thought that the beam was pointing to something and forcing her to go investigate. She compliantly followed the orders of the beam. It was pointing directly to a spotted old blanket covering a piece of furniture. The blanket appeared to be hand knit. “All German girls know how to knit,” her grandma used to tell her. She lifted the blanket up by its tattered corners and removed it to expose an old rocking chair, charred on one side but still usable. She gently sat down in the rocking chair and positioned the shard of sunlight precisely between her feet and she began to rock. I wonder if this was the chai...