Vignette 5

A child crawled out of the darkness on hands and knees reaching for a flower in our garden. We were sipping lemonade by the pool. The child came out of the dark bushes that line the fence in the backyard. None of us had ever seen the child before. We called out for someone to claim him, but no one replied. Then the child got up onto its feet and ran away from us. Just as he left our sight, he waved goodbye and we waved back to him. I wonder what became of that child.