90 Days of Different by Eric Walters

Author:Eric Walters
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781459816756
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Published: 2017-07-01T04:00:00+00:00

DAY 50

Today I rode a horse, a camel and an elephant. And I drove a race car and a fire engine. Of course, they were all made of plastic and metal and were in the mall. Today my different was so simple. All I did was ride the kiddie rides. Something I hadn’t done since I was probably five years old.

Ella stood there taking pictures as I bounced up and down or the wheels spun around or the engine roared. At least the animals were big enough—although my legs almost did touch the ground on the horse. With the race car I had to stuff myself inside, and it made a roaring sound, and the fire engine had a bell. At Ella’s insistence I rang it repeatedly as people walked by. Little kids pointed and laughed. Some adults smiled or pointed, and others very pointedly tried to look away and pretend there wasn’t a teenage girl riding the kiddie rides in the mall. Or they simply looked at me like I was crazy or with a level of disgust. I liked the ones who smiled. I wondered if it had been me six weeks ago watching somebody do this, how would I have reacted? I don’t like to admit it, but I think I would have been one of the people looking disgusted.

I was happy that it made most people smile. I liked that little kids pointed and laughed. Those who gave me disgusted looks at least were reacting. I was more bothered by those who didn’t look. I decided I wasn’t going to give them a choice. I started ringing the bell on the fire truck even louder. I honked the horn on the race car and smacked the elephant on the rump, trying to get it to go faster. I yelled like a cowboy when I was on top of my horse.

Ella said that sometimes I just take myself too seriously. Of course, she’s right. At first it did feel embarrassing to be sitting on those rides, but there are worse things than being embarrassed.

Some of the differents I’ve done have been scary. Others have been exciting. Some have been thrilling. Today’s was just harmless and playful, and it made some people laugh. And in the end it made me laugh. That wasn’t such a bad different to do today. And besides, I think I looked pretty good riding on that elephant.

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