Oh Shoot!

Based on a dream I had, so it's just as weird. Childhood memory with a twist?

Transcript

1. Narrator: When I was really young, my family and I lived with my grandparents in a big blue house.
2. Narrator: When I was really young, my family and I lived with my grandparents in a big blue house.
3. Narrator: Mom and Dad worked most days,
4. Narrator: which left my brother Andrew and I to get into all sorts of trouble.
5. Narrator: which left my brother Andrew and I to get into all sorts of trouble.
8. Narrator: Grandma was the one who typically watched us,
9. Narrator: but sometimes we were too sneaky for our own good.
10. Narrator: but sometimes we were too sneaky for our own good.
11. Narrator: The big blue house was pretty old, and it had a laundry shoot that ran from the upstairs bathroom to the basement.
12. Narrator: The big blue house was pretty old, and it had a laundry shoot that ran from the upstairs bathroom to the basement.
13. Narrator: The big blue house was pretty old, and it had a laundry shoot that ran from the upstairs bathroom to the basement.
14. Narrator: The big blue house was pretty old, and it had a laundry shoot that ran from the upstairs bathroom to the basement.
15. Narrator: The big blue house was pretty old, and it had a laundry shoot that ran from the upstairs bathroom to the basement.
16. Narrator: The big blue house was pretty old, and it had a laundry shoot that ran from the upstairs bathroom to the basement.
17. Narrator: We would take turns putting toys down the shoot
18. Narrator: We would take turns putting toys down the shoot
19. Narrator: and we would catch them on the other side
20. Narrator: and we would catch them on the other side
21. Narrator: and we would catch them on the other side
22. Narrator: and we would catch them on the other side
23. Narrator: before running them up the stairs to switch places.
24. Narrator: before running them up the stairs to switch places.
25. Narrator: I would get pretty carried away.
26. Sara: "Okay everyone, it's our turn to play."
27. Sara: "Okay everyone, it's our turn to play."
28. Sara: "Okay everyone, it's our turn to play."
29. Sara: "Have fun Kitten!"
30. Sara: "Have fun Kitten!"
33. Narrator: To my surprise, the little stuffed cat looked back at me with sad eyes.
34. Narrator: To my surprise, the little stuffed cat looked back at me with sad eyes.
35. Kitten: "Do I have to?"?"
36. Sara: "Do you not want to go?""
37. Kitten: "No, no...""
38. Kitten: "It's fine...""
39. Narrator: I felt bad. I didn't want Kitten to do anything she didn't want to.
40. Narrator: That was when my hands slipped out from under me and I fell.
41. Narrator: That was when my hands slipped out from under me and I fell.
42. Narrator: It was strange, the world around me seemed to change as I fell.
43. Narrator: It was strange, the world around me seemed to change as I fell.
44. Narrator: Was this what the inside of shoots looked like??
45. Narrator: It wasn't long until I saw Kitten, but something felt off.
46. Narrator: I was scared. This wasn't right. As soon as I saw another shoot opening, I went for it.
47. Narrator: I was scared. This wasn't right. As soon as I saw another shoot opening, I went for it.
48. Narrator: I was scared. This wasn't right. As soon as I saw another shoot opening, I went for it.
50. Sara: "Phew"
51. Kitten (OS): "I won't let you get away."
52. Sara: "What?"
53. Sara: "Kitten?"
54. Kitten: "Time after time you have sent me down here,"
55. Kitten: "Now it's your turn to fall."
56. Sara: "I didn't know! I thought we were playing!"
57. Kitten (OS): '"Me too, but we aren't the same! I want you to be like me!"
58. Kitten (OS): "I want you to be my toy now!"
59. Kitten (OS): "I want you to fall!"
60. Kitten (OS): "I want you to fall!"
61. Kitten (OS): "I want you to fall!"
62. Narrator: I closed my eyes, and before I knew it...
66. Sara (OS): "... Andrew?"?
67. Andrew: "Oh man, am I glad I caught you! I was wondering what was taking so long."
68. Andrew: "Hurry up and take your turn! I wanna go next!"
69. Narrator: Needless to saw I was super confused. Was any of that real?
70. Narrator: I looked down at the small stuffed cat clutched in my arms and felt the same wave of uneasiness as before.
71. Narrator: I looked down at the small stuffed cat clutched in my arms and felt the same wave of uneasiness as before.
72. Sara: "Um... Sorry Kitten."
73. Sara: "I really don't want to play anymore!"
76. Narrator: Huh... I wonder what ever happened to that cat...