The Icelandic Canadian - 01.04.2007, Blaðsíða 37

Vo!. 61 #1
THE ICELANDIC CANADIAN
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still so quiet. I had to call someone who
was always able to comfort me ...my par-
ents.
“The power went out,” I told them
trying to sound calm like a responsible
adult should.
It was wonderful to have a conversa-
tion. It made me think how ridiculous it
was for me to be a little frightened, espe-
cially since I grew up with many power
outages and it had never bothered me
before.
As I was talking, the candle flickered
and another chill went passed. “Ignore it,
ignore it,” I thought to myself, as I contin-
ued talking. I looked up and saw an old
photograph of the ladies, including my
grandmother, who worked at the local fish-
eries. All of them have passed on.
“Look away from the photo,” I told
myself, and then went onto the picture
beside it. It was a photo of my in-laws smil-
ing happily. I planned on calling them next.
The lights then started to flicker on
and off and then they remained permanent-
ly remained on. The furnace started up and
the usual noises of the house were back to
normal. I blew out the candle and turned
the flashlight off. I took the flashlight with
me back to the room just in case it would
go out again. I returned to the kitchen to
get the laptop.
“Now I wonder if I should carry on
with the story,” as I plugged the laptop
back in. I turned it on and went into my
documents.
“It was silly to be frightened like that,”
I smiled to myself. I took the mouse and
went to open my files. I immediately
noticed that something was wrong; the
document I was working on was missing. I
knew I had saved it. I was positive I had. I
did a search with the file name as well as a
date search; nothing came up.
I decided to shut down the computer.
It was late and I should get some sleep. As
I got into bed, and put my head on the pil-
low, the chilly draft brushed my cheek.
Perhaps it was a sign; some stories
should be left unwritten.
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