The Woman on The Train

Tonight I watched a woman make a child smile she did not know. On the subway, the youngster was playing with a plastic lightsaber with absolute abandon. One of those elongated hollow plastic tubes with a flashlight type gadget at the other end. When he brandished it at the woman sitting across from him she cowered in fear to his squeals of delight. His parents seemed oblivious to the interaction but I was keen on how this would progress.

With the first giggle began a makeshift game of hide and seek. The boy would brandish his light saber at the stranger and she would act out in fear. He giggled with each act of the game but soon it was the woman's train stop and she would need to go.

As the train pulled into her station she playfully frowned at the boy as she stood to leave . she stood at the doors and waved goodbye to the boy . as the doors opened the boy brandished his light saber one final time . As the subway doors slid open, the woman feigned a dramatic death with her hand to her forhead as she exited the train....makeing THIS night the best adventuer in one boys mind.

To the woman on the train......never stop making children laugh.....it helps us all.

EH July 4th, 2011 11:27
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