Saturday, November 16, 2013
Free Post 11/18
When I was younger, I watched a man steal my mother's wallet out of her purse. I was on a subway in New York City on my way to have tea with my grandparents at the plaza hotel. I love Eloise and wished that my life could be as exciting as hers. Anyways, I was on this subway and this tall, slender man with dark hair kept staring me down. At the time, I was ten years old. I found this very creepy and suspicious. Who wouldn't?
As I was thinking this in my ten-year old brain, the subway stopping without warning created a lot of havoc from the passengers. Because this was so chaotic, it made it easy to get distracted from the man who was staring at me. When the subway finally came to our stop, almost everyone got off. Then when we turned to walk out of the door I saw the man reach in to my mom's purse, and take her wallet. Before I knew it, the suspicious man was running full speed with my mom's purple wallet.
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Katherine Ann,
ReplyDeleteThat must have been really scary for you; I know I would have freaked out. It's cool that you loved Eloise, she was also one of my favorites.
-Kate
Katherine Ann, this is a lovely short piece with memorable images. I could potentially see you developing this into something for Troubadour or even maybe a comic. Think about drawing out the images a bit more and avoiding language like "anyways."
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