ADDENDUM TO SCARY EVENT PART 13

I TOLD YOU THAT I HAD A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP THAT SUNDAY NIGHT, AND THAT IS TRUE.  BUT, I AM WRITING FROM MY DIARY AND FAILED TO TELL YOU SOMETHING BEFORE I WENT TO SLEEP.  I HAD GOTTEN  INTO BED AND WAS ABOUT ASLEEP WHEN I HEARD A KNOCK AT FRONT DOOR.  I WENT TO THE DOOR IN MY PAJAMAS AND IT WAS BOBBY.  "WHAT ARE YOU DOING UP AT THIS HOUR?"  I ASKED.  BOBBY ASKED ME TO GET DRESSED AND COME DOWN, HE WANTED ME TO SEE HIS ROOM AT NIGHT.  "I DON'T THINK YOUR PARENTS WOULD MUCH LIKE THAT"  I SAID.  "THEY ARE ASLEEP AND WILL NEVER KNOW....PLEASE".....I DECIDED TO COMPLY WITH HIS REQUEST.   WE WALKED DOWN TO 3509 AND HE MOTIONED ME TO FOLLOW HIM TO BACK DOOR.  THERE WAS A SMALL SCREENED IN PORCH WHERE THEY ATE THEIR MEALS WHEN THE WEATHER WAS NICE.  A REDWOOD TABLE WITH BENCHES ON BOTH SIDES.  WE WENT FROM PORCH INTO AND THROUGH THE KITCHEN, PASSED THE BATHROOM, AND INTO HIS BEDROOM.  HE INVITED ME TO SIT ON HIS BED WITH HIM.  HIS CANDLES WERE LIT AND PUT LITTLE DANCING CIRCLES OF LIGHT ON THE CEILING AND A RED GLOW ON THE WALLS.  NO WONDER THE CATHOLICS LIKE THESE, I THOUGHT.  A CURL OF INCENSE SMOKE ROSE FROM THE BUDDHA BURNER..."HOW DO YOU LIKE IT?"  HE ASKED.  "I LOVE IT" I SAID.  HE MOTIONED ME TO COME AND LOOK AT ONE OF HIS MAPS BY CANDLE LIGHT.  "JUST LOOK AT ALL THE NAMES OF MOUNTAIN RANGES AND TOWNS......LOOK..THE OLD WOMAN MOUNTAINS..HOW SAD...THERE MUST HAVE BEEN AN OLD WOMAN FOR WHOM THEY WERE NAMED....MY FAVORITE PLACE IS THIS"  HE POINTED TO THE CRATERS OF THE MOON NAT'L MONUMENT IN IDAHO.  "I MUST GO THERE SOON....IT MUST BE SUCH A MAGICAL PLACE..SO LONELY OUT THERE ALL ALONE IN THE MOONLIGHT"  HE ADDED.  I TOLD HIM THAT HE HAD A GIFT OF PERSONALIZING PLACES, THEN I ASKED HIM WHY HE DID NOT FIND PLEASURE IN PEOPLE.  "THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND ME...THEY ARE SO LOST IN THEIR WORLD...ALL SORTS OF GROUPS OF FRIENDS BAND TOGETHER..NEVER ASKING ME IN...IT'S OK. I DON'T WANT TO BE IN.  I HATE SCHOOL...THEY ASSUME I AM INTERESTED IN WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY...THEN THEY GIVE US TESTS TO SEE IF WE LIKED THEIR OWN PERSONAL INTERESTS   I HAVE UNSEEN FRIENDS WHO LIVE IN TREES AND ROCKS...THEY ARE SPIRITS AND THEY HOVER OVER THEIR FAVORITE HAUNTS....THEY ARE FRIENDLY....NEVER CRITICIZE...NOTHING REQUIRED OF ME TO PROVE MYSELF TO THEM...THEY INVITE ME IN TO JOIN THEM IN THEIR SECRET AND STRANGE WORLD WHERE THERE ARE NO WORDS OF HURT....JUST A BEAUTIFUL LONELY"   I HAD FORGOTTEN HOW ARTICULATE I MUST HAVE BEEN, BUT I UNDERSTOOD HIM COMPLETELY.  HE STOOD UP AND SAID "I AM AFRAID DAD WILL CATCH US HERE ALONE..LET ME GO WITH YOU OUTSIDE.  I WANT TO BE YOUR FRIEND....."   I WALKED HOME AND HAD THAT GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP I WAS TALKING ABOUT....SUCH A STRANGE LITTLE BOY..........WAS I.  (TO BE CONTINUED)