The Veldt Extension: A Short Story

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HegelThe Veldt Extension “ Yes. That will be great,” said the psychologist looking warily at Wendy as she is walking to the kitchen.
Peter remained seated with him to discern his actions. The kids seem to be acting strange, David wonders what is taking George and Lydia so long as they should be getting on their way, he is starting to worry about the family. While he sits next to this strange boy he wants to find out what caused the kid to design such horrid scenes of death.
“Peter it would be nice to go on a vacation, wouldn’t it?”
“Are you crazy? This house means everything to me, it cares for me more than everyone else.”
He could feel, how strongly the boy felt towards the house and how troubled he was at the thought of leaving. Peter
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“ Here is the tea,” she spoke with a suspicious look on her face, while she hands it over to the psychologist.”
As the psychologist takes a sip, the kids both look at each with great triumphant.
“ It tastes very good,” he stated.
By the fourth sip, he starts to get light-headed and just out of it. Then, it is only till the fifth sip that he collapses to the couch and foam bubbles from his mouth. Peter has a slight smirk on his face as he saw David having his final breaths.
“ Our plan succeeded just the way we wanted it,” said Wendy.
Peter knows that this wasn’t the end. “ Don’t get too jubilant yet as we have to get rid of this evidence so no one points fingers at us.”
The sneaky children plot of a way to get rid of the only evidence there is present. They put their gloves on and get to work. They ordered the house to drag the psychologist and the cup he drank from into the nursery. From here, Peter knows what to do, as he is an expert by now.
“Wendy,” he said gently but with a tinge of peculiarity, “ just hang tight patiently outside, while I fiddle around with the settings of the nursery. It won’t take me that long so you can just guard the door and make sure no one comes

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