My short story!

Behind the Bedroom door

 

“BANG!” 

Luke was suddenly woken as his bedroom door slammed shut. He instantly reached out to grab his teddy bear for protection… but it was not there.

“Where could he be?” Luke thought to himself. “Teddy is always next to me.”

As Luke climbed out of bed he could see teddy in the middle of his bedroom floor, but something was wrong. As he took a closer look he could see that teddy was missing one of his button eyes.

“What has happened to you teddy? Where is your button eye?”

Luke began to look around his room, but the button was nowhere to be seen. He thought it might have been his older sister, Claire that had taken it.

Suddenly he noticed a piece of black coal sitting amongst a pile of snow in front of his bedroom door.

“What is this piece of coal doing here and how did this snow get into my room?”

Luke then remembered the slam of his bedroom door that had woke him. He reached down to pick up the piece of black coal and slipped it into his pyjama pocket.

“Right teddy, let’s go find your button eye and put you back together again.” Luke took teddy by the leg and walked through his bedroom door.

“CRUNCH!”

Luke’s feet sank into the ground as he stepped forward. He became very cold and whispered, “Where are we Teddy?”

Luke could see that the walls were made from blocks of ice and the ground was thick with snow. It looked like an igloo.

“Who are you?” said a loud voice from behind him. Luke turned around to see a short man in a fur coat. It was an Eskimo.

“You must be far from home young man, what brings you here?” asked the Eskimo. 

“My teddy bears button eye has gone missing, have you seen it anywhere?”

The Eskimo looked at teddy and thought for a moment.

He pointed and said, “A strange looking snowman came through here, may be he has seen the button? He went that way but watch out for polar bears… they don’t like little children.

Luke thanked the Eskimo, took teddy by the leg and left.

“Whoosh!”

Outside in the crisp cold air the wind began to blow. Luke could see mountains through the falling snow. At the very top was a little red flag… they were at the North Pole!

Luke walked through the snow making deep crunchy footprints until they came cross a baby seal.

“Hello” said Luke, “my teddy bears button eye has gone missing, have you seen it anywhere?”

The baby seal looked at teddy and thought for a moment. She pointed and said,

“A scary looking snowman came through here, may be he has seen the button?

He went that way but watch out for polar bears… they don’t like little children.”

Luke thanked the baby seal, took teddy by the leg and slowly continued through the snow.

The cold wind began to blow harder, and the frosty snow began to fall heavier than before.

“I’m cold Teddy” shivered Luke. As they trudge through the snow, they stumbled upon a small cave.  Luke peered into the darkness… “It looks very scary and dark in here teddy, but we must get out of the cold”. They slowly stepped into the dark cave.

“ROAR!”

Luke spun around to find an angry Polar bear staring straight at him.

“What are you doing here? This is my cave!” growled the Polar bear.

“Please don’t eat me!” begged Luke, “my teddy bears button eye has gone missing and I’m trying to find it”.

The angry polar bear looked down at teddy and slowly began to smile.

“I am always willing to help a fellow bear.”

The Polar bear pointed and said, “A silly looking snowman came through here, maybe he has seen the button. He went that way.”

Luke grabbed teddy by the leg and left the cave.

All was calm and still…

The wind had gone and the snow had stopped. As they walked through the fresh snow Luke could see a white figure in the distance.

“I think that is the snowman that might know were your button eye is!” said Luke as he continued forward.

“Excuse me Mr snowman. My teddy bears button eye has gone missing, have you seen it anywhere?”

The snowman slowly turned around and Luke stepped back in horror. The snowman looked very strange indeed. One of his eyes was a piece of black coal, but the other was teddy’s very own button eye!

“What are you doing with teddy’s button eye?” shouted Luke.

“I’m s-s-s-s-sorry,” stuttered the snowman “…I accidentally stumbled upon your bedroom in the night. I soon became too warm and began to melt. One of my eyes fell out so I had to find another one.”

Luke remembered the piece of black coal he found on his bedroom floor and reached into his pyjama pocket. “Is this your missing eye?”

“Yes it is…” said the snowman.

Luke handed over the piece of black coal and the snowman returned the button.

“HORAY!”

Luke cheered with joy and dropped the button into his pyjama pocket to keep it safe.

He looked at Teddy. “We can put you back together again as soon we get home. I think we should get back to bed now before mummy finds out!”

Luke looked up at the snowman, with his eye now back in place. “How do I get back home?” The snowman smiled at Luke and pointed. “A door behind the tree will lead you back to your bedroom.”

Luke thanked the snowman, took teddy by the leg and walked towards the tree. As they stepped behind the huge tree trunk they suddenly appeared back in the bedroom.

“Lets get into bed before mummy finds us.” Luke and teddy got into bed and safely under the covers. Luke closed his eyes and drifted off to sleep.

THE END