
Climb on, get on a horse, it is great fun, The Boy said. ‘I was afraid of the Carousel until I rode on it,’ the Boy continued. ‘You go round and round, and the scene becomes blurry,’ the Boy laughed. ‘
At first, you can see mom and dad, and then they fade into the Technicolor picture swirling as you pass, the Boy observed. ‘I don’t know if it is the cotton candy or the funnel cake, but soon you are transported to another world,’ the Boy winked. ‘There are clowns both smiling and frowning,’ the Boy said. ‘Once you get on, you do not get off,’ the Boy observed tentatively.
‘I saw Superman and Batman when I first got on the Carousel, Chet observed. ‘Now I see villains and protectors,’ Chet continued. ‘There is Snidely Whiplash and Dudley DoRight and Tess Trueheart,’ Chet laughed. ‘Many of the Carousle riders are constantly reaching for the Gold Coin but rarely procuring it,’ Chet noted. ‘Some on the Carousle have taken the bench seats where thinking is easier and less stomach churning,’ Chet observed.
‘I see beautiful vistas from my Carousel Pony,’ Jane said. ‘The Earth is green and then burned by the sun,’ Jane continued. ‘The animals are happy, but many are hungry and sick,’ Jane said with tears in her eyes. ‘I asked the Carny to stop the Carousel and let me off, but he grinned a gape-toothed smile and kept running it,’ Jane said. ‘The Carny told me that I did not want to get off due to not being able to get back on,’ Jane said softly.
‘At first, the Carousel was fun,’ Neva J said. ‘Then I saw the homeless, the forgotten sitting next to the whirling machine,’ Neva J observed. ‘There was no one feeding them or caring for them, and when I tried to throw them some peanuts, they could not catch them due to the speed of the Carousel, Neva J sighed. ‘What a terrible method of time travel we have invented, where the needy are left at the side of the conveyance and can not climb aboard,’ Neva J observed.
