I looked at Kelli. "I don't see why not," she said, looking at me for confirmation."Might be fun," I agreed."you folks have a few minutes until your t...e time, so I'll leave you to get introduced." Howdy folks," the man said as they finished approaching us. "I'm Cody Jenkins and this is my wife Clarissa."Kelli laughed and I grinned and shook my head as I shook the offered hand."Cooper James, and this is my girlfriend, Kelli Montoya." Oh my," Mrs. Jenkins laughed. Cody, Cooper, Clarissa and. Old stuff can come up, unexpectedly.” He turned back to Serena. “But it sounds like there wasn’t anything at all.”“Nope. She was just fine. A little nervous, maybe, when I asked her to turn over to work on her front, but nothing that seemed out of place.”Melissa asked, a little angry, “So that’s how it is? Everything’s a test? I have to look for the hidden purpose in every gift you give me?”Erik nodded thoughtfully, “Sometimes. Look, if there had been traumas hidden away, they could have. The fruit was fairlyhigh, and he was not sure if he could climb the trees in the firstplace, but he needed to try. After several false starts, he managed toclimb about five feet, only to loose his footing and tumble to theground. Luckily, the ground was soft with undergrowth and he didnot get hurt. Finally Jimmy was able to reach the mangos. Hewanted to try for the bananas also, but he did not feel strong enoughto do so.Knocking about a dozen or so to the ground, he quickly climbedback down. The train jerks and begins its slow crawl away from the platform. I look up from my empty sketchpad to catch sight of a figure running frantically towards us, arms wind milling. But there’s no stopping now. No one cares. It’s Oaktown, man. Always gotta see to yourself first.Even so, I capture this desperate figure with charcoal nibs on the page in my lap. Give life to a face I can’t see from this distance.Wild pink hair.Sleek ruddy cheeks.Bright eyes with laughter lines.I continue on and for.