Wake up sleepy head
Maddie woke up again, this time it was her father shaking her awake. His face was stern as she looked at it.
"You know your not suppost to stay up late reading to try and get to sleep, your suppost to just try to fall asleep by yourself." he said.
Maddie jumped out of bed suddenly full of energy. She quickly got dressed and brushed her teeth, trying to comb her hair into submisssion she slung her bag over her sholder and ran to meet the school bus at the end of the lane. She sat beside her best friend Charlotte who was reading her book, her eyes flickering back and forwards across the page. Maddie tilted her head to read the title. "A sad mans tale" she read aloud. Oh he sounds like a cheerful man" she said with a hint of sarcasm in her voice.
"It's actually very good" answered Charlotte "It's a mans life story, you see he was in the war and his ar-"
"Not on a Monday morning" Maddie groaned.
Charlotte continued reading her book.
At the end of the school day Maddie heaved the books that were in her hands into her bag and walked to the bus.
When she got home Maddie could see something was wrong, all of the books were lying torn appart all over the floor. She ran into the living room, her father wasn't there and there was a note lying on the floor. She picked it up and read it. It said:
Dear Maddie
I have gone away for a few days.
Mrs Andrew's will look after you while I am
gone. Do not worry about me, I am fine.
Love you lots
xxx Dad
Maddie stared at the note. Her father had never left her alone longer than to go to the corner shop. All she could do was sit and wonder what had happened to her father.