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Creative Nonfiction Happy Inspirational Adventure Contemporary

It was a bright summer evening on September 12, in the year 2000. Add the sun faded behind the sky scrapers in view, unknown black figures emerged from the towering buildings. After two long hours on this 85 feet long train, Louis' trip out of town had become very grueling and uncomfortable. At this point his only solace was the window on the bus through which he gazed at the people and scenaries outside the moving vehicle during his journey across town. "Can you move over" said Louis' seatmate in a low pitched voice. Louis boiling with anger turned his head and glared at him, his cheeks flushing. That was the fifth time his seatmate asked him to move and at this point Louis was at his final straw but chose to ignore him. "Am i on the right train" said Louis to himself as he searched intently into his deep pockets for his train ticket. On it was written that the maximum occupancy of the train was 100 passengers, but at this juncture Louis was astonished by the number of people on the train. "This must be why it's hard to breathe in hear" said Louis to himself, "I'm 300% sure that there are more than 200 people on this bus" said Louis ignoring the fact that it is mathematically impossible to have more than 100%. With nothing to do to pass the time and still a few more how to spend on the train, Louis decided to put on his headphone and listen to some heartwarming vibes which he felt was what he needed most to get him through the rest of his trip. With his headphones on and at the highest volume Louis was back at gazing out the window. The train was now outside town and there weren't any skyscrapers, businesses, or buildings in sight. Just the fading view of lush green pastures and buffaloes taking an evening bath in a pond with a farmer busy tending to his farm and this made Louis fall in love. The grasses were green, the trees were large and robust, the hills were tall and the valleys steep. Some animals were grazing and some were preparing to turn in for the day and all of that combined to portray nature at it's peak. The view gave Louis a great aesthetic pleasure and he reminisced about the times he used to ride on the train with his dad when he was just a boy. All grown up and now a man Louis had forgotten all the fun he had as a child watching the natural scenery through a train window. Taking the train as a child always made Louis happy because he would get to see allot of natural scenery, and now 27 years old sitting on a train looking at the natural scenery he couldn't think of anything more beautiful and in an instant just like magic, all his worries vanished. He was mesmerised by the view of the mountains, hills, trees, and lakes. In the distance he noticed a buffalo breastfeeding it's calf and that strong bond between offspring and mother reminded him of his mother, so much so he almost shed a tear.It was a bright summer evening on September 12, in the year 2000. Add the sun faded behind the sky scrapers in view, unknown black figures emerged from the towering buildings. After two long hours on this 85 feet long train, Louis' trip out of town had become very grueling and uncomfortable. At this point his only solace was the window on the bus through which he gazed at the people and scenaries outside the moving vehicle during his journey across town. "Can you move over" said Louis' seatmate in a low pitched voice. Louis boiling with anger turned his head and glared at him, his cheeks flushing. That was the fifth time his seatmate asked him to move and at this point Louis was at his final straw but chose to ignore him. "Am i on the right train" said Louis to himself as he searched intently into his deep pockets for his train ticket. On it was written that the maximum occupancy of the train was 100 passengers, but at this juncture Louis was astonished by the number of people on the train. "This must be why it's hard to breathe in hear" said Louis to himself, "I'm 300% sure that there are more than 200 people on this bus" said Louis ignoring the fact that it is mathematically impossible to have more than 100%. With nothing to do to pass the time and still a few more how to spend on the train, Louis decided to put on his headphone and listen to some heartwarming vibes which he felt was what he needed most to get him through the rest of his trip. With his headphones on and at the highest volume Louis was back at gazing out the window. The train was now outside town and there weren't any skyscrapers, businesses, or buildings in sight. Just the fading view of lush green pastures and buffaloes taking an evening bath in a pond with a farmer busy tending to his farm and this made Louis fall in love. The grasses were green, the trees were large and robust, the hills were tall and the valleys steep. Some animals were grazing and some were preparing to turn in for the day and all of that combined to portray nature at it's peak. The view gave Louis a great aesthetic pleasure and he reminisced about the times he used to ride on the train with his dad when he was just a boy. All grown up and now a man Louis had forgotten all the fun he had as a child watching the natural scenery through a train window. Taking the train as a child always made Louis happy because he would get to see allot of natural scenery, and now 27 years old sitting on a train looking at the natural scenery he couldn't think of anything more beautiful and in an instant just like magic, all his worries vanished. He was mesmerised by the view of the mountains, hills, trees, and lakes. In the distance he noticed a buffalo breastfeeding it's baby and that strong bond between offspring and mother reminded him of his mother, so much so he almost shed a tear.

April 18, 2021 22:00

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Kyle Johnson
17:11 Apr 25, 2021

Why all one paragraph?

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