Thrilled, SHOCKED, on night, as you’d gone out as a child to buy something in the rain, thoughts, translated…
Walking in the rain, sounded leisurely, but, walking in the ran for me, is filled with dangers.
When I was quite young, one evening, I’d asked my mom who’s good in art, to help me draw. But she’d told me that there’s no, drawing paper at home, and I’d volunteered to buy some, despite how it was raining, it’d, not destroyed my enthusiasm for heading out. My younger brother said he wanted to go too, and so, with a ten-dollar coin in hand, with my younger brother’s hand in my other hand, we’d, headed out.
The rain wasn’t small, but, we’d not, detected, that we’re, headed for disaster at all, we’d, laughed and kept going. A lamplight that glowed in the dark looked so very bright, like it was, a foreshadow of a warning of some sorts. And, suddenly, I’d, felt light, then, “bump”, fallen into that ditch with the waters filling it up. This was so sudden, I was so thrilled I couldn’t even let out a yelp, there wasn’t any passerby, and my younger brother was too young, that all he could do, was squat down and start crying, he couldn’t come and save me. I could only kick blindly with my feet, and finally, I got to the rocks by the walls and, pulled myself back up quickly. I’d turned around and looked, saw the umbrella getting taken by the rushing rain, my body was completely, drenched, but, what was incredible was, I still clung on to that ten-dollar coin so tight.
As the day light came, my mother insisted on taking me back to that very spot, to get my nerves back, I was so thrilled again. My mother became confused, and laughed and asked me, “What made you cling on to the money so tight, at that very dangerous moment?”, as she’d said that, I’d felt embarrassed, then started laughing too.
And so, whenever it rained on nights, I’d, told those around me, to NOT go out, unless you absolutely had to, as for the reason, let me tell you……………
And so, this was, a vivid memory of your childhood, that’s, traumatized you so, that’s made you not attempt to go out on nights that rained, and this still just showed, how childhood experiences can affect a person, even as s/he grows into an adult!