Fer r i s W h eel Car r i e Teti I t w as t h e en d of a beau ti f u l d ay at th e beach , an d th e su n h ad ju st set over th e boar d w al k . Peop l e w al ked an d bi ked al on g th e boar d s, bu y i n g t- sh i r ts an d h er m i t cr abs. Seagu l l s gat h er ed to steal th e f r en ch f r i es an d f u n n el cake th at h ad been l ef t beh i n d . A l l t h e l i t t l e k i d s, i n cl u d i n g m e, r u sh ed to get on th e r i d es. I w as th r ee y ear s ol d at th e ti m e. M y d ad an d I got on th e Fer r i s w h eel , an d w e r ose to th e top . I w as a l i ttl e scar ed , bu t I cal m ed d ow n w h en I l ooked ou t f r om m y p assen ger car an d saw th e beau ti f u l col or s of t h e sk y. T h e r i d e w as goi n g sm ooth ly, bu t su d d en ly, i t stop p ed , r i gh t w h en w e got to th e ver y h i gh est p oi n t. I l ooked d ow n to see cr ow d s of p eop l e d i r ectly bel ow m e, al l of th em p oi n t i n g u p . Even th e seagu l l s l au gh ed at m e as th ey f l ew by. I cr i ed . To cal m m e d ow n , m y d ad san g a son g. ?I m agi n e m e an d y ou , I d o. I th i n k abou t i t ever y n i gh t. I t?s on ly r i gh t, t o t h i n k abou t th e on e y ou l ove, an d h ol d h er ti gh t. So h ap p y togeth er !? W e sat t h er e, 90 f eet i n th e ai r , f or over an h ou r , u n ti l th e f i r em en ar r i ved . T h ey ex ten d ed th ei r l ad d er s as f ar as th ey cou l d , th en cl i m bed u p th e Fer r i s w h eel to r escu e u s. I cr i ed i n r el i ef w h en I f i n al ly m ad e i t to th e gr ou n d . W h en m y d ad tol d m e th at stor y, I tr u ly bel i eved i t. I r em em ber ed bei n g stu ck i n th at Fer r i s w h eel over l ook i n g th e O cean Ci ty boar d w al k an d n eed i n g to be r escu ed by th e f i r em en . For y ear s, w h en ever I l ooked at th at Fer r i s w h eel , I ex p er i en ced i t agai n i n m y m i n d . Bu t i t n ever r eal ly h ap p en ed .
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