But all my hopeful fantasies were crushed by the harsh reality.
Is this really an orphanage for girls and not a house from a horror movie? Inside, the place turned out to be even more sinister.
No children laughing, no voices at all.
That's strange.
No one came to greet me, so I cautiously made my way into the director's office.
Sitting behind a desk was a woman who looked like she'd stepped straight out of a Gothic novel.
Um, Mrs. Rudolph? I'm Sophia, the volunteer.
They should have let you know I was coming.
She still didn't say a word, so I decided to show her my papers.
I didn't ask for any volunteers.
We don't need help here.
But since you've come all this way, you can stay.
Just don't get in the way.
This was not at all the welcome I had expected.
The room they put me in was just like the rest of the orphanage.
Ah! A mouse.
And a sagging mattress.
Great.
Before long, a caretaker came to see me.
Her name was Mrs. Austin.
She was the only caretaker at the orphanage, and she looked just as unfriendly as Mrs. Rudolph.
We have very strict rules here.
There are 11 girls living in this orphanage, and every one of them is troubled.
Some were removed from bad families.
Others were living on the streets.
But all my hopeful fantasies were crushed by the harsh reality.
Is this really an orphanage for girls and not a house from a horror movie? Inside, the place turned out to be even more sinister.
No children laughing, no voices at all.
That's strange.
No one came to greet me, so I cautiously made my way into the director's office.
Sitting behind a desk was a woman who looked like she'd stepped straight out of a Gothic novel.
Um, Mrs. Rudolph? I'm Sophia, the volunteer.
They should have let you know I was coming.
She still didn't say a word, so I decided to show her my papers.
I didn't ask for any volunteers.
We don't need help here.
But since you've come all this way, you can stay.
Just don't get in the way.
This was not at all the welcome I had expected.
The room they put me in was just like the rest of the orphanage.
Ah! A mouse.
And a sagging mattress.
Great.
Before long, a caretaker came to see me.
Her name was Mrs. Austin.
She was the only caretaker at the orphanage, and she looked just as unfriendly as Mrs. Rudolph.
We have very strict rules here.
There are 11 girls living in this orphanage, and every one of them is troubled.
Some were removed from bad families.
Others were living on the streets.
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