I AM NOT ASLEEP YET
By Evgeny Stolyarov
I AM NOT ASLEEP YET
Evgeny Stolyarov Vienna Press Copyright 2013
Dedicated to my Favorite Librarian, Mrs. Jones
SUMMARY Did you see the shoes with the eyes? Their eyes look like golden rings! They are all black except their eyes. Read and find out about a SCARY story!
I look at my watch. It is eleven o’clock. I think my watch is broken or‌I am not asleep yet. Everybody is, but not me. I hear snoring. HROWSHIZZZZZZ! I am moving in bed, but nobody hears me because everybody is asleep. I am sweating even though the window is opened and I am not under a blanket. A nice summer breeze blows into the room. It feels good. A mosquito flies in. It tries to bite me. I stand on my bed and slap, and clap and squeeze it. It is dead. Suddenly I notice the shoes. The shoes with the eyes I call them. Slowly
but sternly they walk to me because I am not asleep. Only I know about the shoes with the eyes. Step by step they walk slowly to me. They are all black except their eyes that look like golden rings. I want to sleep but I can’t because the shoes are walking to me. I start trembling. My heart pumps fast. I turn into a ball and roll up under the blanket. I start to bite my nails. Click! Click! I start panicking. What should I do if the shoes with the eyes are walking to me. Should I run, call for help, or just stay? I’ll stay. I am a big boy. I am 4 years old. That’s what I think. Then I turn to the wall and think about the day. When I stop thinking I
turn around. The shoes with the eyes are standing next to the door. I fall asleep. Next morning I wake up. Everything is ok. Then I look at my watch. It is eleven o’clock. The shoes with the eyes are not walking to me. Then I see the shoes with the rings!
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Evgeny Stolyarov is from Russia, but when he wrote this book he lived in Vienna, Austria. He has two brothers and one sister. He was inspired writing this story because he loves scary stories, and scary moments.