The faint breeze, warm and humid until then, changed into a howling gale, drivingsheets of rain down the length of the small yard, the spray from thei... passingsoaking the bedding at the front of her kennel. The wind became cold, and therain changed to hail as the centre of the storm passed over. Mary cowered deeperin her kennel as the hail hissed down to cover the surface of the yard in athin mantle of white. Some of those hailstones were big and heavy, capableof rebounding from the ground and. " The woman who had escorted Sandra to the office, was still standing near the door. The young girl glanced at the attractive red haired woman, and got a reassuring smile. "One very important thing I want to make clear right now." Principle Lazlow said seriously. "Is that your parents know exactly what goes on here. They know all about our curriculum and teaching methods, having been students her themselves. Also, they have given permission for us to do all the things that we will be doing to. The hallway got darker again like before and once more she was forced to walk with one hand trailing on the wall. A few minutes into the hallway, Ariadne began hearing faint animal noises.Logically she knew it must be the Minotaur, the monster of the Labyrinth, half man, and half beast and the nightmare of the village children. But strangely, Ariadne felt sorry for the creature. It sounded so mournful, so lonesome. Being condemned to these dark empty hallways for all time must be a terrible. What, that was yet to be seen.Mom held my hand again. “You’ve been having hard time. I can see it. Sorry that I haven’t been much help lately.”“I’ve been thinking... um... about the last time,” I blurted out, avoiding her eyes.Mom sounded embarrassed: “I’m really sorry about that, I don’t know what I...”I did my best to explain my thoughts: “No, mom. I mean... I’m the one who should be sorry. I want to do it, mom. I just... got scared.”“Really?” Mom frowned, and her hand was moving towards the.