Sophie did her best to wake up her mom, but nothing worked. She believed her mom was just very tired, but the hours ticked away, and her mom never got up, so she knew something was wrong.
Dialing 911
Luckily, Sophie’s mom had made her memorize 911 in case of an emergency, and that’s the only thing she could think to do now because her mom still hadn’t woken up. She told the operator that her mother had been sleeping all day.
Dialing 911
Helping Sophie
The 911 operator hadn’t expected to hear a child on the phone. Immediately, he knew he had to help, so he sent an ambulance and the cops to her address. However, it was quite difficult to get inside, which shocked everyone.
Helping Sophie
Surprised By the Sight
There was only one entrance to the property, and the police officers knew they had to act quickly; someone’s life was in danger. When they got inside, they were shocked. Would Sophie’s mom be all right?
Surprised By the Sight
Sophie and Her Mother
When Hanna was pregnant with Sophie, she told the father-to-be, and he left. He decided having a family wasn’t for him, so from then on, it was just Sophie and Hanna. The two were dedicated to each other, so no one else was needed.
Sophie and Her Mother
Still Asleep
Mornings were always for the pair because they’d eat breakfast while dancing around before heading to daycare and work. Sophie felt strange one day because her mom couldn’t stay awake, even while the alarm clock rang!
Still Asleep
Doesn’t Understand
Sophie stood beside her mom’s bed and stared at her. She thought her mother must be quite tired and didn’t realize something could be very wrong here. Therefore, she dressed and went out into the living room to wait.
Doesn’t Understand
Time Goes On
Soon, Sophie realized that her mother was still in bed. She’d been watching TV, but now she was hungry and didn’t know how to get the food herself. Plus, she wondered why her mom wasn’t dancing around like always.
Time Goes On
Trying to Wake Her
Sophie decided to check on her mom, opening the bedroom door slowly. She told her mom she was getting hungry and didn’t get a response. Therefore, she climbed onto her mother’s bed to shake her shoulders, but that didn’t work, either!
Trying to Wake Her
No Response
Her mother wasn’t responding, and Sophie’s heart started to race. She was getting panicked, and tears sprang to her eyes. What was she supposed to do now? An idea began to form in her mind!
No Response
911 Operator
Hanna had helped Sophie memorize the emergency number, so she went to the phone. Though her hands trembled, she dialed the three numbers at last. She heard a friendly voice, and it said they would get help for her mother.
911 Operator
Talking to Sophie
When the 911 operator heard a child’s voice, he was shocked. He asked her what her name was, and she gave it to him. Immediately, she asked if he could help, though he continued questioning her to get the answers necessary for that.
Talking to Sophie
Explaining the Situation
Sophie told the man that she was at home with her mom, but she hadn’t gotten up this morning. Asking her to stay on the line, he wanted to know where Hanna was. The little girl said she was in the bedroom, and then he got her address.
Explaining the Situation
Waiting
Sophie told the operator where she lived and answered his other questions. He asked many of them, such as whether her mother was hurt, if she was breathing, and things like that. Still, she wondered why the ambulance wasn’t there yet.
Waiting
Taking too Long
If you’re 4 years old, you don’t have any sense of time, so a minute can feel like an hour. However, Sophie still thought the ambulance should have been there by then. She was talking to her mom and the 911 operator, but she was scared.
Taking too Long
The Locked Door
The ambulance finally got to her house, and someone yelled out her name. She told them she was there, but they needed her to unlock her front door. Sophie was crestfallen when she realized she couldn’t reach the handle!
The Locked Door
Can’t Reach
Though she tried with all her might, she wasn’t tall enough. Finally, she told the men outside that she couldn’t reach it. However, she couldn’t give up; what if they went away without helping her mom? She came up with a plan.
Can’t Reach
Something to Stand On
Sophie remembered the black box she used as a stepping stool to get into her chair at the dining table. Therefore, she pushed it to her front door and got on it, but she still couldn’t reach. There had to be something else, and it dawned on her!
Something to Stand On
A Chair
Why didn’t she just drag the chair to her door? She went back into the dining room, but she wasn’t strong enough to push the chair. After a while, she got it moving, but it tilted on the rug. Uh-oh!
A Chair
Trapped By the Chair
Just as the chair tilted a bit, Sophie tripped on the rug and fell face-first to the ground. Since she didn’t turn around in time, the chair landed on her back, pinning her down. She screamed in pain and wondered what to do now!
