"Go to bed without dinner," they told her. So she did, without eating a bite, without a complaint.
And she never woke up. She's probably still sleeping, they thought, as they zipped her up in a sleeping bag. They looked at her and thought, she looks so peaceful, let's not wake her up with our noisy house, and so they put the sleeping bag in a garbage can, with her inside.
Weeks and months went by, and still she didn't wake up. They needed to move, but she seemed so peaceful, and she felt frightfully cold. So they kept her in the sleeping bag, and put her in the shed, thinking she'd miss her home if they brought her to another state. They told no one where they put her, or about her prolonged sleep, for fear someone would disturb her, or so they told themselves.
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