Flash Fiction: Tourism
© Leydi Walle
Image by Leydi Walle
Written by Emma Elizabeth Mathes
Photo Edited by Yanting Chen
Why do we do it? Why do we join the long lines that lead to the boat that “everyone talks about”?
These are the questions I asked myself at seven-years-old as my parents led me to the boat tour that was supposed to be “so good.”
I looked at the dark storm clouds approaching. The whole idea of standing in a crowd in the middle of a river was scaring me, and the red ponchos they made us wear didn’t help.
I took a deep breath and smiled a fake smile that would last me for a while. But inside I was jello.
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