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His footsteps echoed in his mind, and reverberated off of the walls, it was dark here and very empty. The pungent odor of the mist in the air from the rain a little earlier was on the order of an oddity, somewhat acidic. It was eerily quiet tonight, he noticed.
The buildings were staring and sneering at him as he walked past. "What the hell am I doing out here?" he muttered to himself.
He kept his pace going like a set of musical notes, the left shoe was clicking just a little bit louder than the right one, he could never figure that one out. His argument in both the physics and musical mind had always been same weight applied to each step, shoes are worn the same on both soles, why would the sound be different on each one? Why do they have to sound like this?
Walt detected a slight movement out of the corner of his left eye, on the side of the building with a slight scuffling sound like someone rummaging around in a trash can. It was the only sound Walt heard so far outside of himself walking. He slowed down, and peered into the alley where he saw the movement and heard the sound. There was a dark figure hunched over what appeared to be a garbage can in the alley, the restaurants often had the cans out for pickup in the morning.
"You okay?" he asked, loud enough for whoever it was to hear; but there was no answer. The rummaging continued, so Walt just walked a little closer, maybe they were hard of hearing or deaf? He walked slowly towards the dark figure huddled over the can, and said again in a little bit louder voice, "are you okay?"
Still there was no sign of acknowledgement so he crept cautiously near and one more time, "are you okay?" The figure stood up and turned slowly in anticipation of what appeared to Walt as if they were expecting to get robbed or mugged.
Walt immediately stuck both of his hands up in the air, just enough to show that he was not armed nor had any intention of hurting him. "Are you okay?" he asked again, this time using facial enunciation that they may recognize. The old man nodded and pointed to his ear with the pretty standard "I can't hear well" along with some mumbling.
Walt quickly and without thinking about it reached in his jacket and pulled out his wallet, and pulled out the few bills he had in there, and then reached out and gently took the man's hand and stuffed the money into his hand, and said, "get yourself something to eat, okay?" And the old man nodded and mumbled a soft, barely audible thanks, and turned back to the garbage can.
Espanol
Sus pasos resonaron en su propia mente y resonaron en las paredes, estaba oscuro aquí y muy vacío. El olor acre de la niebla en el aire de la lluvia hace un rato era del orden de una rareza, algo ácido. Esta área estaba extrañamente tranquila esta noche, se dio cuento.
Los edificios lo miraban y se burlaban de él cuando pasaba. "¿Qué demonios estoy haciendo aquí?" murmuró para sí mismo.
Mantuvo su ritmo como un conjunto de notas musicales, el zapato izquierdo hacía clic un poco más fuerte que el derecho, nunca pudo descifrarlo. Su argumento tanto en la física como en la mente musical siempre había sido el mismo peso aplicado a cada paso, los zapatos se usan igual en ambas suelas, ¿por qué el sonido sería diferente en cada uno? ¿Por qué tienen que sonar así?
Walt detectó un ligero movimiento por el rabillo del ojo izquierdo, en el costado del edificio con un leve sonido de roce como si alguien estuviera rebuscando en un bote de basura. Fue el único sonido que Walt escuchó hasta ahora fuera de sí mismo caminando. Disminuyó la velocidad y se asomó al callejón donde vio el movimiento y escuchó el sonido. Había una figura oscura encorvada sobre lo que parecía ser un bote de basura en el callejón, los restaurantes a menudo sacaban los botes para recogerlos por la mañana.
"¿Estás bien?" pregunt, lo suficientemente alto para que quienquiera que fuera lo escuchara; pero no hubo respuesta. Los pinchazos continuaron, por lo que Walt solo se acercó un poco más, ¿tal vez tenían problemas de audición o sordera? Caminó lentamente hacia la figura oscura acurrucada sobre la lata y dijo de nuevo en una voz un poco más fuerte, "¿estás bien?" Todavía no había señales de respuesta, por lo que se acercó con cautela y una vez más, "¿estás bien?" La figura se puso de pie y se volvió lentamente anticipándose a lo que le pareció a Walt, como si estuvieran esperando a ser abordados o asaltados.
