First Camel Ride

Buby told me he wanted to ride the little brown pony,
but Daddy was already off buying a ticket to the camel. So he hesitantly walked up the metal steps to turn in his ticket when the operator swiftly snatched him up and sort of roughly threw him on the camel's back. Oh, I knew what was coming. There was a brief moment of reflection before Buby started balling. The fear on his face! Poor kid. I said, "Just get him down, quick!" Daddy was trying to, but when he reached forward from the stands the guy told him to jump on instead. I could hear laughter in the background. After all, this was a kiddie attraction. By turn two, Buby was grinning ear to ear and big Daddy was the one hanging on for dear life.