This morning I went to the market as usual to get my breakfast.
First: When going to the preferred parking area, a car was coming out and I had to reverse half the length of the road to let it come out.
Second: After that I went in to see whether there was any parking spaces left. There was none, so I made a U-turn to go back out. Then I saw a car coming out of its parking space. But earlier there was a motorcycle (a big one) behind me when I was reversing out, and when this car came out, the motorcycle went in and parked there, then the youngster riding it got into the car (that just came out) and left with them. There goes my parking space...
Third: I go for an alternative parking area. Again, another narrow road, which is fairly empty most of the time, but today, as luck would have it, there were not one, not two, not three, but FOUR cars coming in the opposite direction. Luckily I didn't have to reverse so much (this road is much longer than the first) because there was a parking space at the roadside and I just moved temporarily in to let the cars pass.
These three incidents, unlucky in each of them happening by itself, were already making my day unluckier than usual. But that's not all...
I didn't stop at the aforementioned parking spot because it was still quite a way to the market. (otherwise the unlucky story would probably end here) I went on... and today was really awful, there was no parking space until I reached the main road. So I parked there, and...
Fourth: I decided to cut through the small park to go to the market. There are some stray dogs there, and they are usually just dozing in the sun, keeping to themselves. But today one of them took it in their head to come barking at me. At first I thought I would continue walking, but then its friends (at least three of them, or was it four?) came too. At that point I was wondering whether going forward or backwards would get me out of the park more quickly... and then suddenly one of them lunged at me from the back. I think it was trying to bite me... (it couldn't have been a headbutt, could it?) Luckily it hit me just above the hem of my shorts instead of on my bare skin. After that I got seriously scared, and gave a yell, hoping that someone would come to my rescue (no one did :( ). However the yell did have the effect of making the dogs stop short, and I turned around and walked back out of the park, with the dogs barking at my back. I think one or two of them may have followed me for a while, but I didn't dare to look back and check.
Safely out of the park, I checked my skin under the shorts, and there was just a small red mark there. By the time I got home, the mark was practically gone, so I think I got off lightly. I think I will have to give the park a wide berth for a while... the dogs might remember my scent!
First: When going to the preferred parking area, a car was coming out and I had to reverse half the length of the road to let it come out.
Second: After that I went in to see whether there was any parking spaces left. There was none, so I made a U-turn to go back out. Then I saw a car coming out of its parking space. But earlier there was a motorcycle (a big one) behind me when I was reversing out, and when this car came out, the motorcycle went in and parked there, then the youngster riding it got into the car (that just came out) and left with them. There goes my parking space...
Third: I go for an alternative parking area. Again, another narrow road, which is fairly empty most of the time, but today, as luck would have it, there were not one, not two, not three, but FOUR cars coming in the opposite direction. Luckily I didn't have to reverse so much (this road is much longer than the first) because there was a parking space at the roadside and I just moved temporarily in to let the cars pass.
These three incidents, unlucky in each of them happening by itself, were already making my day unluckier than usual. But that's not all...
I didn't stop at the aforementioned parking spot because it was still quite a way to the market. (otherwise the unlucky story would probably end here) I went on... and today was really awful, there was no parking space until I reached the main road. So I parked there, and...
Fourth: I decided to cut through the small park to go to the market. There are some stray dogs there, and they are usually just dozing in the sun, keeping to themselves. But today one of them took it in their head to come barking at me. At first I thought I would continue walking, but then its friends (at least three of them, or was it four?) came too. At that point I was wondering whether going forward or backwards would get me out of the park more quickly... and then suddenly one of them lunged at me from the back. I think it was trying to bite me... (it couldn't have been a headbutt, could it?) Luckily it hit me just above the hem of my shorts instead of on my bare skin. After that I got seriously scared, and gave a yell, hoping that someone would come to my rescue (no one did :( ). However the yell did have the effect of making the dogs stop short, and I turned around and walked back out of the park, with the dogs barking at my back. I think one or two of them may have followed me for a while, but I didn't dare to look back and check.
Safely out of the park, I checked my skin under the shorts, and there was just a small red mark there. By the time I got home, the mark was practically gone, so I think I got off lightly. I think I will have to give the park a wide berth for a while... the dogs might remember my scent!
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