There were many of them. About 20. Boys and girls not older than 12 all sitting around a big white paper with their colour pencils in their hands more...

He was sitting in front of the window staring through the glass like every other day during the last 9 months. Birds were flying in and out of the garden more...

He opened the door as slowly as he could and crawled into my bed. The sound of his footsteps cracking on the hardwood floor more...