So, this happened a few weeks ago but I’ve been busy. And I need to share…
I was in a rickshaw on my way to work when we pulled to a stop at an
intersection. A few feet to my left,
sitting on the curb were a few women, a few babies, and several cows. People (and cows) are always at this corner,
so I typically smile and head-bobble.
This morning, however, after my smile, I received a visitor at the rickshaw. A woman walked up, showed me her two month
old baby, and handed her to me. Let me
at this moment remind you I am in a temporarily stopped vehicle. So, I take the baby, smile, kiss her
forehead, and try to give her back, but her mom walks away. That’s when my oblivious-to-the-situation
driver (or driver-who-was-trying-to-alarm-the-white-girl) drives off. We take a left at the intersection as I’m
screaming “BUS BUS BUS BUS BUS BUS!!!” (STOP!) Thankfully we hadn’t gone more
and a few yards before we stopped, he laughed, I got out, identified the baby’s
mother, and gave her back. This whole
ordeal didn’t last for more than 30 seconds, maybe less, but I really thought
for a moment there I was going to unwillingly adopt an infant. Thankfully that was not the final outcome J
