Yellow Bus on the Low Shelf

A school bus... yellow like my hands, carrying children. You mentioned Meijer, so when dusk settled, I slipped through the glass sliding doors behind a rolling cart. The toy aisle was bright and endless. Low down on the bottom shelf, tucked behind rows of cardboard boxes, sat a miniature die-cast yellow school bus. I froze... neck cocking sideways to gauge the narrow gap. Lunged! I collapsed flat onto the polished linoleum, worming right between the metal shelf lip and the floor. My fingers pinched the tiny black wheels. Whirrr-click-clack! A sharp, spinning buzz echoed against the metal base. Found it for us. Waiting right here under the shelf.

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