May 21, 2010

• Possessed

  
  Angry Little Girl by Lela Lee

  As my wife and daughter arrived at the park yesterday afternoon, they noticed a girl (about 5-7 yrs old) being scolded by her mom—apparently for doing something to her younger brother, who was crying.

  After they settled in and started to play, the little girl came over to them and started stalking them, following Isabelle closely (as close as less than a foot) and mimicking everything she was doing. She did not do this playfully, but stared at Isabelle with vengeance the entire time—okay, maybe the little child doesn’t know “vengeance,” but she certainly knew how to look the part of “determined anger.”

  The little girl’s mom was still tending to the brother the entire time; all the while, the little girl followed and mimicked Isabelle without a word, without a smile, without any joy (don’t most children her age seemingly yelp with joy when they play). No…this was not playing to this little angry menace.

  This terrified our little daughter, who clung to mommy, saying “scared, scared…” I wonder if, at the next trip to this park, she would be looking for this girl, or perhaps be tentative in playing there? I wonder if the little angry girl knew what she was doing? At this age, judging from my own experience with how much our little one mimics us, you know her parents had everything to do with the little girl’s behavior—where could she possibly have learned this behavior from?

  Talk about possessed by evil. Sad. And the mom was seemingly powerless to reign in—much less correct—this behavior.

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