Nicole's+YA+intro+2011

It was a crisp cool fall evening. The leaves danced in the breeze and fell on the cold hard ground. The squirrels were gathering and burying nuts to store for the coming winter. You could hear the beautiful sound of the robin’s song echoing through the trees. In the mist of all of this were two children. A young girl around the age of thirteen, and another smaller girl around the age of seven. The smaller girl plopped herself on the ground, her big brown tear-filled eyes looking up at the other girl. She was weak, nothing but skin and bones, her long brown hair in mats. It was as if she could no longer go on, as if she could not walk another step, it was as if she had lost the will two go on. The other girl looked at the smaller one. Then she looked back at herself. She saw her tattered clothing, and that she was too malnourished. She held out her hand full of cuts and bruises, and the smaller girl just sat there and stared. ”Come on.” Said the other girl looking hopeless. “No!” “You have to, it’s for your own good.” “We never should have left.” The smaller girl whispered to herself. “Molly, you know we have talked about this for the longest time, we just can’t give up now.” ‘I know Cathy, and I know how you like to go through things, but I’m so hungry and just exhausted. I know we were not in the best shape before, but we are even worse now. We should just go back.’ “Molly, listen just a little farther. I promise if it dose not work out we will go back.’ Cathy said looking over the blue horizon. “Ok.” Molly said in a low and wary voice. So the girls went on walking through the darkening woods desperately tiring to find a place that they could call home.