A Long Day At The Park

Gary was evil personified. I had realised that long ogo. Even then, I had realised the extent to which he would go. At five years old, he was the youngest black mailer I had ever known or even read about. He pointed to something through the window. I approached cau.riously to see what he was pointing at. In the distance was a Ferris wheel. I had no intention of going to the Hougang Amusement Park that afternoon and said so.Then he sprang his surprise: “If you don’t take me, l will tell Grandma about your talking to Aunty Agnes.”I felt cold. Agnes was the daughter of the chicken rice seller downstairs and a schoolmate. I was very interested in her. In fact I was crazy about her – especially about her two deep dimples. I had spent half an hour talking to her and had made the major mistake of telling Gray not to tell Grandma. This was because I had violated Family Rule Number 1: No girlfriends until after’A Level.Caught between the Devil and the deep blue sea, I chose the Devil. I took the little devil by the hand and went out reluctantly.

At the amusement park, he wanted to go on every ride. I was sure I would be using up my entire month’s allowance, but did I have a choice? Naturally he wanted to go on the Ferris wheel first. Everything went well until we reached the top. He wanted to stop and started screaming. I tried to explain that we could not; then he tried to climb over. The operators screamed. When we finally got off, I was given a talking to. Then it was the midget cars. He insisted on driving alone. I could only watch helplessly as he rammed his car onto every other car on the platform. He set a few heads spinning and a few people shaking their fists angrily at him. I got him out of there as soon as his car sfopped. We slipped into the crowd. In an attempt to get away, I bought tickets for the ‘Ghost Train’ and slipped into it quickly. I was pleased with myself: Gary was going to get the scare of his life. “That will teach him to blackmail his dear,sweet uncle,” I thought. I was severely disappointed:None of the scary items in the Ghost Train could scare the young fire-eater. In fact he was amused and laughed aloud at every one of them.

That whole afternoon, he was tireless. In fact, I was running out of energy as I tried to keep up with him and I was one of the fittest in my school. I think we must have gone through every ride at the amusement park that day. I did not have enough money to pay for rides for myself; all I had was enough for Gary. I spent every dollar I had. Finally, he was exhausted at about 5:00 p.m. It was time to go back home for dinner;I was relieved. He was too tired to walk so I lifted him up and walked home at a steady pace.

A thought struck me: this was what my parents must have gone through when I was five years old; perhaps even worse. I placed my hand on Gary’s back. With a sudden movement he kissed my cheek. I felt warm and loved. Suddenly I realised that he was not a devil after all. He was just an overactive five-year-old; just like I must have been when I was his age.

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