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A bus?

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© Ayr/Gray

‘A bendy bus?’
‘What are you talking about?’
‘Look, here’s a picture on that magazine.’
‘What do you think about that?’
‘I don’t think I’ve ever seen one of those.’
‘What does it say?’
They both peer at it.

‘Oh, it says it’s an electric bus.’
‘An electric bus?’
They looked to each other.
‘My word!’
They continued to look at it.

‘It says that the bendy buses are very clean and quiet.’
‘Hmm, how nice.’
‘It says they almost purr.’ ‘Ha, like a cat, perhaps?’
‘Maybe so.’
They both grinned.

‘I’m pretty sure we will never see one of those here.’
‘Indeed not.’
‘Well, not to worry, we don’t really like buses, do we?’
‘No, certainly not.’
‘We like our cars much better.’
‘You have your posh lorry, and I’ve my big bakkie.’
‘And look, both of them are ready – and both of them have all new tyres now.’

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Posted for The Unicorn Challenge, a magical challenge hosted by Jenne Gray and C E Ayr, where they provide a photo and we, in turn, provide up to 250 words.

(150 words)

26 thoughts on “A bus?”

  7. Another vocabulary word for me to learn from your blog 😀 I had never heard the term “bakkie” and had to look it up. Do you think it’s called that because people can ride in the “back” of the pickup? We used to love getting to ride in the back of our dad’s pickup when we were kids!

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