Inner Tube Man

[crazymadi]

Several years ago I worked at preschool that sat on the borderline between a very wealthy neighborhood and one that was fairly poor.  It was a wonderful place in many ways.  It’s location between two worlds brought us in contact with people from nearly all walks of life, from the dad that was a summer-time carnie to the mom who was one of the

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[blade_girl]

I love this story, Madi! You manage to convey the childlike magic of the whole situation while maintaining the adult irony. There's an elegance and sophistication in the language you use and the sentence construction. Just a really beautiful piece of work that also makes you laugh.

[crazymadi]

Thanks, Blade.

I'm really glad you liked it.

[kitrona]

That story had a completely different ending than I thought it would. Much better, actually, than I thought it would. :)

Thank you for sharing. :)

[crazymadi]

Thank YOU for reading it, and then commenting!

Actually... I'm really, really curious to find out how you thought it would end. Would you mind sharing that with me?

[kitrona]

Not nearly so sweetly. I was sure there'd be some sort of confrontation and possibly police involved.

I like the actual ending much better. :)

(And I do read everything you post, nearly everything on my friendslist. I'm just really bad at commenting.)