Vines

• Dean Pike, Grade 5
• Short Story
• 2004

Vines are snakes twisting angrily around trees, strangling them, just like choking its prey. They hang down ready to strike a helpless person walking past. Be careful of them. Brown and hanging. Ready to lurch and kill, kill, kill. They are grabbing the necks of any creature that is brave enough to stand up to the horrible threat. Even though they look as still as ever, they are there, waiting silently, for their next victim…