Night Retreat

My outdoor adventure was done, so I scrambled straight back into the warm house just like you said! Stomp, stomp! Across the entryway tiles I scurried! Night was thick and quiet! I ducked right under the low wooden pantry door into the coziest, narrowest floor slot! Squeeze! Pure pitch black! Clack! My teeth bumped against an empty tin biscuit box sitting flat on the floorboards. Heehee! I pushed the smooth tin lid with my chin! It spun across the dust with a tiny metallic hum! I wedged my heavy back against the wooden wall and kicked my feet out. Safe inside the dark house fort! Heehee! Total bedtime peace!