Wednesday 20 November 2013

Imagery

The robot play ground.

It had been a long time since Jen had been here but she remembered it clearly like it was yesterday. The sweet smell of the fruit from the tree, the sound of the shoes running on metal and the wedgie you got from sliding down the leg. Now her own children were playing on it as she had many years before them. They raced, trying to run fast enough so the wind would go through there hair and they would feel like they were flying. The robot, Jen thought must have been a good robot. Jen sighed  just thinking about how long ago she had played here and how old she was getting. Her back had started to hurt and her knees ached but she was happy. She watched her two girls running, dresses flowing behind them and wondering how they had so much energy. The sun felt hot on her face as she sat there in silence, only hearing the wind and the sound of kids laughing and screaming. Suddenly she heard a noise she had never heard. The loud sound of metal started to clang. The straight leg of the robot started to bend. Kids playing Jumped off screaming and ran to their parents. Jen grabbed her kids and moved back, away from the danger shielding them with her body. The robot stood up blocking the sunlight and looked down.He looked around at all the faces below him. One of her girls, Jessie came out from behind her and went towards him. "I think he's scared" she yelled to everyone. She started to walk towards him. "No! Come back" Jen screamed "Jessie!". Jessie walked towards him slowly. He bent down until both knees were on the ground. Jessie continued to walk towards him slowly, her shoes thwacking the ground. Once close enough he put his hand down and Jessie climbed onto it. It was dead silent, the wind had even stopped. Jessie waved , the robot waved. He then put her on his shoulder. He was friendly. 

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