Memory+-+First+Visit+to+Central

=First Visit to Central=

The day that Mindy turned two years old, her parents decided to take her shopping at Central Department Store for the first time. Mindy was excited; she had never been to a shopping mall before. Her mother took her up to her bedroom and got the girl dressed in colorful clothes. As she got into the black Mercedes, the little girl sat on her mother's lap. She looked out of the window.

There were dark colored vehicles on the grey road. Tall buildings towered over the lively city. Shadows of trees, people and houses created shade on the street. She saw people walking on the pavement and birds singing in their nests. The girl's favorite thing was tall buses. She would smile and wave at the people inside them.

The girl shouted with joy as they arrived at Central. Her father drove the car into the car park. It was dark and creepy; the little girl squeezed her mother's hand softly. Her body stiffened as the car drove higher and higher up the car park. The girl was scared; as it got higher it got creepier.

Holding her mother's hand, she walked with her parents into the big department store. The girl ran around, touching and picking up everything that was in her path. As Mindy reached the escalator, she was scared. The black steps kept moving upwards and there were bright green lights shining around them. Her parents held her hand and told her to step on the steps, but she refused. She was scared that the escalator was going to suck her in at the end. She refused to step on it. At last, her father picked her up and they stepped onto the escalator. They went further up the tall building until they reached the children's section.

As Mindy walked past a fluffy teddy bear, she picked it up and hugged it tight. Her mother tried to pull it away from her. She told her daughter that she already had a lot of teddy bears at home. But Mindy didn't let go, instead she hugged it tighter. She stood there, hugging the brown bear while her mother tried to take it away. They stood there for over ten minutes fighting over the bear. Her mother was getting angrier and the girl was getting furious. After finally purchasing the bear for her, Mindy and her parents went down to the gourmet market.

Mindy ran past shelves full of colorful packets of snacks and cans of soda. She began picking up everything she saw and throwing it everywhere. She picked up a can of coke in her left hand and a bag of chips in her right hand. When she saw a shopping cart, she threw both of the items in it and they made loud rattling noises.

Mindy thought that it was funny, so she did it over and over again. As her mother walked towards her to pick her up, she ran and ran. Mindy went to hide in the far comer of the towering shelves.

Later, family walked through the fresh products section. Mindy saw a package of eggs; she didn't know what they were. She pulled out a brown, circular egg. Slowly, she observed the egg. When she saw an old person in a wheelchair coming towards her, she got scared and threw the egg onto the floor. The egg cracked and there was a mess on the floor. Mindy laughed. Her father picked her up and sat her down in the shopping cart while her mother went over to find a staff and apologize to them.

As Mindy and her father were standing there, an angry staff walked over. She scolded Mindy. Her loud voice frightened the little girl. Tears began to form in Mindy's little eyes and soon they were dripping down her cheek. Her father hugged her. Mindy's mother was angry that the staff yelled at her child. She went over and yelled back at the staff.

From that experience, Mindy never picked up anything at the shopping mall without her parent's permission. And even though she got into a lot of trouble on her first visit to Central, she still enjoyed it.