SENSE THE WAY!

Tap. Tap. Clank.

My red-and-white cane finds our garbage can.

Thunder and I turn left.

Knock knock.

“Trick-or-treat!”

“Nice costume, Milo!”

We leave. I count steps. …twenty-eight…twenty-nine…

“Milo!”

Sounds like Candice.

“Aren’t you scared by yourself?”

I pat Thunder. “No.”

“Happy Halloween!” She leaves.

But…I lost count. 

Where are we?

Thunder tugs right.

Is it?

I breathe in…cut grass…the Sanderson’s just mowed.

I listen. Main Street is behind us.

I reach out…and feel the Mahoney’s wooden fence.

Thunder is right.

Back home, Thunder slithers out of his harness.

I give him extra treats

                                       …and nobody sees!

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