Mersaulting

Incident 2 – After a dog foolishly approaches mine and Kelly snaps at it, the owner calls it back hysterically. Apologising to me for the inconvenience.

The sky was lit by a dim orange light that rested on the clouds and the smell of the winter air I knew so well rolled around me. Kelly was walking happily on a leash beside me, tugging on it occasionally in the hopes that I would set her free.  Our path was crossed by a round, lady and what seemed like her meddling, old poodle. The mutt jolted towards us and I stepped in front of Kelly in the hopes of stopping her from injuring the dog.  I just really didn’t want to hear the lady complain to me about Kelly’s behaviour. Despite my obvious annoyance and Kelly’s distressed stance the poodle kept pushing and the lady didn’t seem bothered by it. So I stepped aside and continued walking in a calm manner. Not to my surprise, Kelly snapped at the poodles wagging tail and whilst whimpering it scurried back to the old lady. She inspected the poodle in worry and I felt the need to apologise, but I changed my mind because after all it wasn’t my fault. The lady should have seen that it was an uncomfortable situation and should have called the poodle back to protect it, so in reality it didn’t matter to me. The poodle seemed fine.

Incident 3- someone getting mad at a child for not looking left and right before crossing the road

I walked to the bus station to wait for the number 5 bus.  I do so whenever I need to go to the grocery store for my mum to be able to cook the lunch I desire. I wasn’t in a hurry but I turned the corner just to see the bus approaching the station. At that moment a child made a break for it and darted across the main road without checking the street for oncoming traffic.  I watched the mother squeal in despair as the kid barely made it across without getting hit. Not only did he not manage to catch the bus, the mother seemed furious as she herself reached the other side of the road.  At the top of her voice she screamed at her child, lecturing him about road safety and repeating the same question over and over again. ‘’How many times have I told you Todd?! Always look left and right before crossing the street!’’ Upon being done with her lecture she threatened him about the consequences that were to follow if he did that one more time. The child looked up at her with teary eyes as she finally stopped shouting at him. Something changed and she embraced him, telling him all was to be fine. Just then the next bus came and we all got on board.