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I yawn as I stir from my bed. I had heard a soft thud come from outside and head over to my window curiously. Peeking through the dirty glass, smudged with little fingerprints, I see my mama walking through the yard, something coiled in her hands.

I have to see what she is upto. I think as I quickly head from my bedroom, wearing just a thin nightie.

The house is silent as I creep through it, no one else has awoke yet. I pause once I get to the living room, the dimly lit clock on the wall catching my attention as it chimes five short times.

I grab a coat from the hook it's hanging on by the door and slip it one quietly. After grabbing my boots I slip out the door as quiet as a mouse. A gentle breeze is blowing, carrying the sweet scent of fresh rain along it. I sit on the steps shivering as I pull my dirt covered brown boots over my bare feet. I look out into the yard, but there is no sign of her anywhere. I begin to head to the spot I had seen her last when I remembered mama was only wearing her nightie as well.

After racing back inside and getting her a coat, I race to the yard where I had last seen her. But mama was nowhere to be seen. "Mama?" I whisper through the darkness, but I'm only answered by the occasional ribbit of a frog, or the loud chirp of a cricket. As I turn to head back towards the house I trip on something snaked out across the dirt, falling to my knees.

Strange why is there rope on the ground, could daddy have started putting the swing up for us? I think, grabbing the rope and starting to clammer to my feet once more.

Dusting myself off slightly, I quickly follow the rope up the tree with my eyes and gasp. My body trembles, I feel a sharp pain in my chest as I look up. There was something big and dark swinging back and forth from the branch above me. At first I was to scared to notice it, my mind telling me it was a monster in the darkness waiting for me. But a flash of lightning across the sky only adds more fear to my already shaking body as I see that it is my mother.

I drop the extra jacket I carried with me, tears ran down my face as I ran back to the house. I slam the door open and ran to papa's room, tears streaming down my eyes.

"PAPA!" I scream as I grip his shoulders, trying to shake him awake.

"K-Kathryn? Whats wrong?" Papa asks groggy as he flings his legs around the side of the bed.

"M-M-Mama, h-h-hanging from the willow t-tree!" I yank on his arm trying to show him. His eyes widen at my words, quickly jumping from the bed now, grabbing a coat and running out to the tree.

"Heyy Kath, what's papa going out for?" I hear my older sister, Millie, asking as i stare in the doorway watching papa run towards the tree.

"M-Mama.. wouldn't come down from the tree!" I tell her through shallow gasps as I cry. I can now hear my other sister, Lilly, coming down stairs holding our two-year old brother.

"SHUT IT KAT! Lo is sleeping!" We hear loud sirens heading towards the house, waking the baby up with its loud blaring.

"Oh looked at that! Those dang brats waken up Logan!" Lilly spat, as she glared towards the window.

"Why you shut your mouth Lillana!" Mille yells at her twin sister.

"But they awoken Logan, Millana!" She yells back, only making the baby cry more.

Papa rushed back in as tears wash down his face.

"Papa! Whats wrong!" The two twins say in unison, Lilly handed the two-year old to the five-year old.

"M-Mama's dead.." He cries out, slamming one hand onto the table and rubbing his head with the other.

They girls froze as the sound of loud sirens come from the driveway now, followed by the shouts of men by the tree. It isn't long before they hear a loud knock on the door.

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I wake up shivering from a cold sweat, tears running down my face at the sad memory of the day I lost my momma.