There came a pound on the door. I hurriedly grabbed my necklace shaped like a raven and placed it into the little hole in the wall. The wall gave a final beep. I grabbed my necklace out of the hole and put it in my pocket.
Something loud fell upstairs with a big bang. They were coming.
The wall formed a little entryway. I quickly stepped inside.
There came footsteps from upstairs and some man yelled “Hurry up! They might still be here!”
The entryway closed behind me as I heard another man yell “I’ll check downstairs sir.”
The passageway was practically black. I reached inside my bag and took the flashlight out and clicked it on. I looked around the secret passageway, trying to find my way around. It had been a long time since my mother showed me how to use the passage in case of an emergency.

“Follow my Polly. I have something to show you” my mother whispered in my ear while I was staring at my wall. I got up and followed her to the “dead end” where there sat a small table of raven sculptures. “This is in case of an emergency ok Polly, so don’t ever show this to anyone ever.” She had told me. She showed me how to do all of the passcodes and even gave me a piece of paper with letters and numbers.
I looked at the list and asked, “What is this mom?”
She took a sheet of paper and started writing something on it. After she was done she gave me the piece of paper and told me that it was a secret code to write in if I was in danger. I studied it carefully and understood how to write the code. “4,15.25,15,21.21,14,4,5,18,19,20,1,14,4.20,8,9,19.3,15,4,5.” she wrote down on the sheet of paper. It took a few minutes for me to process what it might say. “25,5,19.13,15,13.9.21,14,4,5,18,19,20,1,14,4.” I wrote underneath her code.
“Great job Polly! When you get older you will be able to think through it a little faster.” she responded after I showed her the paper I wrote on.