Temptation

Freckles:

One day the thing with the high voice forgot to close the opening through which everyone visited. I was sure that it would remember the mistake and return to close it, so I reclined inside the large wide cave and watched. But, to my great surprise, it remained open.

Was this a trap? If I hopped through the portal would I be captured once again and taken to a new place -- maybe a place I wouldn’t enjoy? Where were Nice Guy and Big Guy? I was pretty sure that they wouldn’t trick me. I didn’t know if I could trust that high-voiced one. Yet, the opening stayed open, and my curiosity got the best of me. A little look couldn’t hurt. Could it?