The kids waiting for the school bus make an orderly line every day. The position corresponds to the order of their arrival to the Bus Point. This time there were two queues. One girl standing on her own. The other three standing in a queue. The lonely girl is in the third standard. In the second queue, the girl in the front is in the fourth standard. The other two, a boy and a girl, are in the third standard, with the girl being the classmate of the lonely girl. The lonely girl takes the bus occasionally and the other three are the regulars.
There was an altercation.
Lonely Girl: This is cheating. I came here first so you should stand behind me.
Front Girl: No, We always stand here.
Lonely Girl: But what is the difference? We are standing next to each other.
Front Girl: No, this is where we need to stand.
Lonely Girl: Is there a mark on the ground?
Front Girl: We know where to stand.
Boy standing next: Yes, she’s correct. She is always first to come here. And she knows where to stand.
Lonely Girl: But where is the mark? I came first and I’m standing right here. What difference will that make?
Front Girl: We should always stand in this line.
Girl standing last: Yes, she(Lonely Girl) knows nothing about the lines.
Lonely Girl(exasperated): But where is the mark? This makes no sense. We can stand here or here or there. What is the problem?
Boy standing next: No, we should always stand in the correct line. She (Front Girl) knows where to stand.
Girl standing last: Yes, she doesn’t come regularly so doesn’t know the correct line.
One of the elders had enough of it.
Elder: There is no mark. You can stand anywhere. But whoever comes first has the right to start the line.
The boy was bit intimidated and made a movement to stand behind the Lonely Girl but observed that the other two girls didn’t budge from their positions. He too stood in his place.
The Lonely Girl emboldened by the force of support positioned herself at the front of the ‘correct line’. None spoke.
There was an altercation.
Lonely Girl: This is cheating. I came here first so you should stand behind me.
Front Girl: No, We always stand here.
Lonely Girl: But what is the difference? We are standing next to each other.
Front Girl: No, this is where we need to stand.
Lonely Girl: Is there a mark on the ground?
Front Girl: We know where to stand.
Boy standing next: Yes, she’s correct. She is always first to come here. And she knows where to stand.
Lonely Girl: But where is the mark? I came first and I’m standing right here. What difference will that make?
Front Girl: We should always stand in this line.
Girl standing last: Yes, she(Lonely Girl) knows nothing about the lines.
Lonely Girl(exasperated): But where is the mark? This makes no sense. We can stand here or here or there. What is the problem?
Boy standing next: No, we should always stand in the correct line. She (Front Girl) knows where to stand.
Girl standing last: Yes, she doesn’t come regularly so doesn’t know the correct line.
One of the elders had enough of it.
Elder: There is no mark. You can stand anywhere. But whoever comes first has the right to start the line.
The boy was bit intimidated and made a movement to stand behind the Lonely Girl but observed that the other two girls didn’t budge from their positions. He too stood in his place.
The Lonely Girl emboldened by the force of support positioned herself at the front of the ‘correct line’. None spoke.
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