The Clicker

Once there was a little boy that was abandoned by his parents at the age of three. He was found by an old lady who lived down the street. When she found him he would make a clicking noise- two times then one final time. The old woman asked,

“Where are your parents, darling boy?”

He didn’t say anything but he clicked; he clicked two times, then one final time.

“You don’t talk much do you?”

He shook his head. She gave him a yellow crooked smile and held out her hand for him to hold.

“Well you can come home with me until your parents find you.”

He took her hand a they walked down the street. The boy doesn’t remember anything about his parents but as he held the woman's hand, he felt something strange pulsing through his