As she approached my friends and me she saw that we were in desperate need of assistance. We were trying to come up with a funny cartoon character that could be used for our next school play. Everybody had already had their parts and names except for me. I was going to play the book worm that could not read so I wanted a name that would stick out. "How bout Steve?" Mary said, "Um I am a girl," was my reply.
Then the little girl named Susie found her way up the stairs. She was from a family who sometimes could not afford things. As always she was barefoot with a couple of scraps and cut on each foot from all the walking she had done. "Hey guys what are you doing?" she said shyly, "O we are having a bit of difficulty getting a name for my character in the play." I said back."Would you like to stay a play or help out Susie?" Mary asked kindly. "That sounds great" was her reply. "Come on guys lets go inside and grab a cup of juice" I said as I walked in the door. Susie's eyes were locked on the huge chandelier in the living room of my house as she always did. Her house was not quite as big as mine so coming in always made her feel a bit out of place. "O I know, how bout specs?" said Mary, "What does that have to do with anything you just have alot of gibberish coming out of your mouth." I said back. Mary was a bit of a ditz at times so she didn't even know what gibberish meant.
As we sat there and sipped on our grape juice Susie had this worried look upon her face. "Whats wrong Susie?" I asked "Well if i can't at least find a pair of old shoes from the garbage I can't go back to school, at least thats what my mom told me." She said back. "How bout we go to my room I am sure we could find something somewhere in my closet" I said back to her. "Um ok" she said through her tears. While digging through my closet i found a recent pair of tennis shoes I never whore that much and handed them to her, "Here try these out" I said. Much to our surprise they were her size and fit perfectly. She was overjoyed and ready to head back home to tell her mom the great news
road trip
15 years ago