The Day I Kissed An Older Man

Corinne sat on the blanket with her three children and enjoyed the food Pamela prepared for them.
Meanwhile, Chester and Francine were talking to each other some distance away. They had taken a small step in their
relationship and were thus very shy as a result.
Joey had some mayo smeared on his mouth from the sandwich, so Corinne took out a tissue and gently cleaned it for him. “Eat
slowly, and don’t rush.”
In response, Joey nodded obediently.
Bryan, who sat next to Joey, could not take his eyes off the kite soaring in the sky. When he noticed the kite drifting in a different
direction, he quickly gobbled down the remaining half piece of sandwich. He then stood up and said, “Mommy, I’m full! I’m going
over there to talk to Aunt Francine!”
Corinne turned her attention to her youngest son and reminded him, “Be careful! Don’t run too fast and trip!”
Bryan acknowledged her warning and rushed over to where Francine was to get a better view of the kite.
Once Corinne saw Bryan approach Francine safely, she turned her attention to Christine and offered some water from a bottle.
Joey and Christine stayed obediently by Corinne’s side while quietly enjoying their meal. Corinne occasionally glanced in
Francine’s direction to keep an eye on her youngest son’s whereabouts.
Bryan initially stayed close to Francine while he was captivated by the kite. At some point, Corinne looked over again and saw
that Bryan was gone.
Corinne’s eyes widened, and she swiftly rose to her feet to scan her surroundings. “Francine, where’s Bryan?”
Francine was engrossed in her conversation with Chester, but Corinne’s alarmed question snapped her out of it. She looked
around with a worried expression and said, “He was just here! He was looking at the kites...”
Corinne noticed the Robot Man kite descending lower in the sky had immediately surmised where Bryan was.
She ordered hastily, “Francine, Chester, please keep an eye on Joey and Christine. I’ll look for Bryan!”
An anxious Francine looked on as Corinne left in a hurry. “How are you going to look for him?”
Corinne replied firmly without looking back, “I know where he went! Just keep an eye on Joey and Christine for me!”

Francine fidgeted anxiously, but Chester patted her shoulder to comfort her. “Don’t worry. Corinne knows what she’s doing. She’ll
find Bryan. Let’s do what she entrusted us to do and stay with Joey and Christine. We can’t afford to let another child go
missing.”
Francine agreed, and they ran toward Joey and Christine.
Meanwhile, the kite had landed on an empty meadow across a forest. A child wearing a robot mask had rushed over to retrieve
it. He dusted off the kite and began to trot back to his father.
However, another boy who was almost as tall as him blocked his path. The newcomer blinked and asked in a somewhat impolite
tone, “Hey, where did you get that Robot Man kite?”
The child in the robot mask felt that the rude boy was familiar, but he could not recall where they had met before. He
remembered that his father had warned him about talking to strangers, so he ignored the question and walked past the boy after
picking up his kite.
Bryan, unhappy at being ignored, chased after Benjamin and blocked his way again. “Why are you ignoring me? I asked you a
question!”
After being cornered, Benjamin said, “My daddy told me I shouldn’t talk to strangers or answer their questions.”
Bryan disagreed and placed his hands on his hips in frustration. “But my mommy taught me that we should be polite and help
our new friends!”
Benjamin snorted behind his robot mask. “You’re not being polite though! You should greet a person first before asking a
question!”