A couple minutes later, I was led in through the door.

"Sit!"
The guy shouted as he pointed to a bench.

I sat.

"Who do we have checking in?"
A guy at the desk said.

"Alex I believe is his name."

"Age?"

"Three!"

"Any allergies?"
The man(Max) asked.

"No."

"Thanks. That will be all."
The guy at the desk said.

The one at the desk motioned for me to follow him.

I did.
He took me up to a dormitory which, actually had beds instead of cages.

As soon as I got settled in, I asked the guard a question.

"Excuse me, sir?"

"I'm Max. What is it?"

"What's my number?"
I said.

"Number? What are you talking about?"

"A number. Like the bed, and the dining chairs, all have numbers."
I said.

"Oh, no. We don't do that here. There are no assigned places, except beds."
He replied.

"Which number bed is this?"

I asked. Unlike at Cradles Home, there were bunk beds here. So I didn't know how it worked.

"That's #1. Should be easy to remember Alex."

I liked Max. He was nice, and so were the other guards.

"Ok"
I said.

It got dark out, all the kids rushed in, washed up, we all ate, then went to bed.🏴