My
name is JIMBY
Early
One Morning in Florida
Once
again the sun came out and the owner opened the shutters on
the shop front. Here we go again I thought with another boring
day watching the shoppers look but never buying me. Not that
I am too worried because I want to go to a home that is really
a place to show off my talents.
Around
lunchtime after being squeezed and shook but never hugged
a strange person picked me off the shelf and looked me straight
in the eyes. At last someone almost understood what I wanted.
He looked at my price tag and smiled and I could almost hear
his brain ticking. I was willing him to take me to the counter
but instead he hid me behind his back and approached a lady
looking at the other toys.
Suddenly
I was looking over this ladies shoulder into her eyes and
she burst out laughing and even asked who I was. Great at
last I was on my way! However she went to look at my price
tag and my heart sank until the man said I was only $8.99
instead of $18.99. Strange I thought I am worth the full price
but had missed the human's intention. He said he only had
that much and could he buy me. I just prayed she said yes
for I was already thinking of being in a proper home with
my own room and freedom.
The
owner looked a little sad when I was taken by a smiling couple
to be paid for. Funny that the man asked the lady to see if
she could find anything else whilst he took his wallet out
and paid the full price!!
Now
I panicked, what was the world like outside the shop? I realised
I had never been past the shelf let alone the door even if
I was in a bag. What a surprise for outside the door were
hundreds of other shops in long rows with so many people walking
about. Then I was taken out of the bag and shown the real
world.
I
was turned upside down and heard I was called Jimby on a tag.
Also that the man was Mick and his lady was Ann. I decided
there and then to call them Mr Mick and Miss Ann. We sat down
together and they gave me a hug and started to tell me that
I was going to live in England wherever that might be. I did
know I was in Florida and the shops were called The Eagle
Ridge Mall. This was getting so exciting and as we got up
I insisted in being carried and able to see where we were
going. It was important I started to show them what I wanted
which might not always be the same as them.
Soon
I was sitting on a shelf again but this time the back one
in a car zooming along the highways. I looked at the people
in other cars and waved to them, some even waved back and
all the children were pointing and laughing. This was fun
with a capital F.
It
turned out my new owners lived in a little town in England
and the next day I would be flying in an aeroplane to start
my new life. My hopes of looking out of a window were dashed
when the next morning I was put with lots of other things
and locked inside a suitcase.
Lucky
for me I managed to get snuggled in the middle of some soft
clothes and despite a few knocks and bumps managed to get
some sleep. Just where would I wake up and what would it be
like?
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