Sockington by Laura

“…..8.9.10 ready or not here I come!” hollered Melanie.

“Hang on a minute I haven’t found a place to hide yet!” Kirsty yelled back. Kirsty raced to the cupboard under the stairs and swung the door open. She tip-toed into the tiny dark room shutting the creaky door quietly behind her. Kirsty cautiously felt around the wall for the light switch watching out for cobwebs. She flicked on the switch and crawled right into the corner so if Melanie came in she probably wouldn’t see her.

Melanie was kirsty’s younger sister she was a very annoying little 7 year old with long straight blonde hair with sky blue eyes she may look like an angel but she definitely has an evil side. Kirsty on the other hand was very shy and polite. She had wavy brown hair and emerald green eyes that sparkled.

“Are you ready yet” Melanie screamed.

“Yip” Kirsty replied. Kirsty knew she would be in there for a while so she leant back rested her head on a box of old toys and stretched out her legs.

Bang, bang, bang there was a loud knock on the door.

“Surely she hasn’t found me yet” Kirsty thought. She scrambled to her feet and opened the door just a crack there was no sign of Melanie. Kirsty sat back in the corner still wondering where the mysterious knock had come from. Suddenly a little trap door was pulled out from underneath her.

“AHHHHH!” Kirsty screamed as fell through the hole. She looked around there were patches of different colours stuck to the walls around her. There was blazing red and ocean blue plus candyfloss pink. Everything started to slow down and go blurry she gently closed her eyes and felt calm. Ten minutes later……

“w-w-where am I” Kirsty thought aloud

“You’re in Sockington” a little voice said

“What” Kirsty asked surprised to see a talking sock beside her. Kirsty gasped and jumped up. She looked around curiously. Above her was a very cloudy sky but there were little delicate snow flakes falling everywhere.

“Um why are you talking to me you’re a sock” Kirsty questioned.

“No, no I’m a Sockalonian” said the little red sock.

“Come on why don’t I show you around. My name is Sox by the way”

“My names Kirsty” she said still puzzled. Sox lead her to a small group of Sockalonian houses.

“So here it is” Sox shouted. Kirsty looked down at the plastic washing basket with a blanket draped over it that was supposedly a house.

“For some reason I doubt I’ll fit in there.” Kirsty giggled.

“Oh right I will take you to a place where you will fit it’s my favourite place in Sockington” Sox said with a huge woolly grin stretched across her face.

“So it must be winter here in Sockington” Kirsty said while being careful not to trod on other Sockalonians.

“Yes, and only five more days until Christmas” Sox squealed excitedly. Kirsty noticed sparkly red and green tinsel hung everywhere and little fairy lights hung around the outside of little houses.

Soon the two girls reached a small forest of fluffy pine trees. “Where are we?” Kirsty asked a little bit worried.

“My favourite place, Woolenfur forest” exclaimed Sox.

“Wow, I’ve never seen such pure white snow before and these are the greenest trees I’ve ever seen” Kirsty said brushing her palms against one of the pines.  

“Lets sit” Sox said.

“On the ground?” Kirsty answered.

“No silly over here” Sox said. Kirsty followed Sox to a great big log that had been carved into a seat.

“The design is so intricate and…. everything in Sockington is so wonderful”.

Sox and Kirsty chatted for hours telling each other about themselves and their families. “Come on I have so much to show you” Sox squealed.

“I probably should be getting home my sister might be worried” Kirsty sighed. Kirsty saw the disappointed and sad look on Sox face.

“I guess I could stay for a little while longer” Kirsty said getting ready to cover her ears.

“YAAAAAAAY” Sox screeched.

“I’ll show you Lake Soggysocks” Sox shouted running ahead of Kirsty. They both zoomed to the lake.

“Here we are” said Sox. Lake Soggysocks was a perfectly round lake with sparkly, crystal clear blue water.

“It’s beautiful much better than the yucky murky lakes back home” Kirsty said as she wandered closer to the lake.

“Its fresh water too it runs straight from mount cottontop, so you can drink it” Sox mentioned. Kirsty cupped her hands and dipped them in the chilled fresh water. She poured into her mouth.

“It’s delicious” Kirsty exclaimed.

Ding-dong.

“What was that?” Kirsty gasped.

“Oh that’s just the clock tower from buttonly square” Sox said.

“I think I better go home now but I’ll come and see you tomorrow” Kirsty said reassuringly.

“Cool I’ll see you tomorrow then” Sox said excitedly.

“Ok see you” Kirsty yelled as she jogged off. Kirsty went to where she had first come into Sockington. She crawled up through the dark hole and up through the trap door.

“Now that was a great hiding place” Kirsty whispered.