My mind wanders, and oftentimes I'm as fascinated by my fellow travelers as I am by the monkey in a cage.
We were at the Ueno Park Zoo in Tokyo recently, and stopped for a needed rest. Some open benches in an out-of-the-way nook attracted our attention. We sat down on one positioned near a bronze tortoise sculpture. It wasn't long before the tortoise came to life.
In our age of zoom, bang, boom video gaming, I was amazed at how much fun kids of a certain age can have with a cold, inanimate object.
Boy sitting |
Boy rising |
Boy standing |
Companionship |
When the boys abandoned the tortoise, this young girl hopped on. |