Chapter 2 - Hospital

    Me and my mom were sitting in the living room, watching TV, and enjoying our day off. Then we got a call from my mom’s brother, he said that my grandfather was admitted to the hospital. We decided to visit him. My uncle came to pick us up with his car, he said “It can take few hours to arrive there. Do you guys want to ride with me or use the shortcut?” “What shortcut?” I answered. “Follow the path behind that wooden house and your dogs will guide both

of you.” So, my mom and I decided to use the shortcut. “But remember, be super careful there. Follow your dogs only.” Then he left.

    We followed our two dogs, a brown colored dog and black-white colored dog. Turned out, the path behind the wooden house was a forest. The road was small and had a lot of high grass and trees. We walked and walked. At the end of the road, there was a wooden bridge. The brown dog went first, it looked back at us like it was trying to

re-assure us that we would be okay. The black-white dog walked behind us. Under the bridge, there was a river. On the right and left of the bridge, there were a lot spirits. They reached their hands to us, but it could never reach us. My mom seemed calm, but I was very tense because the bridge was very narrow. If we fell, we could’ve died. Maybe became one of the spirits at the bridge?

    Thankfully, we passed the bridge safely. At the end of the road, we saw a big white hospital; it looked like a normal hospital. At the hospital, I saw a red bus, it looked like the red bus in London. The bus was filled with the spirits of dead people. When we about to enter the hospital, there was a woman. She said "I could not enter the hospital. I am married, I have to go home." And she left and went inside the red bus that was filled with spirits of dead people, but I was very sure she was still alive. She did not look pale or see-through like the other spirits.

    Our two dogs waited outside the hospital, like they’re protecting us from the spirits there. The male nurse at the receptionist said we couldn't visit my grandfather for too long. There was a time limit. If we stayed here too long, our souls would be trapped forever. Our dogs could be eaten by the spirits too. So, we saw him for a bit and gave him food. We came back to the receptionist, the male nurse said "I am not alive anymore. I should have moved on to another world, but I will stay here to guard your grandfather. Now all of you should go home and leave. And remember one thing, you can never ever look back. Just look straight, follow your guardians and you will be okay.” And then we left, using the same path as before, guarded by our 2 dogs. We came home safely.

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