Day at the park.

I took my two year old niece to the park today. The same park i used to play at everyday 12 years ago. Slowly we walked together, her holding my finger with her tiny hand. She has a curious mind. Questions about everything she sees. I tried to answer each one of them. There is a watercourse on the way bounded by a fence. My niece loves to stand there and watch the water running. That was our first stop. After a while we moved on. We were the first to reach the park. I asked which ride she wanted to go to first and with that typical excited expression of hers she ran towards the slide pointing and saying "je wala!!" (that one!). I helped her to the top. Told her to wait till i come to the front and hold her hand. As i appeared i saw her standing, holding the pole tightly with a scared expression on her face. It turned into a laugh as soon as she saw me. She came sliding down. I picked her up and she almost screamed in excitement.. PHIL SHAY! (Again!). After 3 or 4 turns we moved on. By that time we were not alone anymore. It was amazing to see the parents of children i used to play with bring their grandchildren. Time sure flies by. I took my time before i let that thought go. Children started coming up to meet my niece. There was a kid probably 5 or 6.. he tried to be friends with her but she came running to me and hugged my legs. Told me she was scared. I tried to calm her down and convince her that he means no harm but in vain. She has still not recovered from an incident that happened a few months ago. That kid stayed with us for a while, we took a few more rides until my niece told me she wanted to go home. We made a stop at the water course again on our way back. She told her mother about all the friends she made at the park and the boy who scared her. But she was happy. I can tell because an hour later she wanted to go again. :p