Ed smiled as he surveyed the play area of his old school grounds. "Boy, that's what I call an upgrade!”
Edna tested the spongy artificial turf. "Where's the dirt?"
"What’s this contraption?” Ed asked as he examined the massive jungle gym with multiple levels of netting, ladders, ropes and slides.
Edna nodded approvingly. “It’s called progress.”
Suddenly a bell rang, and hordes of screaming kids poured onto the grounds, whooping and hollering as they raced toward the equipment.
Edna grabbed Ed's hand and quickly led him out of harm's way. "Some things haven't changed!" she yelled as they ran.
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This 99-word story is my contribution to the August 24 Carrot Ranch Flash Fiction Challenge to "write a story about an empty playground."
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