Strangers in the Night
Copyright© 2015 by Old Man with a Pen
Chapter 4
Strangers in the Night: 4.
The rest of the family went home. They created quite a ruckus but they left. The girl, Wendy, stayed.
"What was your name before?" I asked.
"Wendy," she said.
"That's convenient," I said.
"Yah," she agreed.
"Your English is excellent, but you have an intriguing accent." I asked, "Where were you from in the States?"
"Lesson time ... I'm not from your Earth."
"How do you mean that?"
"When they talk about parallel universes," she began, "What they really mean is sequential planets."
So ... she explained it like this; there are many earths ... the dimensions of each earth are such that they lag behind or jump ahead depending. There's no real beginning and no real end. The earths are so close but in different planes of existence that it's like trails of light.
"David is walking on the sidewalk. He's wearing a white dress shirt and khaki pants.
"David is walking on the sidewalk. He is wearing a light grey dress shirt and tan pants.
"David is walking on the sidewalk. He's wearing a pale blue dress shirt and khaki pants.
"David is walking on the sidewalk. He is wearing a light green dress shirt and dark brown pants.
"David is walking on the sidewalk. He's wearing a white tee shirt and khaki shorts.
"David is walking on the sidewalk. He is wearing a light grey tee shirt and tan knee smalls.
"David is walking on the sidewalk. He's wearing an orange dress shirt and khaki pants.
"David is walking on the sidewalk. He is wearing a light green sweater and jeans.
"David is walking on the sidewalk. He's wearing a white dress shirt and khaki pants and he's picking his nose.
"David is walking on the sidewalk. He is wearing a light grey dress shirt and tan pants and he trips on a broken side walk." She explained, "His sidewalk is the first one that is broken. He tripped because the booger in his nose was stuck.
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