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Old Childhood Playground

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Going back to an old childhood playground always brings back a sense of nostalgia. Not every play ground consists swings and slides and not every child enjoys the same thing as another person when they were younger. It may be hard and frustrating when a young family member does not appreciate what you once used to. It is also difficult going back to a place where you played your entire life to find out that it looks totally different. Or maybe it is not different at all and everything that once was bigger and fun looks dangerous or small. People will grow up and things will change. Even though what a person remembers is not what they are seeing it can still bring back memories. There is always a bit of happiness going back to that certain place with a loved one, especially if they learn to love it as much as you did as a child.

During the summer my niece who is six and my nephew who is nine came to visit from Chicago. Since they were older than last time they came to visit I thought about taking them to an old area where I used to play a little past my family farms. We were about half way there when I started to notice a physical change in my body from when I was a kid. My face felt hot and I was breathing heavier than usual. As a child I would go there and back with no problem at all. When we got there, they did not understand …show more content…

B. White writes a vivid about his environment at lake in Maine through his eyes as a child and adult E. B. White and I share experinces as I did in my story as well. White takes his son to the lake hoping that his son would enjoy what he did as a child also, just as I took my niece and nephew to my childhood playground. He was also a little upset that his son was not every amused with what he was seeing in the same way my neice and nephew did not enjoy it at first either. These two storires do have in common that by the time of realization on the adults part the children are enjoyong the

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