THE BUS

Long trip...

 

A new and blue sky color bus was going down by the highway that united the suburbs cities with another one very big: Los Angeles.

The bus was almost full; just two of its seats were free.

The driver, a thin man of pale and serious face, with their eyes staring the highway, didn't pay attention to the interesting conversation of his passengers. And neither the revel noise of those from behind. And without any rush, he drove the bus at safe speed.

Suddenly, when the bus turned at a road corner, the driver saw not far ahead a bunch of cars and people blocking part of the road. He, immediately, put on in guard and began to reduce the speed of the bus. Yes, it was an accident. 

When the bus was near to the fatidic place the passenger heard the people's laments and everyone in the bus, curious, paid attention and looked by the windows.

"Poor creatures…"

"It was to protect his pet."

"I swear that I couldn’t do anything. They both entered unexpectedly to the highway, I braked but I couldn’t avoid it."

It was all they got, because cars and people were blocking their view.

The driver of the bus made a slow turn to avoid the tumult at the same time that it satisfied the morbid curiosity of his passengers. The bus advanced some more meters and stopped at the edge of the highway. Then the driver pressed a button located in the control board, between the lighter and the radio, and the hydraulic door of the bus opened up.

There, beside the highway and in front of the open door it was standing a smiling boy, carrying in his arms his pet, a "Chiguagua” dog. The boy got up to the bus and sat down in the free seat, putting to his side, on the other sit, his lovely and unquiet doggy.

"We are complete!" The driver of the blue sky color bus announced closing the door and, increasing the speed, it despairs in the smog of the long highway heading to Los Angeles.  

Copyright, Michaelangelo Barnez, 2009

Reviews

[Cassandra D.]

lol. This was very good. :]

[deeps]

Aw Wow! This is wonderful
It touches the heart.