Trapped By the Chair
Another Way In
She was terrified and told the men she was trapped now and couldn’t get the door open. Sophie couldn’t help and worried that the ambulance crew would leave. However, she had no idea they could get into the house another way.
Another Way In
The Other Way
The cops knew what to do. One of them told Sophie that they’d get inside in just a few minutes. She still panicked because she knew the door was locked, and there was no other way in. Finally, she heard noises outside.
The Other Way
Down the Stairs
There was some mumbling outside her door, and she heard footsteps on the stairs. This caused panic because she believed they were giving up. She begged them not to leave, but that wasn’t what they had planned at all.
Down the Stairs
A Loud Bang
The police officer outside told her that they weren’t leaving her, but they needed to get supplies from the truck downstairs. He then said that she would hear a bang soon, but she shouldn’t be scared. After a while, he told her to cover her ears.
A Loud Bang
Covering Her Ears
Sophie did as she was told and closed her eyes for good measure. She wasn’t sure what they were doing, but she trusted them. Finally, someone outside started counting down from three, and she wondered what would happen then.
Covering Her Ears
Breaking Down the Door
The floor beneath her shook as the blow crashed down. She heard it all throughout the house. There were more of them, and she noticed that the door had moved. They were breaking it down. Splinters came flying, and she had hope again.
Breaking Down the Door
Sudden Stop
However, the blows stopped suddenly. The door was still intact, and the officers thought it hadn’t worked. Now, they needed a new plan to get into the house. Sophie heard everything, and it didn’t sound very good.
Sudden Stop
Doing It Her Way
She’d heard all those rumbling sounds and knew that the police officers were trying hard to get inside the house. However, it was all taking too much time, so she realized she needed to do something on her own. What could she use to help?
Doing It Her Way
Getting Free
The chair legs pinning Sophie to the floor were on the rug. She reached her fingers as far as they’d go and got them between the chair and carpet. It worked, so she steeled herself because it would be hard to do the next part of her plan.
Getting Free
Gathering Strength
Sophie gathered her strength up to push away the chair leg. Though it didn’t work initially, she couldn’t give up. If it moved just a little, she could crawl out from under it, so she counted down in her head and pushed again.
Gathering Strength
The Police Are In
She finally got free from the chair and was proud of herself, and she heard a loud bang at about the same time. Sophie ran into the living room and saw the police officers inside. Finally, she led them to her mom’s bedroom.
The Police Are In
Not Happy
The police officers weren’t happy as they looked around the room. There was shock on all their faces, but the paramedics quickly put her mother on a stretcher. Still, she wondered why everyone was in a rush to leave.
Not Happy
To the Hospital
Hanna and Sophie rode to the hospital in the ambulance. Sophie was sure they would take care of her mom, but she wondered about the police officers. Why were they shocked to see her home? It was a little messy, but it wasn’t bad!
To the Hospital
Something Else
Something else had been in that apartment, and that explained the looks on the cops’ faces. However, Sophie didn’t know this. She would have to wait until mom woke up, and then they could get answers.
Something Else
Scary Scene
The hospital workers were quick to hook Hanna up to different machines, and they were scary to Sophie because she had never seen them before. However, the cops called her grandmother, who came to the hospital to be with the little girl.
Scary Scene
Hanna Wakes
Sophie was happy to see her grandmother, and Hanna then woke up. The ordeal had confused her tremendously, and she didn’t know she was in the hospital initially. However, Sophie told her about her heroic call to 911.
Hanna Wakes
No Memory
After the police learned Hanna was awake, they visited her to ask what had happened. She didn’t remember much. Overall, she went to bed the night before and felt sick, and now she was in the hospital. They explained everything.
No Memory
The Specific Smell
The police officers noticed a smell when they finally entered the apartment. However, they hadn’t really thought of it up until that point. When they got to the woman’s bedroom, they knew that’s where it originated from.
The Specific Smell
Mold
After Hanna and Sophie were going to the hospital, they investigated to find mold around the bed, in the ceiling, and even in her closet. It had spread throughout the room and probably caused the woman to get sick. She could have died if it hadn’t been for Sophie!
Mold
So Proud
Hanna was upset that she hadn’t realized there was a mold problem but was proud of Sophie for her quick actions. Luckily, Sophie hadn’t gotten sick, and the doctors didn’t know why.
So Proud
The Other Apartments
As Hanna got better, she decided she needed to talk to the building manager and tell him what happened. He checked the other apartments and found a ton of mold. Though it took some time, he cleaned up the outbreak, and no one else got sick.
The Other Apartments
**This was a fictional story for entertainment purposes only**
