The Toy Box A short story by BeWitchy (scene setting: Outback Australia) Something isn’t quite right in this small outback town. The Displaced Intro It is a chilly evening as John who is a farmer sleeps beside his wife Lucy. John is of a stocky build with short dark hair, while his wife is a petite gentle English woman with long dark hair. John is tossing and turning in his sleep. An effect of the nightmare he is having. He is dreaming about his daughter Annie. Annie is playing on the swing in the back yard of the farm house. She swings back and forth in motion. The atmosphere is peaceful and Annie is dressed in a simple, yet delicate white dress. Suddenly her long blonde hair starts to blow about hard as violent winds erupt from what was a luscious green scene to that of an open dry red land. The scene is extremely eerie all of a sudden and Annie is desperately dragging herself by her hands across the dry cracks in the land, that typically form due to drought style weather. Covered in dust, she is dry and thirsty. Cattle bones and carcass surround her. John has his hand out for his daughter to reach. He is desperately trying to save her from something. Barely able to touch John's hand, his darling Annie can not manage to get a firm grasp. John is woken by the sound of a judges gavel. He jumps up out of his deep sleep as he breathes heavily and sweats profusely. John looks over at Lucy to make sure he has not woken her. He wipes the sweat from his forehead with the sleeve of his pajama. He looks over to the beside clock and sees that it reads three forty five am. He pulls the covers back and gets out of bed. John notices the frost of the bedroom window against the glimmer of the moonlight.
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