07 December 2008

RMOJ: School Bus Kids

I was waiting for the bus into work a few days ago. My stop is also a stop for the school bus to the local elementary school. So the bus pulls up, and a bunch of kids in the back are looking around, with that childish "this is the brave new world... wow!" look that kids do so well (when do we lose that wonder?)

So I look at them and make a silly face. And then go back to being studiously, definitely, neutrally AT THE BUS STOP boring again. And then crack another one - just long enough for those looking to notice and get their neighbors to look - but by then I was serious again. I did this three or four times, until the bus drove away... and I think the joy I gave those kids is nothing compared to the joy they gave me.

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