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A Dream About Train Hopping

  The old white-bearded veteran watches the young girl get off the train. Light blue. Military train. No way a child that young was supposed to be on it. Stowaway probably. Running away from home?

  He decides to keep an eye on her for a little while. It’s not safe for kids to be alone like that.

  The veteran discreetly follows the child to a sushi restaurant near the train station. A ruckus ensues as the girl learns the hard way that the sign advertising “Kids under 10 eat free*!” requires that an accompanying adult also purchase a meal. He steps in to comfort the now-crying child and pay for her meal.

  Once she calms down and gets some food in her stomach she tells the old veteran her story.

  At another train station many miles away I am frantically talking to a customer service representative over a counter. A phone behind the counter rings and after a moment she hands it to me. I listen, provide reassurances, hand the phone back to the representative, and then rush to find my brother and tell him that someone found his daughter and she wants to come home.

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