Petsi And The Key

There was a key with the nuts. How come? Who put the key there? Petsi thought he was losing his mind. Did he put the key there without knowing?

"Petsi! Where are the nuts? Is it for today or for tomorrow?", Petsi heard his mother yelling again.

"I'm coming mom", Petsi took hold of the key and ran up the tree. He needed to find out what that key was for. But first he had to give his mom the nuts, Else she would get upset.

That night as he was lying on his bed and wondering about the key, he heard a noise in the garden. He looked out of the tree and saw a little boy digging under the apple tree.

It must be him who hid the key, Petsi thought. The little boy started to cry as he dug deeper and deeper.

Petsi felt sorry for him. He scrambled out of his hole and ran to the boy.

The boy was startled to see the squirrel.  His eyes lighted up, That squirrel must have taken it.

"Please give me back the key", the little boy pleaded to the squirrel with teary eyes. "Otherwise I cannot go back home".

"Sure I"ll give it back to you, but why did you hide it here?", Petsi inquired.

"This key is a secret key. It opens the door to the land of Wupet, I'm from there", the boy looked at Petsi in the eyes.

Petsi could not believe his ears ...  secret key, land of Wupet. What's going on here? He must be in a dream.

The little boy continued, "I cannot keep the key with me because it will disintegrate if it stays with a human being for more than one hour. That's why I buried it so no one can find it."

Petsi thought the boy had a great imagination and must have watched a lot of movies. Anyway he was going to give back the key and let him do whatever he wanted.

As he climbed back on the tree to pick the key, the key was gone.

To be continued.