Mrs. Chevone stepped outside onto the cold, winter morning. She reached into the mailbox and pulled out a pile of letters, then quickly ran back inside. She proceeded to look through them when she stopped over one. She gasped and ran off to Kyle's room.
"Kyle, Kyle wake up." Mrs. Chevone excitedly awoke Kyle. Kyle tossed and turned before finally facing Mrs. Chevone "What is it?" Handing him the letter her voice squeaked "Read who this is for." Kyle rubbed the crust out of his eyes and took the letter. He gasped "It's for me!" He seemed surprise. "Do you know who sent it?" Mrs. Chevone shook her head. Kyle thanked her and she left. He wanted to open but he had to go school.
Mrs. Chevone looked through the rest of the letters and stopped over another one. Worried, she opened it and read it's content. When she finished she began to cry.
When Kyle returned to the orphanage from school he was surprised to see people taking stuff out of it. He saw Mrs. Chevone hanging her head surrounded by some other kids. Kyle made her way over to Mrs. Chevone while ignoring remarks from the other kids. "What's going on?" She looked over at Kyle "The orphanage was foreclosed. This isn't our home anymore." Kyle felt light headed, then he remembered the note "Oh god the letter!" Kyle dashed into the house, Mrs. Chevone attempted to stop him but was too slow.
Kyle entered his room brushing by men taking furniture away. His letter was still there. He heard some adults in the building talk about forcing him out him "If he's stolen anything…" He heard one complain. Kyle acted quick and shoved the note in his pocket just as a man came in and grabbed him by the arm "You're coming with me."
The man threw Kyle out of the building. The other kids laughed as Mrs. Chevone ran over to him "Could you get it?" Kyle flashed a smile, Mrs. Chevone knew what he meant.
A man walked over to Mrs. Chevone "All right were done here." Mrs. Chevone got serious "What do you expect about to do about the children?" The man snorted "I don't care. You should have thought about that before not paying for this building." Before she could say anything to him he left.
"What's going to happen know?" Someone in the crowd of children asked. Mrs. Chevone looked at them all with a broken heart "I guess you're on your own…" She knelt down to their level of vision "I want you to all work together to survive. Winter is coming soon. Never abandon one another. Work together. " Without any sign of emotion she got up and walked away.
Kyle looked at the crowd "Will they accept me?" he thought. He walked towards them and was immediately shoved away. With a laugh the crowd of children walked away leaving Kyle on the ground.
It had been a few days since the orphanage was closed. Kyle had been doing okay. He strangely knew some survival skills and was contempt. When he caught sight of some the other orphans they were struggling. He always chuckled darkly to himself when he saw that.
Kyle was always to preoccupied with surviving he forgot about the note. It was still in his pocket. One night he had finished building a fire when he remembered the note. He pulled it out of the envelope and read it. Kyle noticed that he couldn't read it.
He had been struggling so long to read the note he didn't notice the fire was dieing. Considering it was worthless to him now. He threw the note into the fire and decided to fall asleep. After a few minutes he noted the fire was not getting brighter. He looked at the fire and noticed the note remained untouched. He didn't want to stick his hands into the fire so he decided to check it in the morning. With that he turned over and fell asleep. He thought he heard the caw of a crow.