I looked around. Not a single light from the neighboring houses was on. I took a deep breath before I crept out of the window, not making any noise. My dress used to get ripped from the broken wood under the window, that I had to sew my dress when I came back to the house. But I managed to avoid that irritating broken wood as months passed.
I took my small lamp with me, lighting my way as I passed through the dark forest. It was a good thing that my dress wasn’t touching the ground because my mother would surely ask where I got the dirt from.
The forest wasn’t that far from our house. It only took me fifteen minutes to finally reach my destination. I scurried across the rocky lake and went inside the cold, dark cave. I felt the cold breeze coming out from the small cave, touching my ski