Walt inmediatamente levantó ambas manos en el aire, lo suficiente para mostrar que no estaba armado ni tenía intención de lastimarlo. "¿Estás bien?" preguntó de nuevo, esta vez usando la enunciación facial para que pudieran reconocerlo. El anciano asintió y se señaló la oreja con el bonito estándar "No puedo oír bien" junto con algunos murmullos.
Walt rápidamente y sin pensar metió la mano en su chaqueta y sacó su billetera, y sacó los pocos billetes que tenía allí, y luego extendió la mano y suavemente tomó la mano del hombre y empujó el dinero en su mano, y dijo: "Ve". tú mismo algo de comer, ¿de acuerdo?" Y el anciano asintió y murmuró un gracias suave, apenas audible, y se volvió hacia el bote de basura.
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jr - 10/22/2023
You did a good job on this story. I wanted to give a shout-out to you on Leothreqs but realized you've been inactive there doe a while, do you mind saying Hello on Leo threads so I can give you a shout-out?💗💗💗
I am on there @amiegeoffrey, where are you? I have no idea where anything is hahahaha!!! I think I'm on the Ladies of Hive threads!
It was way cool to read the finished version of this story! I really liked the way you brought us into the scene... Feeling the odd way the shoes are different, hearing the clanging of the can... And the end, it makes me smile a lot. Perspective, eh?
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Hehehe, it's all in the perspective, you got that right! Thank you for your encouragement and comment!!!
@jamerussell...
You know what I like... Well, for one... you really should write more LOL. I know how extremely busy you are, helping our new folks joining our blockchain, through the HHYM. But as I read your post. I close my eyes... and I hear an old LP playing. Think like Blink Skeleton Radio... you know... @wwwiebe. I'm not sure what voice I hear, but I love this brother. Thank you for sharing this...
Yup, this is one of those kinds of stories that seems like it was written in the 20s or 30s lol, old style!
Thank you for your 'thoughtful' comment @wesphilbin! (hahaha, see what I did thure???)
Reading this tale in its completed form was really awesome! Your method of introducing us to the setting was excellent. The sound of the can hitting, the strange way the shoes feel different... I'm really smiling at the conclusion.
Thank you Wallay, I really enjoyed writing this one even though it takes me a long time to write something, and even though I don't consider myself much of a writer, quite a few believe I can write very well; I think it's perhaps a case of lack of esteem as a writer. I'll get over it and write more, but it seems to be taking it's sweet time hahahahaha!!!
You are welcome sir,you can actually write very well ,I love it ❤️
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A good job, with some mystery printed and in an almost casual way. I would have expected a twist at the end, but I was still pleased. By the way, thanks for reblogging my post.
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Gracias, I do have another couple on my blog that do have a twist, but this was done in simplicity and clarity.
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De nada!
Kind men are still around ☺️💙
Sometimes you find them when you least expect it! Thank you for engaging!
That’s a brave and kind man right there.
We need more of Walt to make this world a better one.
They are few and far between but you will find one every now and then!
Thank you for reading and commenting with a kind comment!
Walt is a men we need more off, and I know the homelesss man appreciates him.
You should write more often
I like Walt lol, and yes, I really should!!!
No good excuses come to mind hahahaha!!! Thank you for all the encouragement you shoot at me!!!
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ooooh, great job on the story! Bravo! 💜
Thank you Miss Kitty, I've had that a long time, and fiddled with it periodically until the other day, and decided to publish it. I am really happy with the way it turned out.
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Nice post
I'm going to give you another piece of advice for advancing yourself on Hive;
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Thank you, you little busy-bee lol, keep at it, it's a cool service to the Hiveans!!!
Thank you for your kind words, @jamerussell! Keep up the great work! 😄👍