Prompt: (yesterday's) Take the little boy from April 10th and put him in a series of unfamiliar settings. How does he react? Make a list of places and the feelings that each might stir.

His name was Scott.

Not as easy as it seems. Unfamiliar settings....
A museum. He feels bored. When he's bored Scott starts dreaming about baseball.

On a bus. He's riding a city bus for the first time with his mother. He feels on top of the world, and loves the bouncy feel of the cushions. He's excited and nervous too because his mother hasn't exactly explained what they're doing. He wants to ask questions but doesn't.

At his father's house. He's delighted. He's anxious to make himself at home, to explore, to understand his dad a little better by learning about what he surrounds himself with.

At an upscale restaurant. Extremely nervous. His mom had to bring him because the sitter canceled at the last minute and this is an extremely important meeting. All she talked about on the way was the list of rules and regulations he had to follow in order to make her look good. He can't remember the entire list and is petrified that he will do something wrong.

At a swimming pool. He's never been because his mother is deathly afraid of water, but his father has decided it's time for him to learn to swim. He loves the feel of the water on his skin and feels like he belongs there from the start.

At a schoolmate's party. He doesn't want to be there. No one seems to want to listen to the fact that this kid picks on him about his ears and his freckles and Scott keeps fighting the urge to kick him at school. If it gets too out of hand, it might be hard to hold back when there is no gruff and stern principal to fear.

In a limosine. Scott is completely awestruck. He can't believe there could be more room in an automobile than there is in his bedroom. He keeps wanting to play with buttons.

At his grandmother's house for the very first time. This is his father's mother. She greets him as though she's known him all her life and she becomes the first adult that Scott has instantaneously felt a kinship with. He can be himself with her. All the questions he has tumble out; he doesn't have to ration or censor them.

In the principle's office. He hadn't slept well. He was disappointed that his Dad hadn't come. He couldn't sleep because he had heard his mother leave the apartment and his eyes wouldn't stay shut until she came home again. So he was tired and cranky and when that kid teased him about his ears and freckles he punched him. Squarely in the gut. Now he's feeling sad, confused, and angry with the unfairness of all of it.