The Big Green Monster

There was a young girl named Eva, who was soon to be a big sister. A few weeks later her mother had the baby. When she came home from the hospital, Eva was delighted!
"This is Delilah," her mother said. "You're her big sister. You have to treat her with love and care."
"I will, Mama," Eva said with a smile.
But after the baby arrived, her mother didn't seem to have any time for her. The baby cried all day and all night. Eva couldn't bear to hear her screaming and bawling. She couldn't even think and eventually, she had enough.
"Mama! I'm sick and tired of hearing her cry!" she shouted. "I can't study with all this racket! Can you please shut her up?"
"You need to be more understanding," her mother said. "Delilah is just a baby. You're her big sister."
"But you're always with Delilah," Eva cried. "You never have time for me anymore. I'd like to spend time with you too, mama. I'd like to go to the store with you, to the park with you.."
"You're old enough to go to all those places by yourself," her mother said. "So shut your mouth and stop being so selfish."
"I hate you!" Eva screamed as she burst into tears.
She ran upstairs, slammed her door and locked herself in her room. That night Eva had a very disturbing dream. In the nightmare, she saw herself walking through the house in darkness. She went into her mother's room and tip-toed over to the baby's crib. Then, she picked up her little sister and carried her downstairs. She opened the back door and brought Delilah out to the garden. There, by the light of the moon, she fetched a shovel from the shed, dug a little hole in the wet grass and buried her little sister alive.
When she woke up in the morning, Eva was shaking and covered in sweat. She felt sick to her stomach. The nightmare had seemed so real. She was horrified.
"Mom was right," she thought. "Delilah is just a baby and I'm her big sister. I need to learn to put up with things like this. I'm going to ask mom to forgive me."
Just then, her mother burst into her room. Tears were streaming down her face.
"Eva, do you know where Delilah is?" she asked. "When I woke up this morning, she wasn't in her crib. Do you know anything?"
The little girl shook her head.
"Are you sure?" her mother demanded. "You really don't know anything? Do you swear?"
Eva gulped. "Yes, I swear."
"Alright! Alright!" her mother said. "Help me find her!"
They searched the house from top to bottom, but they couldn't find Delilah, she was nowhere to be seen. Finally, her mother fell to her knees and began sobbing uncontrollably.
"Where did she go? How could she just disappear like this?" her mother wailed.
Eva was wringing her hands nervously.
"Eva you know something!" her mother screamed. "Eva you know what happened to Delilah, don't you!"
"No, I don't know anything..." Eva said.
"I know when you're lying!" her mother shouted. "Tell me! Where is Delilah?"
Eva couldn't bear the guilt anymore. she looked out the window and pointed at a little mound of earth in the garden.
"No!" her mother cried "Dear God! No! This cant be true!
"Mama!" the little girl sobbed. she tried to grab her mother's hand.
"Don't touch me!" her mother screamed. "You killed Delilah, didn't you! You killed her because you were jealous!"
"I didn't mean it, Mama!" Eva cried. "I didn't mean it!"
Her mother flew into a violent rage. she grabbed her daughter by the neck and began choking the life out of her. she squeezed and squeezed until she couldn't squeeze anymore. by the time she came to her senses, Eva lay dead on the wooden floor.
Suddenly, the doorbell rang.
The mother got to her feet and answered it.
When she opened the door, she saw her neighbor standing outside. he was holding Delilah in his arms.
"We found her crawling around outside," he said. "She must have gotten out of her crib during the night. Good thing we found her before something bad happened..."