Early MorningTHE HEAT IN THE TRAIN was unbearable. Lots of windows were open, but the slow crawl through the scorching hot plains made it too hot for the feeble movement of air to ever make much difference. It took three hours to make our way to my grandma’s because the only type of train that made it all the way to her was the one that stopped in every dusty little station along the way. I always wanted to take a faster train to the nearby town and then wait for this lazy bugger to crawl its way there and ride it for the twenty minutes it took to reach my grandma’s stop. Mom said it was pointless because we’d end up waiting for close to two hours. Plus pay more. I guessed if we didn’t get there any earlier, I could understand her. But the sweat dripping down my skin and making me all stic
