Wednesday, June 11, 2014

What do the mother and son do every day?

Each day, Jerry and his mother leave their villa and go to the beach.  On the first day of vacation, they go to the same "crowded beach he knew so well from other years."  On that first day, as they walk to their beach, Jerry can't help turning to look at the "wild bay," and he thought of it often while he played on the "safe beach" with his mother.


The next day, "when it was time for the routine of swimming and sunbathing," Jerry's mother asks him if he'd like to go somewhere else.  At first he says no, but then he confesses that he'd like to go check out the rocks on the bay.  This deviation from the norm is a first for the family of two because, up until now, their routine has always been the same.

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