We definitely practice other people coming in.

I honestly can't tell you what was going on. I couldn't do anything.

It is pretty frustrating to throw someone in there cold.

I don't think so, because we do a lot on our own and we do a lot in practice. I have a good two-mile relay team that keeps me going.

Track started Wednesday and we had one practice before we left. Now, we plan to run around Aberdeen.

Finally I find it, the book, but as I’m pulling it out of the stack I hear a noise coming from my toy room. It sounds like scratching or scraping maybe and my mind instantly goes to the possibility that maybe it’s a monster or a dragon or something else with claws. My hand shakes a little as I stand up and turn back toward the room. When I step into it, I feel the wind hit my cheeks. I shine the light around and notice one of the windows is open. I don’t understand why. I didn’t open it and I don’t think it was open when I came down here. What if it was a monster?

I sweep the flashlight around the room at all my toys as I start back toward the corner. Then the light lands on something tall… I hear voices. Ones that don’t sound like they belong to a monster, but just people. But that’s what they end up being.

Terrible, horrible monsters.