Once upon a time, four little children named Emma, Remy, Maia and Abi decided to take a taxi home after a lovely night out with their friend Renee.
They sat and they sat, and talked about trivial things, and then little Abi, who knew the way home, looked around and said, “We’ve been on this motorway for an awfully long time!”
And sure enough, it suddenly became apparent that they were now on the M5.
“Well, this isn’t the way home!” said little Abi. “Perhaps he’s kidnapping us and taking us to Cornwall…”
The others agreed that they did not want to go to Cornwall, so they asked the driver if he knew the way home to Walsall.
He did not.
So Emma, Remy and Maia agreed that Abi should navigate, as she knew the way home, but little Maia said that she should not take over the wheel, because good little children do not drive when they have downed a glitter bomb in one.
After a long, long time the taxi reached the West Bromwich roundabout, where it turned around and went back up to Junction 8, onto the M6, down to Perry Barr and Junction 7, and from there to the A34.
All the children all agreed that this was an awfully long way to go, and they were very, very tired, but finally the taxi reached Walsall.
Though the driver did not agree to little Abi’s attempts to barter down the price they had agreed on upon the start of their journey, they all returned home safe and sound.
The End
5 Comments
ah, just love those times, were you have no Idea were or who you are, but, its okei
good that you got safely home and that you didn’t get kidnapped
To be fair, Abi knew exactly where we were, and we were all pretty sure of who we were, but fun times none the less!
Itl make fun memories
I have a similar story where we took the leaf-powered Tardis around Scotland, and got lost somewhere around Durham on the way back. They are good times indeed! Enjoy them.
Although coming to Cornwall is never a bad idea (unless it’s tourist season).
You in or near Cornwall, then?
(Since you said “coming to” rather than “going to”….)
I have a lot of places I want to go while I’m here… So far I haven’t gone to any of them.
I have two friends at uni in London, one in Southampton, one in Glasgow and I think one in Edinburgh, unless he’s moved on… Apparently I have a second cousin in Cardiff, and I know people in Lancashire… I’ve promised to go to Manchester and London at the very least, and it’s closing in on Christmas (I’m going home in a month), so I probably won’t get around to going anywhere until January at the earliest… Oh, well. 