I sat on the cold seat. It started to move up, smooth and fast and then it stopped at the top. Two cousins swinging forward and back. I looked down and held my breath. Below me everyone looked as small as ants, walking around, listening to us scream.

 

Finally, everyone was safely tucked in behind the safety bars. It started to move. I started to shake and then it moved again. It went faster and faster until it couldn’t go any faster! I changed from feeling like I wanted to jump out, to feeling like I wanted to go on it again and again.

 

Ten times around and then it was time to hop off. The bars lifted up over me and I jumped out, back onto the ground. My feet took a while to adjust to the still green grass.

 

Now I am on my way to the Merry-Go-Round. The Stratford A and P Show is a circling theme park for the day!