A Single Day

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Summary

In a tranquil village near a dense forest, a routine morning for a family turns into a nightmare when the father disappears during his usual trip to gather logs. Left alone, the family faces an unexpected threat from the forest's shadows, changing their lives forever. Written by Likith Borra.

Status
Complete
Chapters
1
Rating
n/a
Age Rating
13+

The Story

Once upon a time there lived a man with his family.They lived near a forest.The father in the morning everyday at 5 am would go into the forest to get some logs to sell.But one morning he went into the forest but did not return.The mother,Son and the daughter were alone in that house.Clueless of what happened to the father.It was getting dark,still no sign of their father a bit of fear started to rise in their hearts when they heard the sounds of growling,then the mother remembers that she had forgot to close the windows in the living room.They see eyes,emerging from the dark,Full of hunger and blood thirst.A Pack of wolves.The pack gets closer and the family’s fear grows bigger.They all knew that they were taking their last breathers,Death was staring right at their face.The Son quickly ran to the kitchen in the dark with the wolves running behind him,he gets a wooden torch but still looking for the matchbox,the wolves were getting closer to him he looks at the top shelf,he found a match box,on the other hand the wolfs attacked the daughter ripping her apart.The son lit the torch,the wolfs started running away,out the window.But still they lost the daughter.The sun was starting to rise up the people who collect taxes came to their house,and saw the disaster.Other people from the nearest village came to help.Some people went to the forest and the father was laying down dead.And they noticed wolf footprints next to him.The Wolfs had picked up the scent where he was from.A single day destroyed two members of a family.