ROADSIDE THRILLER

ROADSIDE THRILLER

A young man together with his two little nephews went to a bakery to buy bread. He parked his van in front of the bakery not knowing that the younger nephew followed him after locking and closing the door. The key was left inside with the other boy about 5 years old.

Every thing was seemingly normal except that when the boy inside was told to open the door of the car he couldn’t. Perhaps he didn’t know how to maneuver the lock and his uncle didn’t know what to do immediately. His apprehension caught the attention of many people at the plaza including about a dozen of uniformed policemen who all gathered and peeped at the boy who was trapped inside.

Unaware of what was actually going on the boy inside began to panic. Fear was all over his face as people continued peeping at him and instructing him to do this and that. Meantime a man carrying a hard wire and a flier came to help. He inserted the wire on top of the door trying to pull the lock but it simply didn’t work. There were so much suspense and drama. It was like watching a portion of a telenovela.

Onlookers were panicky too, fearing that the boy might be suffocated or might accidentally start the car. More people gathered around the car as even moving buses stopped to watch the event. The boy in turn got more terrified while the uncle was greatly confused.

Varied suggestions were offered by various people but they only added fear to the trapped boy and more confusion to the already confused crowd. After about almost an hour the kibitzers also got tired and one by one they left. The boy inside possibly thought that the danger was over because there were no more big eyes staring at him. He leaned to the door of the back seat, pulled the lock and Eureka the door of the car was opened.

The uncle had to pause for a while. He couldn’t quickly start the car as he was trying to decipher what hit him early in the morning.