Throw Back Clothes
Sarah stared at the door. "Where to go this time" she wondered silently to herself. Her imagination began to wander as she contemplated the next great place in history that she would most love to witness first hand."The Hanging Garden of Babylon, or the Colossus of Rhodes?" She said to herself, this time aloud. "How many people would give everything they owned to see either of those two lost 7 wonders?"
She looked at the closet door, as if waiting for confirmation, but the door seemed relatively uninterested in her decision. She sighed and started pacing. She rubbed the top of her head with her left hand as she considered it. "The Gardens" she said at last with some finality in her voice as she skidded to a stop on the slick wooden floor. That served to remind her that she would probably need some shoes on if she wanted to go back in time today.
She quickly laced on her nikes and checked her back pack to be sure she hadn't forgotten anything, and then at last she approached her closet door. She took a deep breath, and waited a second for her heart to return to a normal gallop. This still made her nervous, despite the countless trips she had taken in this magic room. "Walk in closet, indeed" she said and chuckled to herself.
She grabbed the handle and pulled. A few seconds later, without opening her eyes, she took a step forward, and then pulled the door shut behind her. It closed with a soft click.
A few moments later a knock sounded at the door to her bedroom. Upon not hearing an answer Sarah's mom popped her head in. "Must be off exploring history again" she thought to herself as she entered and started picking up the laundry and adding it to the bulge already under her arm. She loved that Sarah had such a great imagination but often wondered if it was good for her to spend so much time confined in that closet instead of outside playing. "At least she's learning" she thought again as she turned to leave, being careful to walk silently so as not to spoil the fantasy for her daughter in the closet.
As she left she saw something on the floor that caught her eye. It wasn't so much that the item was odd, only that it seemed very out of place. It was fern leaf about 8 inches long, laying on the floor about a foot from the closet door. She picked it up and wondered at where Sarah had found it, as they didn't have any house plants. "Oh well, you never know with kids" she thought as she silently closed the door.
On her way out the door and down the steps she passed a window, and it went without her notice that the snow was falling, as it is very want to do in January.
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