Smiling Night Light

In a lonely dark hallway, a night light with a yellow face painted on smiled into the darkness. At night no one passes. During the day very few notice because it smiles at their knees as they pass in waves. It never tries to talk, it is just a small circle that can't stop smiling.

When thunderclouds beat against the walls and try to get in the windows, the black thunder rolls through the hall. The smiling night light becomes very frightened, but it keeps its bright smile, for that is the only thing that it knows to do.