'Thud, thud', noised the door. Somebody was knocking or perhaps it was an illusion. It happened very often. But it always made her miss a beat!

She found this funny looking house a few months back. Her star shaped scar made her remember that day clearly. Sweating, her heart pounding heavily, she was struggling hard in the woods to find a way back home. Suddenly, she found herself being chased by a wolf. She ran hard but it got hold of her.

A thundercloud lashed and the beast got distracted in fright. Taking advantage of that chance, she ran for her life again, only to find a century old house. She took refuge in that very house.

It was a spacious one with a front yard which supplied her fresh food. But it became scary at night, so she never stepped out. She did try to get out and search for daylight but it proved futile as it was a dense forest. The place was also a hiker's favourite Many a times, people found her house and knocked at the door just to spend their night there.

If the door would have ever opened, she would have been rescued, but it was not to be, not yet. She was scarred for life and too arrogantly feared to come out of it!

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PS: This article originally appeared as #1 on the official online blog of SIES Graduate School of Technology, Scintilla Weekly on April 18th, 2013 [link].