Elephant parade

I was all set to put a picture with this story, have the camera with me and everything. Well, not everything. I forgot the cord and reader. Oh well. Picture later. I was with Michael about five minutes from where we stay. I wanted to go get something, and wanted to do it alone just to see if I could. I was walking along, seeing familiar things, then not familiar things, so I would go back to the last familiar thing. I never really got lost; just took the long way! I was at a place where everything was looking familiar, walking along, thinking, and looked up and saw an elephant coming toward me. It was decorated and had people riding on it. I thought, "Boy, I need my camera. I hope I'm close enough to get it." Turns out I was right at the corner where we live! I ran in, got my camera, and ran back out. There were two elephants, two camels, a brass band, dancers, and horses just stalled right there waiting for me. I started taking pictures. A man asked if I wanted one with the elephant. I asked, "For money?" He said no, so I gave him my camera. A bunch of kids gathered round. They love to get their pictures taken and to take pictures. I took their pictures, they took mine. I continued taking elephant, camel, and horse pictures in between. A man came and told me to get my camera. He said some stuff I didn't understand, so I thought he wanted me to stop taking pictures. Turns out, he was worried about the kids with the camera. His nephew just got married. He was the one on the horse. Take pictures of him. It lasted about 15 minutes, then they moved on and so did I. My first solitary great adventure!