Ken and Kasey

chapter one ken and cinemas

next, he said, "a great film is showing today." this was after ken saw the ad on a computer screen. it was a trailer ad for the action video. the tall thin man with a blond beard, and brown plastic glasses, named mr. jakes said, "you and Kasey, get in the car." Ken turned toward the door and saw mr. jak jakes walk out so he took a step to follow and found himself seated in the left back seat of a car. the soft couch was dark green. his green seatbelt was on over his left shoulder from the car door down to his right hip. ken sat behind the driver. beside his childish thin body was space and Kasey his host holding money. 

kasey and ken had met in summer camp. it was a sleep away camp for kids age nine and older, where the kids spent a week of sport activities and nights sleeping in common rooms in beds called bunk beds one above the other in long rows. 7 beds in each of two rows for up to 28 kids per bunk.

between sports kasey had followed ken and said, "hi i am kasi, what is your name?" ken replied, "i don't talk to strangers"=="that rule is for adults, but we are in the same bunk and on the same team in soccer." ken then revealed his name was ken. they talked about the soccer game. later between sports talked  together. at meals ken looked for kasi and sat by him at the same table of ten brats because his bunk, the daisies, had 2 tables and shared a third table with the second bunk named orchids oddly written with "h" but pronounced like kids. after a few days together  on the same sports team kasi had invited ken to stay at his home for the weekend. ken was happy because his parents were always very annoying. kan told kasi "my parents would not believe this so tell your pa to inform them." 

thursday night after a supper of franks with fresh frank buns and salads and boiled beans in basil tomato sauce, ken followed kasi to the huge car park.  kasi led him to his family car. pa sat by the wheel reading a thick novel. they had rode home and played computer games together as a team against other teams, until 10 pm.

at ten pm kasi paused the game and they each showered in the two shower rooms before wearing soft striped pijamas. 

at 8 am kasi had woke ken for breakfast. ken went as usual to brush his teeth in the morning but kasi said "just rinse with water because it will affect the taste of the food" this was true ken's annpying parents would not give breakfast until he brushed his teeth and then the toothpaste flavor ruined whatever he ate. he realized for the first time that his parents were worse than he had even noticed.

ken rinsed his mouth with only water. after breakfast they continued the team game until the ad interrupted. it was clips from the action video. all this ken remembered as he sat beside kasi. kasi asked which cinema were they driving to and pa replied the bay mall. kasi asked what if it is not shown there. ken answered we can go to the other cinema. kasi said we better check when and where the film is before driving anywhere. pa argued whatever is playing you can watch at the cinema. kasi responded wisely, "we need to know which film is the good one." 

the car changed into a large room.

chapter two gals

ken was now standing on a wood floor that shined from its gloss coating on its pale brown wood.the walls were wood panels with darker brown wood and not waxy. on ken's left were two wide windows with very clean glass. he knew a door was behind him to the metal balcony of the fire escape from this wooden building. in front of ken was a wide play area and the small door that was open and led t the stairway down to the first floor the entrance. ken wondered how he had gotten up here from the car. 

kasi rolled a soccer ball and said gah-gah the name of a bal game which was to gaurd your legs from the ball and try to hit it rolling to the others legs. two gfirls in the room said we do not wantto play. ken ignored the black and white soccer ball and walked across the room to the one window on his right side by a door that opened to a kitchenette. out of the window was the bricks on the outer wall of the kitchenette. it stretched a few feet long and then turned right another corner surrounding a small court yard below.

the ricks were red and seemed too near each other so ken examined closer. somehow they were large red bricks that had thin lines chiseled in  to seem like rows of bricks. ken heard a girl shriek. he turned and saw a big bug scurry along the wood floor almost the same color brown as the floor. one girl named gracey, wearing a pale milky dress pointed at the big brown bug. it was running toward her. she stamped her black shoe far ahead of herself, near its path where it would be coming toward her... but the bug curved to the side and jumped up onto her milky dress! ken saw it and kicked the swinging fabric the bug flew... toward the wall. he could not see it butsoon heard a smack as the big bug smacked the wall wood. the second girl named girty who wore a ink dress said, "let's leave this bug place" so ken awoke. he was still at camp. it was time for breakfast but now he knew to ignore his parents and for the first time and away from home he only rinsed his mouth wwith just water and for the first time in his life he enjoyed the sweet taste of the sugary cereal in cool milk.

the end.