The Fast One

The ‘Fast One’ sat on the runway ready for take-off. It was a beautiful airplane. Dark flue & trimmed in yellow, it was an exact copy of one of the famous Blue Angels of the U.S. Navy.

A tiny hand take hold of the four-inch long plane, a little voice makes engine noises and the sleek plane takes off. Around & around the room the little plane flies. “I come in for a landing – look Gram I come in for a landing,” shouts 2 ½ year old Sean.

“OK, Gram sees you. Come in for a landing. Oh! That was a very good landing.”

“I take off again,” says Sean.

Of all the many toys that 2 ½ year old Sean had, and he had many for Santa, Mom & Dad, Gram & Bo and even Aunt Be had been very generous, his very favorite was the tiny ‘Blue Angel’.

Sean loved it so much it always came to Gram & Bo’s when Sean spent the night & it was taken back home after each visit.

Whoa unto him that forgot ‘The Fast One’. That’s what Sean called it. No one knew why it was ‘The Fast One’ for Sean had many larger planes, even ones that made realistic airplane sounds. He had lots & lots of small planes, helicopters & even a space shuttle but ‘The Fast One’ was the best! If it was forgotten and left at home – many tears would fall until someone got in the car and went to get it – for ‘The Fast One’ always went with Sean age 2 ½.