Theresa Through The Key Hole

 

One day as I was coming in from school I was found that my older sister Theresa had locked herself out of the house and was sitting on the steps.

Janet was just a infant and was though in the crib locked inside of the apartment.

I as usual had to go to the bathroom and was hungry began to cry and she told me that she would show me a magic trick if I didn't cry.

So I agreed she said that what I had to do was to lean against the front door close my eyes and count to ten very slowly and she would open the door from the inside.

When I asked her why didn't she just do that in the first place she said she needed me to help in the magic by leaning against the door closing my eyes and counting to ten it was part of the spell.

She insisted I do it exactly like she said to do it or the magic would not work, so I did just as she said and counted to ten when I opened my eyes she was gone.

I called her but received no answer and ran to the banisters and called down the stairwell again no answer, suddenly our front door swung open and Theresa step out of the apartment and called me inside.

" How did you do that?! " I gasped.

" I turned into a puff of smoke," she said " shrank down and went through the key hole. "

" Show me how to do it." I begged her.

" Well " she said " I'll try but you can't tell anyone about this not even Mother she told me not to do this any more and I don't want to get in trouble ok? "

" Ok " I quickly agreed.

" Now then, " she said " you may be too young now you can only do these things when you get big like me, but lets try."

" Close your eyes real tight and think yourself real small that's all. " she said.

I did as she told me but after several tries she said,

" Forget it you may be too young or be like Chuck and don't have the power maybe when your older we'll try it again."

Of course any skeptic would say she obviously had a key opened the door and went in right?

But I was leaning against the door I would have felt it open would I not?

For years I was at a lost to figure out what she had done to get into the house.

Then one day as we were talking I remembered the incident and asked Theresa,

" Tee how the hell did you get into that house that time we got locked out, and why the hell did you tell me to close my eyes and count to ten? "

She laughted and said,

" I didn't want you to follow me."

" Follow you where? "

" I went down to the second floor and climbed out of the window onto the lower factory roof then climbed up the ladder to the roof across from our apartment and leaned across the air shaft and climbed into my bed room window.

I didn't want you to follow because I thought if I fell I didn't want you to see me do it for you would think of it for the rest of your life.

The fact of it is I still think about it....

 

 

 


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