Journal #22

Sam was out shopping at Wal Mart. It was a normal day; he had woken up late, but it was a Saturday so it did not really matter. He had realized he had some shopping to do, so he headed out to Wal Mart, obviously, since that is the best place to shop besides Target. Sam only needed a few things: shampoo, shaving cream, and toothpaste. A young man at the ripe age of twenty three, he was finally living out on his own and doing well.

As Sam was pushing his shopping cart, two small children sprinted in front of him, shrieking and laughing. He brought his cart to a halt so that he would not hit them, and he laughed a little bit. He watched with a smile on his face as the two kids ran in a circle around him and then proceeded to take off somewhere else. Sam loved kids; he had a little brother of his own, and he planned to have a few kids himself someday soon.

Sam continued along his way, finding his shampoo and shaving cream. As he went behind the aisle to grab his toothpaste, he was stopped short by a shocking sight. A young woman was crying and holding on to the two kids while a large, mean looking man whispered something to her. Sam stepped back a little bit, so that he could see what was going on but they could not see him. However, one of the little kids spotted him, and wedged his way out of his mother's arms. When the big scary man turned his back for a brief second, the little boy ran to Sam, crying. Sam pulled the child aside and quietly asked him, "Are you okay?"

The boy shook his head. "That mean man told Mommy that he wanted us to go with him. We don't wanna go with him! He's big and yucky and he hit Mommy and made her cry." The boy's shoulders were shaking with his tears. Sam looked back up towards the boy's mother, other brother, and the man. The man was saying something into his cell phone, with his back still turned. Sam knew what he had to do. It was risky; he had his whole life out ahead of him and he could potentially get in trouble for this. He had to do it though. Sam, a strong man who had been an all-state wrestler and soccer player, quietly walked up to the large man, waited for him to turn around, and punched him in the face. Sam then proceeded to attack the man until he stopped fighting back, and then Sam walked to the woman and the children and embraced them. He stayed with them until security came to take him away.