Inspiration Competition
Hanging my legs over the end of the dock, feet dangling in the water, I hear a young voice, “I need to get my feet into that lake! I JUST need to do this!”. Mom, dad, sister, and grandma are the audience, seeming to roll their eyes at maybe a common type of drama… and by the way the girl keeps looking over at me, I take it that I, a total stranger, am her inspiration.
So off the girl goes, out of sight with her dad, toward the stairs where she can actually step down to dabble her tiny feet into the lake.
Time passes, I am enjoying. Being. The sun is out and everyone seems to be enjoying too. I completely forget about the girl.
Then, I feel a vibration in the dock that I am sitting on. A little shivering body, running, bypassing her family who are shaking their heads and sort of clucking their tongues, approaches me. Making sure I see her, entirely soaking wet, dripping from the neck down, she gives me one of the most mischievous grins I’ve ever seen. No words but I am getting the message from her that “My fun out did your fun!”
It took all I had to not dive in, without a word, right then and there.
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