September 23, 2008

Pond tumble.

I watched a kid fall into the pond. It was hilarious. Until he started crying, slightly less hilarious.. for a moment. He was running around the edge of the pond in his awkward 6 year oldness. And BAM he was in. I'm not sure what happened. Then I see two ladies who are standing in the gazebo clear the wall and grab him. It took great effort on their part to pull him out. I think we was too busy screaming to pull himself out. He came out dripping, pond grime dripping off his dreads. I felt for him, it had to be cold, and covered in duck poop. I look to the right and see a man walking down the path with a spider man bike in his hands laughing hysterically. Dad. The women are super worried and trying to comfort the boy and dad walks over and just picks him up laughing. The little boy did not see humor in any of this. Good thing dad had an undershirt on because the boys wet clothes were soon off and dad's undershirt went on. It looked like he was wearing a dress as he peddled away on his bike. His went underwear lines making outlines on his dry shirt, while with every push of the peddle, water came dripping out of his shoes. And I laughed. I could see my parents laughing if it was me, and in the future me laughing.

2 comments:

Cheryl said...

valuable lessons are learned from how our parents handle those situations! And yes your parentals would have been laughing too! As you will no doubt.

Love MOM

Andrea_Benson said...

That's AMAZING!! I only wish I had been there to witness it with you!