A story I remembered

Once upon a time there was a boy. This boy loved exploring new things. He loved to go around his town with friends and find new ways home, new ways around town, and new things that he had never before noticed in the town.

One day while he was out and about on a hot summers day he found a very large hole in the ground. He looked into this hole and was scared. Where did this hole come from? He was 12 years old, he knew everything there was to know about this town. He had spent countless days exploring, and yet he had no idea where this hole came from. It seemed to be and endless pit with no end in sight.

The first thing he did was run to his friend and tell him about this hole. They both ran outside and to this pit the boy had found. It was an amazing sight for both of them. It had dirt all around the outside and a what seemed to be a cave mouth on the inside. While the boys were exploring they noticed that there was a dirt ramp leading down to the came mouth. Being the boys they were, they went down that ramp and went into the cave.

Now they boys were always ready for any type of adventure so of course they had flashlights. Flashlights shining bright they did what they knew best and explored. The boys had never seen anything like this. The walls where shining and there seemed to be needles hanging from the ceiling. The trail they walked was littered pebbles and and needles from the floor just like the ceiling ones.

After an eternity they boys saw no more light from the outside and realized that they didn't know the way out. The boys became scared but remembered that they were adventurers and must not show fear. The boys turned around and headed to what they thought was the way out. They came to a for in the cave they hadn't noticed before and didn't know what to do. After a debate and a heated game of Rock Paper Scissors they chose to go left. Continuing on this path for a while they began to see what was a glimmer of light.

The boys began to run with excitement and just as they were about to get to the end, there was a rumble. Now even though the boys were fearless, they were scared. The cave was rumbling and the ground was shaking madly. The boys were frozen for a moment and then out of no where ran faster then they ever had before. With the cave still rumbling the ceiling began to fall. The friend jumped out of the the cave just in time to avoid being caved in. Our discoverer of the hole how ever was not as lucky.

The boys yelled at each other and the friend said he would go get help. Our brave explorer was trapped in this cave while he waited for help. He kept the light on as long as he could. The cave was dark and scary. There were sounds coming from the cave that he hadn't noticed while walking around. The light was flickering on and off and they boy became more afraid. The light went out completely, the boy seemed to be with out hope. They boy began to cry and held himself in this scary place.

From just above him a voice was heard. A soothing voice that the boy had no reason to be afraid of. The voice asked "Hello there boy, are you ok?" They boy responded with a shallow "No, no, I'm scared." The voice replied with "Why are you scared? Is it because there is no longer any light?" The boy answered "Yes. How am I supposed to be ok when I don't know where I am and when I feel like no one will ever come to help me?" "Well," the voice said "I can help with that." There was a flash of light and the cave was all of a sudden shinning as bright as a summers day. The boy looked around for the body that went along with that voice. This person was no where to be found.

"Look up boy." The boy looked up but still saw no body. All he saw was a flower. A rose to be exact. "Hello boy." The boy was confused and didn't know how to respond. How was the flower talking? Where did that light come from? Why was he not scared of this talking plant? All questions that he didn't know the answer to. "You are a talking rose?" the boy asked. "Yes, indeed I am." the rose answered softly. "Well where did this light come from" egerly asked the boy. "The light came from the cave of course. It is what happens when there is no outside light coming in." answered the flower. "Oh, that makes sense." said the boy.

"You should wake up though boy. Your friend is back and the cave is open."
"What? I thought that I was awake?"
"You are awake. You aren't scared anymore."
"When did that happen?"
"Just now. When you found out that there was light inside of you instead of looking around for other sources."
"I thought that was you who made the light?"
"No, it was you. You being able to look to yourself rather then to others."
"Is that a good thing?"
"It is a good thing indeed."
"Well thank you."
"For what?"
"Talking to me while I was scared I guess. I'm not sure."
"Goodbye boy."
"Goodbye rose."

The boy was waken up by his friend and his father. The boy tried to tell the story, but no one would listen to him. The boy went on with his summer and had many more adventures, but he always remembered that flower. The rose that helped him find that light he needed so much when he was scared.

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I wrote that when was in 5th grade I think. I added some stuff but it's just a better version I guess. Thanks for reading it.