three comments on the human condition

three comments on the human condition

fiction
edward w pritchard

A pretty little girl runs to her Mother at McDonalds and jumps into her lap and cries. The girl is about two years old and has been playing in the play area in a small climbing area at McDonald's. The Mother has been sitting guarding the food and also watching the little girl's older brother who is playing high up in the climbing apparatus with some of the older boys.

Just prior to jumping in her Mother's lap, the little girl stands and points like an ancient statue of Zeus in an ancient Greek momument. The girl points emphatically with both arms fully outstretched one hand pointing for a moment or two at some small children just before she jumps on her Mother's lap.

The Mother strokes the little girls hair for a minute and then the girl contendedly points again at the children she was playing with, glancing at them from the corner of her eye.

After about five minutes the little girl finishes the rest of the french fries and slowly extends her right hand and holds her finger like Adam in Michangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling. Pointing her finger lazily as she finishes her food the little girl holds out the pointed finger for about ten seconds as she glances one last time at the children who upset her earlier.