I - City Bus (prt 1)

“Wake up” said mother quietly “As I have promised we are going to the church in the city today”
With a smile in her eyes Agnes jumped out her bed en ran to the bathroom. She was so excited to go to the city because she has never been there before.  She wore the prettiest dress and her new shiny shoes. Her eleven years old feed dance around the room.
“Please help your sister” Mother was busy packing “It will be a long journey, I have to pack a lot of food”
Anita was only four years old. She didn’t know hot to dress properly yet. Patiently Agnes helped her little sister.
“What do you want to ware Anita?”
Anita pointed to a red dress without saying anything.
“I knew you going to choose that one, that’s why I have your red shoes ready” Agnes took a red ribbon in Anita’s hair “With this ribbon on your hair, you will be the prettiest girl in Church”
Again Anita said nothing but the smile in her face answered everything.
“Come along children, we wont be late would we?”
Outside was not dawn yet, you could still hear the sound of cricket. Unfortunately was raining hard the night before. Everything was wet and dirty, all their shoes were immediately covered with mod.
Mother walked very fast Agnes could barely keep up with her while she held Anita’s hand tightly so she wont be left behind.
“Agnes I can not walk any faster, my feed hurt” Said Anita with tears in her eyes.
“Mom wait, Anita can not walk faster”
“You have to” Said their mother firmly with anger in her eyes, Agnes has never seen her mother looking like that it was affrighting to her but suddenly their mother face turned soft “I just don’t want miss the bus”
While their mother turned around and walked further away Agnes tried to carry Anita. Mod on Anita’s shoes has covered all over Agnes dress. Her favourite yellow dress.
“Agnes my shoes make your dress dirty”
“It is okay” Agnes tried to held her tears inside ”We have to catch the bus”
Once they are arrive at the bus stop the bus was already there.
“Come on hurry up” Mother pushed the girls into the bus “find seats for us on the back side”
While their mother was talking to the drivers the girls rent to the back side of the bus.
“Agnes I have ruined your dress”
“No you don’t it just a little mod from your shoes”
When their mother saw the dress the anger in her eyes appeared again.
“What have you done to it?”
“I have to carry Anita to keep up with you”
“You couldn’t take her shoes off could you”
Agnes had no answer to that or she was just to afraid to answer it.
“You need to change, gladly I have other dress with me” Mother pulled off another dress from the bag she had carried. The children were surprised why their mother carried other clothes in her bag.
“I don’t want to change it here then I will be naked”
“You have to, because I don’t want miss Sophie to see you like this”
“Who is miss Sophie?”

 

to be continued ...