Prompt #6- Write a short story about the time you got lost.
Disneyland 1992. I was 6 years old and my attention was locked on a toy kiosk towards the entrance gates. I remember being so excited to be at Disneyland and ride the rides, see the characters, and have a great day! Thankfully that was the case for majority of the day.
My family would bring homemade lunches when we went to Disneyland to avoid paying such high costs for meals within the park. They had this picnic area to the side of the park (which I'm sure no longer exists) where we would "exit" the park to eat lunch and then re-enter once we were done. After we had eaten, we were getting ready to head back in, when the kiosk immediately grabbed my attention. As we walked towards the gates, I stopped to look at all the toys that were on display. I totally assumed that my mom was right behind me the whole time. I honestly don't remember how long it had been, but once I lost interest (or realized that I would never own one of those toys) I turned around to find my mom so the fun could continue. But she was no where to be found. I looked around again for my dad or SOME form of a familiar face. Nothing. I immediately panicked and walked around looking for them.
Thankfully, there weren't THAT far away (around the corner leaning on the wall) so I found them pretty fast. But for a little kid, that felt like too long to be "lost" in such a huge place.
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