Cows In The Meadow

How adorable he was, his white jumper, his blue overalls, his red sneakers, his red beanie and matching scarf. Sitting next to his mother on the train, with a grin from ear to ear, trying to contain his excitement for the fact that he is about to have his first train ride.

"Mum, Mum, Mum! Is it going to go really fast?" he asks her excitedly. "Do you think we are going to see cows like Dad said?", he added.

"Yes Tom, we are going to go fast!", she said with a laugh at her son. "It will be like an airplane on the ground! And we might see some cows, but we will be going very fast so you have to keep your eyes peeled for them!".

"Whoa! Will it really be that fast? Mum! Mum! The train is moving!" he squealed with excitement.

She laughs at her son and looks at him proudly as he stares out the window and watches everything going by.

"Wowww! What's that big thing called?", he asks while staring at a big piece of machinery enxt to the railway line.

"I'm not sure honey. But can you see that big hole in the ground there? That's called the Quarry. Do you know what they do there?"

"Corey?! That doesn't look like him!" he says with a squeal of laughter.

"Haha, no not Corey, a 'kw-or-ree' you silly boy. Do you know what they are?"

"'Kw-or-reeeeee'. Nope. What is it?" he says curiously.

"That's where they dig huge holes in the ground! And they find all types of treasures in them like diamonds, and coal, and limestone and even oil sometimes!", says the Mother enthusiastically.

"OIL?! Yuck! Is that the oil they use at McDonalds?"

"No no, it's a different type of oil. This oil can be used for cars and other machines. We don't put that kind of oil in our food. Not even McDonalds does that!"

"Do we use different oil?" he asks.

"Yes, we use Olive Oil. That comes from Olives, not from giants holes in the ground."

"LOOK, LOOK, MUM, MUM, MUM, THERE IS COWS OVER THERE! Wowwww!" He yells while running to the other side of the carriage to get a better view of the animals.

"I love this train, Mum! Can we always go on this train?"

"Well, I'm not sure about this one, but we can go on trains more often. Now that Dad is working in the city we can visit him more often at work and take a train to see him.", she said gladly with a big smile on her face.

"I can't wait to see Dad! Are going to have lunch with him? How much longer until we get there?"

"We are indeed going to get lunch with him! What would you like to eat? Sushi? It will be a little bit of a long time until we get there. Almost a whole hour!"

"Whoa. Is that a long time? Yeah I love Sushi! Sushi, sushi, sushi!" He says excitedly.

"It can sometimes be a long time. If it takes an hour to blink, then it is a VERY long time, but if it takes an hour to go to another country on a plane, then that is VERY quick!"