Pretend

On a perfect fall day in a park in the city, three children play on a patch of grass. The smallest one lies on the ground, two bigger ones running in circles around her. “Hey guys, pretend you thought that I was dead,” she says three times.

“Hey guys, pretend you thought that I was dead. Hey guys, pretend you thought that I was dead.”

Finally one of the older ones, without stopping running, without looking her way, says, “We are.”