07-10-2014, 02:16 PM
I'm not sure how I got there, but I was on a large school bus full of people. There were a bunch of little kids sitting at the front of the bus, and towards the back were the grown-ups... many of them I recognized because I had grown up with them in school.
I tried to keep to myself in my seat. I had my kindle, a purse, and a 3DS with me. My boys are all very fond of the Pokémon cartoon, and since they weren't with me, I just looked at the title screen of the game and thought of them.
After a while, a little boy came and sat next to me and asked me if he could play the 3DS... I wasn't fond of the idea of just letting a strange kid loose with my Boys' game system, but I couldn't' say 'no' to those huge eyes, so I let him play it.
After a while another little boy came to me and asked me for my kindle. I didn't really want to let this kid loose with it, especially considering how expensive it had been and the fact I had several digital books on it, but I caved for him too.
Then, after a few more minutes, a little girl came to me. She tried to watch the boys play games on the other devices, neither were too eager to entertain her because she was much younger than them. (The boys looked to be around 9 or 10 and the little girl looked to be about 5...) She poked her lip out and asked me if I had another game and I told her I did not.
Then she started complaining about how she was hungry. Looking down the aisle of the bus, there weren't many people. it was fairly empty and none of the adults there seemed to be these kid's mother... so I dug around in my purse hoping to find some sort of snack for her, and ended up pulling out a baby cow with purple spots. It was short and fat with stubby little legs. It was adorable, but it was hardly food.
I gave it to the little girl hoping that it would at least keep her occupied until she could get some food. She cradled the baby cow as if it were a baby, and every once in a while I would catch it move as if it WERE a real baby cow. I watched the boys play the games... one was playing a game where he was matchmaking for dinosaurs. I didn't remember having ever bought a game like that... the little boy looked up at me and told me it was a good thing that I was an amazon member with a kindle because otherwise I would not have the free world-wide wifi. That kinda shocked me because I was unaware that there was any kind of free internet service, but I guess I lucked out.
Focusing back on the little girl, somehow I managed to find some water and gave it to her thinking she would drink it.
She took the water and poured it over that inflatable cow... and it grew. It got bigger and bigger until it was about 4 feet tall, and stopped. She giggled and laughed then poured some more water on it, and it grew and grew until it was the size of a full-grown cow. I was a bit shocked. I couldn't imagine how this fake cow was growing like that, but it was fun to watch... but at the same time kind of horrific.
I noticed that we were in Natchitoches, Louisiana now. I had no idea what I was doing traveling so far north. The bus driver called back to everyone that the bus would keep going North so everyone who didn't want to journey that way should get off at this stop. I collected my devices from the little boys and said my goodbyes. I needed to go South. WAY South. I was thinking about how I needed to call my husband to come get me. It would be about a 3 hour drive just to get where I was, but I didn't have much choice. Digging around in my purse, I couldn't find a phone, so my only hope was a pay phone... if I could find one.
I walked over to some gas pumps. Another little girl who had seen me give the first little girl the inflatable cow, tugged at my skirt and asked if I might have another. I didn't know, so I dug in the bottomless pit that was my purse and managed to find another one, this time with orange spots. I handed it to her and she hugged, kissed and petted it as if it were a real calf. I had never seen kids treat toys as carefully as these two little girls did, but I shrugged it off and looked for a pay phone.
After a while, the little girl came back and asked me how the other girl had made hers grow. I told her that she had poured water over it. Across from us just so happened to be a car wash with a busted pipe. Water was everywhere, so the little girl ran with her inflatable cow into the water, and set it down. The cow began to grow while the little girl danced around it cheering.
I thought this was kinda cute and couldn't help but to smile about it. I turned to find the pay phone I had been looking for and next to it were two manly farmers talking to one another. They were discussing killing and eating that little girls inflatable cow! I laughed to myself and thought, "Well, the joke would be on them! There isn't going to be a lot of nutrition in that plastic cow!" Then they started talking about how the inflatable pigs were much cheaper and even easier to grow! These guys were serious? I thought they were just being mean, but I guess they were honestly planning on raising inflatable animals for food.
