The Freakshow

Carefully, you feel around in the dark for clues. It’s clear you’ve been locked up, but where and by whom? You hear hissing next to you, is that a snake? Your hands feel something rusty, long thin metal. Bars? Is that a lion growling you’re hearing? Your foot snags on a chain. Turns out there’s a hook on it. You try to fish through the bars by touch, but for what? Suddenly, a little girl’s voice sounds out. ‘Don’t be scared’, she says. ‘I’ll help you escape, but we have to be quick, because the show only takes an hour and then…they’ll be back…the freaks’.