As usual, there wasn't much to be learnt from class as the day went over but the stranger I met wouldn't allow my head to rest because he was on my mind. What he said could also serve as a threat even though he was helpful. I got to the gate and went to the security man for my dog I always gave him to look after when I was in class. I got to the post and saw him coming from the woods sweaty, I approached him and asked,
"Where is Aldo? I have closed for the day. "
"I'm sorry man but I didn't know what happened, you know it's an obedient dog which listens to you so I don't practically pay attention to him when you bring him here... " He was saying beating his chest.
"Please get to the point, what are you trying to say right now?" I asked even when I knew what he was getting at.
"Aldo ran off into the forest, you know it's forbidden to enter the forest without the school's permission. So I couldn't chase him into the woods. " He said looking sorry and worried.
"What? How did this happen?" I asked agitated.
"I don't really know the reason for this but it took off with a speed I couldn't match, just like that. " He said looking at me.
I rubbed my hand in my mind devastated, so I tried to mind link it but I guessed it was too far from me. I looked at the worried Security man and said,
"This is not your problem but mine, I am going to look for my brother ermm... I mean my dog. If you are asked where I was and how I got in, please let them know you had no idea and please find a better excuse. I wouldn't want you implicated in this. " I told him quietly but nervously.
"What rubbish are you quipping here? You are you going no where, I think it will eventually come back. " Said the security man determinedly.
No I think there's something to this and j must find out what!
I made my way to go and he came in front of me broking me, I pushed him slightly but he landed on the floor in a big thug. He looked up at me surprised but I only smiled and shrugged then made my way to the forest. I knew me pushing him to the ground was an excuse for him but from his reaction, it was obvious that he really didn't want me to enter that forest. I got to the entrance and saw the big fence that separated the school from the forest. I tried to mind link him again but still he wasn't responding, there was no way into the forest expect a hole dug under the fence on the far end of it. I ran to it and laid on the floor and crawled into it, even though it was a small hole I could pass through it because of my small body. I stepped into the oak-brown and primitive forest, the noisy forest with insects crinkling and a few croaks and shrieks all turned silent. Then I saw some officials and the security man running my way, but I knew they had to breach their own security terms to get to me so I had no fear of them. I looked around and on my near end, I saw a leafy carpeted path, I took that way but I couldn't stop my harshly beating heart. The smell of the forest was pulpy and breath able, the twigs were crunching under my feet as I walked on.
A few steps near the path and still it was too quiet for my liking, it was as if it was as waiting for something or someone or an act. I couldn't figure it out, I walked along the way for sometime and looked at the trees on the side on the path, I could tell they were million years old. A few minutes into it and I couldn't help but try to call Aldo, I thought I had come far enough. So I tried to call onto him,