Larry`s
unexpected
Day
Larry was allways in a big rush to get from one appointment to the next. He had worked a lot to get a successfull job but that meant even more work now. His days were filled with meetings, long hours at the office, and sleepless nights thinking of new ideas for the company. It had been years since he had had a day of, but he was so used to being busy, he never noticed what he might miss. Until one day... Like every morning he was in a rush for a meeting, only today he was late because he hadn`t heard his allarm clock.
Suddenly there was a loud PLOP and pffffffffff.... There was glas on the pavement and his tire had burst. Larry looked at his watch, he was never going to make it on time.
But there`s not much that one can do when the tire is burst. So he decided to push his bike to the nearest bus station and take the next bus.
As he walked along the street he saw the old lady Mrs Cornfield on the other side of the road. She had been grocery shopping but because here back and legs weren‘t as good as they used to be, she had dropped the food trying to carry it up the steps. ‚Mrs. Cornfield‘ he shouted across the street ; Mrs Cornsfield wait let me help you with those‘ He pushed his bike over the road and helped her pick up the groceries. Mrs Cornfield was so happy to see Larry, she said that he was her angel.
‚ I remembery you Larry, when you were just a wee bit smaler, but I never see you around anymore,‘ she said. ‚oh Im very busy, thats all‘ Larry replied.‘Where shall I put these?‘ He asked pointing to the grocery bags. ‚Ah yes its a shame these days everything is so hektic, oh right in here dear, thank you very much‘ Then she asked Larry if he wouldn‘t like to stay for a cup of tea. He was allready too late now, so why not thought Larry.
They talked a lot, drank tea, ate delitious carrot cake and Mrs. Cornfield told Larry all about the adventures she had had when she was young. ‚You know its so impostant not to get caught up in the routine of life, because theres so many small treasures along the way every day‘ she said. ‚Well, this has been quite a treasure‘ Larry said as he left to get on his way.
It was allready 12 o‘clock and allthough he had had yummy cake he still had his lunch to eat. At the top of the hill he saw a bench and decided to take a break there. The sun shon on his face and he closed his eyes. When last had he felt those warm rayes and smelt the fresh air like this? There was even a bird chirping a beautiful melody in the tree above him.
Suddenly the bird was sitting next to him on the bench. He looked at Larry‘s sandwich with hungry eyes. Well come on then, have some. Here you go my friend‘ said Larry and gave half of his sandwich to his new friend. I‘ll call you Gustav, Ok?‘ Gustav seemed to be ok with this idea and scootched closer to Larry.
After he had taken a nap in the sun and said goodbye to Gustav, Larry whent on his way down the hill back towards town. As he walked along the houses he remembered that his old friend Mikel had live there, why not go by his house and see if the still lived there he thought. And sure enough his familiar face was bent down working in the garden. ‚Hey Mike whats up, remember me?‘ Shouted Larry over the fence. ‚Larry? Is that you? My goodness Its been ages...‘ It turned out to be a long converstation catching up on the things that had happend in their lives, and some good old stories. ‚Ahh it was so good to see you‘ said Larry as he said goodbye not withought reasuring that they would stay in touch. How many wonderful things can happen in one day? Thought Larry.
By now it was late afternoon and Larry decided to head home. On the way he met a boy and his dog. Larry loved dogs and asked if he could pet him. The boy said ‚yes of course charly loves to be petted.‘ Charly enjoyed getting so much attention and wagged his tail amused.
Can he do any tricks? Oh yes, said Rover, that was the boys name, ‚sit Charly!‘ Then he showed Larry how Charly can dance. To top it of Larry got a big wet slimy kiss from Charly. ‚Love you to‘ said Larry. Then Rover and Charly had to leave, so Larry also decided to go home.
That evening Larry didn‘t think about work, instead he enjoyed a glass of wine while he thought of how wonderfull his day had turned out. Just because his bike had broken it had been the best day in years. Maybe Mrs Cornfield was right, he thought to himself. From now on Il‘l keep looking for the little treasures each day brings. That night Larry didn‘t lie awake.....no he dreamt of tea partys with Mrs cCornfield, long walkes in the sun, flying with his new friend Gustave and dancing into the night with Charlie.
The end.