The Cold Room
One room is colder than the rest
The next morning, I told my mother about the sound.
She smiled and said, "Old houses are always noisy."
So I tried to forget the tapping in the attic.
But that day, I found another thing.
One small room upstairs was colder than the others.
Every other room in the house felt and sunny.
This room, though, was as as winter air.
I put my hand on the door and felt a .
My fingers became colder than before in one moment.
I wanted to know why, so I found a .
In the living room, it showed twenty-two degrees.
But in the room, it showed only twelve.
The little room was much colder than the .
There was no open window and no air conditioner.
I checked the walls, but they were dry and normal.
"This is stranger than the sound," I thought quietly.
My little brother came in and shivered right away.
"Why is this room so ?" he asked me.
I did not have any answer for him yet.
We closed the door and went back downstairs.
That night, the room felt colder than ever.
Something in that room was from the rest.
I decided to watch the room more carefully tomorrow.
Why was one small room colder than all the others?