Emilia sat up and squinted at the sun that was shinning in her eyes. She looked beside her as she felt a cold nose,
"Trevor, you silly." Emilia said as she petted the dog on his head. Emilia stood up and looked down the mountain, white dots covered its side. Emilia sighed and began to pick her way down the mountain. As she went she rounded up the sheep and herded them with the help of Trevor. As she reached the bottom of the mountain she bumped into her older sister who was also heading back to the house.
" It's such a beautiful day." Emilia said, looking at the sky.
"I couldn't agree more." Ali replied. The two of them worked with Trevor and got the sheep in the barn. As they closed the doors to the barn their mother yelled for them to come in for supper. Emilia sat down at the table and dug into her meatloaf and potatoes. As they were finishing up, the doorbell rang.
"I'll get it!" Emilia shouted. She ran to the door and opened it. In front of her stood the mailman, drenched to the bone.
"Mom!" Emilia yelled, as she invited the man into the house. She offered him a seat by the fire and got him a mug of coffee. Her mother brought a blanket and a couple of towels. Emilia got the mail from the mailbag, which looked more like a pile of mush. She placed a rack by the radiator and hung the envelopes and packages to dry. As she sifted through the paper packages and envelopes she placed their mail aside. Once the mail had been hung and the mailman was comfortably warm, Emilia sat down on the couch. She placed all the bills on one side and the other things on the other side. As she looked through the letters she stopped and starred down at a plain envelope. It had writing in green ink and was addressed to her. Emilia looked up and saw that no one was looking, so she slipped it into her apron pocket. She was about to continue sorting again when she noticed another envelope addressed to her. She placed the other letters aside and stood up, nodded to the postman and began to walk up the stairs.
"Where do you think you're going?" her mother's voice came from behind her. Emilia turned around and looked at her mother who was standing at the bottom of the stairs.
"I'm going to bed early, I'm tired." she said, making an excuse. Her mother looked at her, but turned back into the room when a loud bang echoed from the kitchen. Emilia ran up the remaining stairs and slammed the door closed behind her. She collapsed on the bed and closed her eyes. As she began to fall asleep another loud bang echoed from the kitchen that caused her to jump. Emilia opened the door and looked down the hall toward the kitchen. She walked down the hall and entered the kitchen where she found her mother and sister standing in shock.
"What's happening?" Emilia asked, as she looked to see what the cause of the noise was. Neither her mother or her sister answered.
"Hello?" Emilia said, getting a little angry. Another crash echoed through the kitchen and Emilia turned around to find a pot twirling on the ground in front of her.
"Emilia? I thought you were going to bed?" her mother asked, seeming to have come out of shock.
"Oh ya," Emilia said, as she walked back to her room and shut the door again.