A 5-year-old girl is sitting across from me, exhausted and draped over her suitcase. Beside her stand both of her parents, each of them with a suitcase. They stare tiredly out the window, watching the stations go by. Two minutes before their stop, the little girl sits up. Her suitcase rolls down the aisle, but she seems too tired to go after it. In a last minute grasp, her mother snags it with her foot and draws it back in. She secures the suitcase, pats her daughter on the cheek, collects her own belongings and makes for the door. Slowly, the daughter slides to her feet, dragging them along as the family makes its way home.
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