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blind
faith in him?
"I know what you're
getting at, Jimmy, and yes there's a chance that you'll be able to find,
see, talk to, and hug your mother here."
My eyes shot open wide and
my ears began to hear every single word, now that Gasp had said
what I wanted to hear. So it was possible!
"She's here somewhere.
They're all here," he said and waved his left arm out to the side,
inviting me to follow it and look down the hallway.
It was then that, all of a sudden, some
wispy shapes started to come into focus. They were just as
see-through as Gasp and they walked up and down the hall just like
they were going to find their rooms - just like they were going
about their days.
At least twenty different ghosts (some with
their animal companions - dogs, cats, even chickens and pigs) all
moving through the same space as me and Gasp. I could barely
believe it, but things like this were starting to shock me less and
less by the minute.
"They're all here around
us, Jimmy," he told me. "They're practically everywhere here in Ghost Town, just
like you're everywhere in your world. You just can't see them
unless they want you to."
"Huh," was all I could muster.
"These ghosts have been here all along, but
these guys and gals only revealed themselves after I invited them
to. Only after I told them it was okay."
Wow , I thought. Gasp is like the Good
Witch telling the Munchkins it's okay to come out and meet Dorothy.
So where was my Yellow Brick Road? Was it this hallway?
"And they're everywhere? Like even outside
this hallway?
"Everywhere, Jimmy," Gasp
said and turned down the hallway again. The apparitions we were
seeing started to fade until they were no longer visible.
"This is Ghost
Town, remember? Ghost being the operative word."
"Yeah," I said and shrugged. "I got it
now."
I guess it takes a while to get used to
being in a place like this. I could do it though, if for nothing
more than the remote chance of seeing Mom.
We kept moving down the hallways and my
thoughts shifted back to David and Trex. All the talk of my mom
made me temporarily forget that they were still somewhere in Ghost
Town and I had no idea where.
"We're on our way to them, Jimmy."
"Where are they?"
"Through one of these doors," Gasp said and
smiled like it was some kind of clever inside joke that I wasn't
getting.
"But how do we know which one?"
"That's why I'm here, sir.
If you remember, I did tell you that I'm your guide ."
"Right. Right," I said. "Okay, so let's get
going. Lead the way."
* * * * *
Gasp and I walked the
hallway for what seemed like hours. There were straight-aways,
twists, turns, corners, and at one point, it felt like we were
spinning upside down. Almost like we were in some crazy video game
and we had to make our way through the maze to get to rescue the
Princess. There may not have been any obstacles but this was certainly no
easy journey either.
As we walked the hallway -
I followed Gasp mostly in silence - I wondered just how many more
spirits we'd passed on our way. Once they'd disappeared, I hadn't
seen another on the entire walk, but it was pretty obvious that
they were there anyway. Gasp said they're "everywhere," and I
didn't expect them to up and leave on my account, so I assumed they
were still walking past, around, through us as we made our way to
wherever the heck we were headed.
"Do you really know where we're going?" I
asked, wondering just how much longer we'd have to walk this crazy
hallway.
"Of course, Jimmy." Gasp said and shook his
ghostly little head. "We're going to Room 7."
Room 7? I thought. But none of
these doors had any numbers. At least not any that we'd passed had
numbers on them.
"But--"
"I know," he said before I had a chance to
finish my thought. "None of the doors have numbers, right?"
"Uh huh," I mumbled and nodded towards Gasp,
looking for him to lead me in some direction. He'd been leading me
down this wacky hallway for long enough and I was starting to get
frustrated. I just wanted to
faith in him?
"I know what you're
getting at, Jimmy, and yes there's a chance that you'll be able to find,
see, talk to, and hug your mother here."
My eyes shot open wide and
my ears began to hear every single word, now that Gasp had said
what I wanted to hear. So it was possible!
"She's here somewhere.
They're all here," he said and waved his left arm out to the side,
inviting me to follow it and look down the hallway.
It was then that, all of a sudden, some
wispy shapes started to come into focus. They were just as
see-through as Gasp and they walked up and down the hall just like
they were going to find their rooms - just like they were going
about their days.
At least twenty different ghosts (some with
their animal companions - dogs, cats, even chickens and pigs) all
moving through the same space as me and Gasp. I could barely
believe it, but things like this were starting to shock me less and
less by the minute.
"They're all here around
us, Jimmy," he told me. "They're practically everywhere here in Ghost Town, just
like you're everywhere in your world. You just can't see them
unless they want you to."
"Huh," was all I could muster.
"These ghosts have been here all along, but
these guys and gals only revealed themselves after I invited them
to. Only after I told them it was okay."
Wow , I thought. Gasp is like the Good
Witch telling the Munchkins it's okay to come out and meet Dorothy.
So where was my Yellow Brick Road? Was it this hallway?
"And they're everywhere? Like even outside
this hallway?
"Everywhere, Jimmy," Gasp
said and turned down the hallway again. The apparitions we were
seeing started to fade until they were no longer visible.
"This is Ghost
Town, remember? Ghost being the operative word."
"Yeah," I said and shrugged. "I got it
now."
I guess it takes a while to get used to
being in a place like this. I could do it though, if for nothing
more than the remote chance of seeing Mom.
We kept moving down the hallways and my
thoughts shifted back to David and Trex. All the talk of my mom
made me temporarily forget that they were still somewhere in Ghost
Town and I had no idea where.
"We're on our way to them, Jimmy."
"Where are they?"
"Through one of these doors," Gasp said and
smiled like it was some kind of clever inside joke that I wasn't
getting.
"But how do we know which one?"
"That's why I'm here, sir.
If you remember, I did tell you that I'm your guide ."
"Right. Right," I said. "Okay, so let's get
going. Lead the way."
* * * * *
Gasp and I walked the
hallway for what seemed like hours. There were straight-aways,
twists, turns, corners, and at one point, it felt like we were
spinning upside down. Almost like we were in some crazy video game
and we had to make our way through the maze to get to rescue the
Princess. There may not have been any obstacles but this was certainly no
easy journey either.
As we walked the hallway -
I followed Gasp mostly in silence - I wondered just how many more
spirits we'd passed on our way. Once they'd disappeared, I hadn't
seen another on the entire walk, but it was pretty obvious that
they were there anyway. Gasp said they're "everywhere," and I
didn't expect them to up and leave on my account, so I assumed they
were still walking past, around, through us as we made our way to
wherever the heck we were headed.
"Do you really know where we're going?" I
asked, wondering just how much longer we'd have to walk this crazy
hallway.
"Of course, Jimmy." Gasp said and shook his
ghostly little head. "We're going to Room 7."
Room 7? I thought. But none of
these doors had any numbers. At least not any that we'd passed had
numbers on them.
"But--"
"I know," he said before I had a chance to
finish my thought. "None of the doors have numbers, right?"
"Uh huh," I mumbled and nodded towards Gasp,
looking for him to lead me in some direction. He'd been leading me
down this wacky hallway for long enough and I was starting to get
frustrated. I just wanted to
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