Once Upon a Time

I think this story is really sad. The ending when the little boy dies completely ruined it for me. The family is so concerned about protecting their house from the outside world. They put so many alarms on, make their wall higher, and put a contraption of blades around the house. It seems that they are over protective and they should have just lived without being in fear. In the end, their paranoidity (if thats a word) killed there son. They could protect the house from the outside world but they could not protect the family from the house. I like how this story is a frame story. The author starts off talking about writing a childrens story. Then she gets sidetracked by the noises she hears in the house. Finally, she tells herself a story so that she can get her mind off the noises and go to sleep. This story would have made me even more scared.