I tried to keep to myself in my seat. I had my kindle, a purse, and a 3DS with me. My boys are all very fond of the Pokémon cartoon, and since they weren't with me, I just looked at the title screen of the game and thought of them.
After a while, a little boy came and sat next to me and asked me if he could play the 3DS... I wasn't fond of the idea of just letting a strange kid loose with my Boys' game system, but I couldn't' say 'no' to those huge eyes, so I let him play it.
After a while another little boy came to me and asked me for my kindle. I didn't really want to let this kid loose with it, especially considering how expensive it had been and the fact I had several digital books on it, but I caved for him too.
Then, after a few more minutes, a little girl came to me. She tried to watch the boys play games on the other devices, neither were too eager to entertain her because she was much younger than them. (The boys looked to be around 9 or 10 and the little girl looked to be about 5...) She poked her lip out and asked me if I had another game and I told her I did not.
Then she started complaining about how she was hungry. Looking down the aisle of the bus, there weren't many people. it was fairly empty and none of the adults there seemed to be these kid's mother... so I dug around in my purse hoping to find some sort of snack for her, and ended up pulling out a baby cow with purple spots. It was short and fat with stubby little legs. It was adorable, but it was hardly food.
I gave it to the little girl hoping that it would at least keep her occupied until she could get some food. She cradled the baby cow as if it were a baby, and every once in a while I would catch it move as if it WERE a real baby cow. I watched the boys play the games... one was playing a game where he was matchmaking for dinosaurs. I didn't remember having ever bought a game like that... the little boy looked up at me and told me it was a good thing that I was an amazon member with a kindle because otherwise I would not have the free world-wide wifi. That kinda shocked me because I was unaware that there was any kind of free internet service, but I guess I lucked out.
Focusing back on the little girl, somehow I managed to find some water and gave it to her thinking she would drink it.
She took the water and poured it over that inflatable cow... and it grew. It got bigger and bigger until it was about 4 feet tall, and stopped. She giggled and laughed then poured some more water on it, and it grew and grew until it was the size of a full-grown cow. I was a bit shocked. I couldn't imagine how this fake cow was growing like that, but it was fun to watch... but at the same time kind of horrific.
I noticed that we were in Natchitoches, Louisiana now. I had no idea what I was doing traveling so far north. The bus driver called back to everyone that the bus would keep going North so everyone who didn't want to journey that way should get off at this stop. I collected my devices from the little boys and said my goodbyes. I needed to go South. WAY South. I was thinking about how I needed to call my husband to come get me. It would be about a 3 hour drive just to get where I was, but I didn't have much choice. Digging around in my purse, I couldn't find a phone, so my only hope was a pay phone... if I could find one.
I walked over to some gas pumps. Another little girl who had seen me give the first little girl the inflatable cow, tugged at my skirt and asked if I might have another. I didn't know, so I dug in the bottomless pit that was my purse and managed to find another one, this time with orange spots. I handed it to her and she hugged, kissed and petted it as if it were a real calf. I had never seen kids treat toys as carefully as these two little girls did, but I shrugged it off and looked for a pay phone.
After a while, the little girl came back and asked me how the other girl had made hers grow. I told her that she had poured water over it. Across from us just so happened to be a car wash with a busted pipe. Water was everywhere, so the little girl ran with her inflatable cow into the water, and set it down. The cow began to grow while the little girl danced around it cheering.
I thought this was kinda cute and couldn't help but to smile about it. I turned to find the pay phone I had been looking for and next to it were two manly farmers talking to one another. They were discussing killing and eating that little girls inflatable cow! I laughed to myself and thought, "Well, the joke would be on them! There isn't going to be a lot of nutrition in that plastic cow!" Then they started talking about how the inflatable pigs were much cheaper and even easier to grow! These guys were serious? I thought they were just being mean, but I guess they were honestly planning on raising inflatable animals for food.