Kids do the strangest things

By: Erin Rae Coleman

The mother of four children slept for one night while her husband took care of them one thing she forgot to tell him was john the youngest had an urge a sort of need to kill a living thing daily and that day he didn't kill nothing. That night he got up in a sleep walk went to the kitchen and grabbed the butcher knife he stood by their bed side knife glistening in his hand he puts it closer to his father's neck the awakens and see's her son a knife in his hand she says wake up john. "Mummy" he whispers and his eyes open he looks at the knife in his hand over his father’s neck and drops it he stares at it for a while on the floor then his eyes get all teary and he busted out crying. His dad wakes up and see's his wife a knife in hand "Umm Honey..." He says awkwardly "Why do you have a knife!" "I thought I heard something..." she says but it was just little Johnny.”Well go back to sleep John" he mumbles. "He had a bad dream!" She replies brushing a piece of hair out of his red face puffy from crying, but he had already fallen back to sleep. Its ok baby its ok she says rocking him back and forth a tear rolling from her cheek.