A Sound at Night
The first night in the old house
Last week, my family moved to a new house.
It was old and , on Pine Street.
The house had a big above my room.
My name is Mina, and I am twelve years old.
On the first night, I could not sleep well.
The rooms were dark, and the floors made sounds.
Around , I heard a small above me.
It was soft, like someone was walking upstairs.
Tap, tap, tap, the sound came again and again.
I sat up in bed and listened very carefully.
My heart was beating fast, and my hands felt cold.
"Is someone in the ?" I asked myself quietly.
I walked to my parents' room and knocked softly.
But they were sleeping, and they did not hear it.
My little brother was dreaming and smiling in his bed.
Only I was , and only I heard the sound.
I went back to my room and pulled up the .
The was still moving slowly across the .
I told myself, "It is just an old house."
Maybe a bird or the is making that sound.
But the tapping did not feel like at all.
I closed my eyes and waited for the morning.
The sound was still there when I fell asleep.
Who, or what, was walking in the tonight?