Rag Doll

• Carley Maddy, Grade 6
• Poetry
• 2008

My name's Jamie and I had this rag doll I used to sleep with. Let me tell you my story.
On the 11th of February it was my birthday and I got heaps of presents, but there was one in particular present that stood out like a sore thumb- A rag doll.
That night I had to get up to go to the toilet, when I was in the toilet I heard a little girl's voice and it said "I'm coming closer, very closer". When I finished I ran to my room and realised my rag doll had gone. After that I fell straight to sleep.
The next morning I said to my mum, "Mum I think we need to get rid of my rag doll." My mum said "Why?" "Because it can talk to me", I said. My mum said I was being stupid. As I left I put my rag doll in a box.
When I was walking to school I felt a kick in my bag. I looked in my bag and there it was, my rag doll. At school I didn't show anyone.
After school I ran home and said "Mum I think we really and truly need to get rid of my rag doll." "Why do we Jamie?" She asked. "Because it's haunted!" I said. All of a sudden mum and I heard a giggle, just like a little girl's voice. I looked in my bag and it was my rag doll. "Mum", I said "We should really chuck out that haunted scary thing. Please!" My mum said "I will think about it."
That night I heard a scream so I ran into my mum's room. I saw my rag doll next to my mum, I said "Mum we need to talk." She said "Ok". So we went to my room. "Mum" I said, "Let's make a plan." So we went back to bed.
That morning we got my doll and treated it nice, but right there and right then it smashed a plate.
The next day was the weekend so we took my doll for a picnic. That didn't turn out well, it tried to hurt a dog and tried to steal a baby. It took a police car, so now we are at the police station paying $10000. "Jamie", mum said, "We're going to burn this doll."
The next day we lit a fire and said our last words, well if we had any. Then we chucked my doll in.
That night I thought I shouldn't have chucked it out but it was for the best. Here I am now-with no rag doll and a quiet life and hopefully I don't get another rag doll so it stays this quiet.