The Smile

          Matthew was five years old when this all began. He was young boy who lived in Wisconsin with his mother and father. His family was a very stable family and were very religious. On February 13, 1991 Matthew's family received a phone call from a man named Joseph Vincent. Joseph was calling as a representative of the church in Canada and was very passionate about the religion. He asked Matthew's parents if they had a child and asked if he can talk to their child every day for about five minutes to teach and educate him about the bible. Joseph had a very kind and generous tone which allowed him to sound very persuasive through the phone. The parents agreed to it and from then Joseph has been talking to Matthew ever since.

        The first few phone calls that Matthew received were about the bible but after the first few the conversation began to change. Joseph was obsessed with clowns and elves. Joseph has sent Matthew coloring books, toys, and magazines that were all clown or elf related. His parents found no harm in this and saw this as an act of kindness for supplying their kid with toys and fun coloring books. This has been going on for almost the past year until one day Joseph asked Matthew if he ever heard of the man named Jack White. Jack White was a serial killer and rapist who dressed up as a clown or elf in order to lure children to his house to molest and kill them. Joseph told Matthew that he has been one of the victims who have been caught by the serial killer but managed to run away from him. Jack White was arrested and locked away. He told Matthew to never to trust strangers no matter how humbling and kind they sound. Matthew told his parents about this so his parents called the cops. There was no arrest for Joseph has not done anything harmful to Matthew. The parents did not know how Joseph knew there phone number or mailing address. But it was alright for Matthew's parent had changed their phone numbers and were going to move in a couple of months.

          It was now November 4^th 2001, Matthew had moved to Michigan with his family on 1994 and has been living peacefully ever since. Matthew is now fifteen years old and has just finished his freshman year. During the summer he went to check his mail box to see if his final report card as came. He opened up his mail box and he sees his report card, as he reaches in to grab the report card one of the booklets in his mailbox fell to the floor. He picked it up and saw that it was an elf coloring book. He threw it into the trash can for he did not want to remind himself of Joseph and went on home. He told his parents about this so they reported this to the police. The police were always around Matthew's home for the next few months just to reassure them that it was going to be alright.

          One year has passed since Matthew has received the coloring book and there was nothing to worry about. His parents were very busy that day so they told Matthew to not wait for them and to eat dinner by himself. Matthew returned from school at 7 p.m into his quiet living room. He prepared the leftover spaghetti and ate that for dinner. He had a very tiring day from school so after dinner he fell asleep on the couch. It was now 10 p.m and he had awaken from his nap. He saw somebody moving across his living room, he thought it was his parents and greeted them. There was no response back. He had just waken from his nap and his vision was still very blurry. He sees a figure that does not resemble his mother or his father. This person was round with a red and white striped top and bottom, pale face and red hat. Matthew didn't know who or what it was, but they made eye contact and then Matthew froze. The pale man looked directly at Matthew and held the stare for a couple of seconds. Matthew was so frightened that he could not move or scream for help. The man looked at him gave him a big smile and said “Don't trust strangers” with a mysterious tone. The pale man then fled out the door. Matthew began go pale and was having a hard time catching his breathe. He called his parents immediately and told them to rush back. He got up from the couch and there he saw the coloring book that he had thrown away a year ago fully colored and with a message in the back. It said “I will always find you Matthew” love Jack White.