Lily's Bus Adventure

Lily sat in the seat of the bus with her head against the window.  She was bored.  The long drive home had been so uneventful.  She looked out at the dusty fields passing by and let her mind drift.

            Suddenly, up ahead she saw millions of bubbles.  It looked like a cloud of bubbles had settled over the road.  The bus driver honked his horn as they entered the bubble cloud.  When they came out of the cloud, they were in the outback of Australia.

            Just then four cowboys rode up on horses.  They were chasing a mob of kangaroos trying to lasso them.  Lily watched as the kangaroos scattered in all directions.  One kangaroo leaped over a cowboy and his horse.  Another kangaroo kicked one of the horses and made it fall over.  None of the cowboys were managing to lasso anything.

            A minute later they entered another bubble cloud.  When they came out of the cloud this time, they were in Ancient Rome.  Burning arrows flew through the air as a Roman legion marched upon their enemy.  Great iron swords flashed in the sunlight.  Lily covered her eyes, but soon they entered another bubble cloud.

            This time they came out next to a great castle.  A great moat surrounded the huge iron gates that protected the castle.  Lily saw knights in shining armor riding great white horses across the drawbridge over the moat.  Bells were ringing in the towers of the castle and great crowds were tossing flowers at the knights.  It was a grand parade celebrating some great victory.

            Just then the child sitting next to Lily said, “Hey, are you asleep?”

            Lily turned away from the window and answered, “No, I was on a great adventure.”

            The other child looked at Lily strangely and didn’t say anything else.  Lily sighed.  Then the bus stopped in front of Lily’s house.  As she walked down the path to her house she wondered where her bus adventures would take her tomorrow.