[Previous entry: "New entry"] [Main Index] [Next entry: "Memory"]

07/12/2002 Entry: "Musings"

Sam and I met a new friend today. On our way to the convenience store for lunch, we passed a six-year-old girl on a bicycle and waved hello to her. Next then we knew, she was following us down the road. Sam was greatly pleased; he giggled and gawked at her as we walked along. We waved goodbye at the door to the store, but when we came back outseide, we found her waiting for us.

She sat with us when we found a grassy place to eat. While Sam scrambled over to her overturned bike and examined the training wheels, she helped herself to my chips and chatted about her family and her class at school. Her name was Miranda, and I apparently reminded her of her Aunt Lisa.

All the time, I was rather on edge, wondering if an angry mother was about to come around the corner and freak out about her daughter eating with a strange adult. Miranda's older sister and brother passed by on their bikes, but they paused only long enough to yell rudely at her. I tried to keep the conversations geared toward Sam, a safe alternative. If I was her mother, I'd be less upset about her following a baby than following a grown-up.

After lunch, she followed us home, though I tried to dissuade her. She gazed longingly at our empty pool and suggested that one day I might fill it so that she could come over and play in it. I smiled and told her it would be fun.

I sure hope her parents know what she's doing. Way unsafe.

Replies: 3 sandcastles

if you encounter her again, maybe you could get her to take you to her house.. then you could speak to her mum :)

Posted by melanie @ 07/15/2002 05:49 AM EST

It's cooled down considerably over the past couple of days, so I emptied it. I had to; when it's not being used, it tends to gather a film of earwigs. Ewwwwww!

Posted by Carrie @ 07/13/2002 07:42 AM EST

why is there no water in the pool?? Wouldnt it help you cool down?

Posted by missy @ 07/12/2002 11:18 PM EST