One day on his way home, Specs looked at a distance to see a woman looking similar to Ruth, except with shorter hair. He walked fast to her and was smiling, hoping too much. He walked closer to see a woman with just reddish hair, and a normal sized body. She wasn't perfect or looked anything like Ruth. Specs sighed and said, "Wishful thinking." Suddenly the girl screamed at a man, "IF I SAYS THAT I DIDN'T STEAL YOUR POTATO SALAD THEN I DIDN'T STEAL YOUR POTATO SALAD!!!" He said, "I saw you take it lady!" She said, "And where would I put it!?" He then kicked over her wheel-barrell. Apples toppled over everywhere. She screamed, "PICK THAT UP RIGHT NOW OR ELSE I'M MAKING YOU A WOMAN!!!"  He laughed and said, "Taking orders from a little girl? I don't think so." She then grabbed a trout and slapped him upside the head with it. The man started running away and screamed, "You freak!" She replied, "Ya ya, I get the same way with COLESLAW that smells better! Yeesh.." She then leaned down and started picking up the apples.    Specs walked over and said, "Do you need help with those miss?" She smiled and said, "That would be a great help, thank you!" He leaned down and started picking up with her. He thought to himself thinking, "She's very different from other women." When they were done picking up she said, "Thank you sir." He smiled and said, "No problem." She said, "Hey wait a second. You're the guy who's always at the graveyard." He said, "Yep that's me." She replied, "So who died?" He said, "I'd rather not talk about it. I'll just say that this world isn't as perfect as it seems, so don't expect too much from it." She laughed and said, "Believe you me, I don't expect anything from this world except horrible people." He said, "What about me?" She smiled and said, "I can make an exception with you."    The started walking down the street with her pushing her wheel-barrell. He said, "I can't help but wonder miss. How did you end up like this?" She laughed. He said, "What?" She smiled and said, "You made a rhyme. That always amuses the HELL outta me." He laughed for the first time in weeks. He said, "You're an amazing woman. You know that?" She said, "Naw, I'm just unique." He said, "What's the one thing you wish you can do?" She then grinned, jumped on her wheel-barrell, grabbed him, and rolled down the hill. He held his hat and glasses while she spread her arms out. She said, "FLY!" He said, "Fly!?" She replied, "You asked me what I wish I could do. And that is flying!" She then jumped backwards out of the wheel-barrell and caught the handles to stop it. He looked up at her. She smiled and said, "Where you off to?" He said, "Oh umm, Newsboys Lodge House." She smiled and said, "You're a newsie eh? I hate scabs. I'm sure you hoird of them. I soaked a scab once. He was hitting on me. He didn't end up pretty, not like he was anyway." He laughed. She then helped him out of the wheel-barrel.    He asked, "How are you so lively in this world full of pain and suffering?" She smiled and sang... In my own little world, In my own little place I can be whatever I want to be On the wing of my fancy, I can fly anyplace And the world will open it's arms to me I'm a young Egyptian princess or a milkmaid I'm the greatest primadonna in Milan I'm an heiress who has always had her silk made By her own flock of silk worms in Japan I'm a girl men go mad for Love's a game I can play With a cool and confident kind of air Just as long as I stay in my own little world All alone, in my own little place I can be whatever I want to be I'm a theif in Calcutta, I'm a queen in Peru I'm a mermaid dancing upon the sea I'm a huntress on an African safari It's a dangerous type of sport, and yet it's fun In the night I sally forth to seek my quarry And I find I forgot to bring my gun I am lost in the jungle, all alone and unarmed When I met a lioness in her lair Then I'm Glad to be back in this bad place earth. All alone, in my own little world.    He laughed and clapped for her. She bowed and said, "Thank you." He said, "Wow, I've never met anyone who's as imaginitive as you are. She laughed. She said, "After what I've been through, that's what I need right now. A little world of my own that I can go to." Specs said, "I must know your name." She laughed. He smiled and said, "What's so funny?" She said, "Nothing, just that everyone I meet they always want to know my name. And then I don't see them anymore." He said, "Oh come on. Where do you live? I'll visit you sometimes." She said, "I'll walk you to it." She then picked up her wheel-barrell and started walking. She then threw and apple at him and said, "Ya hungry? Eat it. It's healthy for you."    He said, "So, what's your name?" She then grabbed his glasses and put them on. She said, "Meg, that's what my friends call me. Well, at least they would if I had any friends. Jeez! How do you see out of these things!?" He then grabbed them and put them back on. She said, "And what's your name?" He said, "My friends call me Specs." She laughed and said, "I can see why." He then put his hat on her head and said, "You should meet my friends, Meg. They'd like you a lot." She said, "Well, do you like me as a friend?" He smiled and said, "Of course. How about you?" She said, "Eh, I can stand you." She then smiled innocently at him.    While walking back to her home, she put her arm around his arm and said, "Ya know Specs. This could be a start of a great friendship."                               THE END