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Enjoy the show. This happened in 1997.

I was about four when my mom, brothers, and I went to the water park one weekend during the summer.

The park was set up so that once you walked through the entrance, you'd run directly into a food

court with a little information station. To the left was an indoor arcade with a little

roller coaster directly outside of it, and behind the arcade building was an enormous wave pole.

To the right of the entrance was a kitty park, and then behind the

kitty park was a lazy river and all the water slides. Since my brothers were older and wanted

to ride the big rides, my mom and I split off from them and headed to the kitty park.

I was playing for a little while, making friends with other kids,

when this one little boy asked me if I wanted to go to the wave pool. Since I was little,

my mom told me that I wasn't allowed to go to the wave pool without an adult, so I told him I couldn't.

He then said it wasn't a problem since his dad was already over there waiting for us.

He also said he already told my mom that his dad was going to watch us.

Since I had been marveling at the wave pole ever since we got there,

I was sold on this plan and I followed him over there.

My mom didn't even notice at the time because the lawn chair she was sitting in around the kiddie pole was blocked by all the other children running around and the kid slides.

So, this kid and I headed to the wave pole and met his dad, who immediately took my hand and then guided me to the wave pool.

I remember only being in there for about two minutes tops until he picked me up and carried me back out of the pool.

I don't think I even asked where we were going.

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