The Hole!Roger's mother called to him in a no nonsense tone of voice,"Get in the house this instance and stay away from that hole! If the no-good lazy people want to throw trash into the hole and whatever their black hearts dream up, let them.  But, you stay away! They are always dumping late at night when no one can see them. Nothing ever comes out of that hole, it just goes in and disappears."Roger was 16 years old and had been an unruly child since he was born. That black hole curiosity always dwelled in him and he wished he had the nerve to see what is beyond the opening. One evening about midnight, he heard muffled noises near the hole. Very quietly Roger dressed and sneaked out of the house. Staying in the shadows, he crept close to the voices and listened to a conversation between two arch rivals of his. One said, "Why did you hit him so hard?" The other shadow of a young man said, "He had it coming with his fancy clothes, money, and cars. He always flaunted what he had, and we had to wallow in dirt. Let's dump him in the hole; that way no one will ever know what happened to him". His partner replied, "That's OK by me, but let's get it over with; this place gives me the creeps." Roger watched in horror as the two lifted the body and walked toward the hole. "Be careful!" said one of them, it's so dark tonight it is hard to see the hole. Suddenly, the only thing Roger heard was, "Quick, grab my hand, I'm slipping!" and then silence. The next morning Roger went to the hole and edged close to the pit-like opening. He noticed marks around the ominous hole. At the edge there were heel marks and what looked like marks made by fingers digging into the soft mud. This was mute testimony as to what had happened to the two trouble makers last night. 
I would like to look in that hole, thought Roger. I can't wait any longer. Tomorrow I'll tie a rope to a boulder with the other end around my waist; then, I'll lower myself just a little bit and look down. My mother is going to be surprised, she doesn't think I can do anything right. I'll show her, maybe I can be a very important person when I find out just how deep the hole goes.The Next Day!"I want to go back!" Roger screamed in silence, as he realized that something horrible had happened. The hole was a space warp and had flattened  everything to the size of a playing card in DEPTH. It left Roger flat with no thickness to his body as it had been in a three-dimensional world. Everywhere he looked he saw many thin lines, dead animals, and junk of every nature. He recognized only what was lying flat. Two thin lines approached him and turned sideways. They were his arch rivals with a look of horror on their faces. They screamed again and again. No sound was heard, because things were different in a two-dimensional world. © Don & Norma Duclon 2002-2006
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