#Spotted While Roaming in Aotearoa New Zealand:
At a popular roadside cafe on a rainy day, two women (20s?) alight from a campervan. Go inside and order two full fry-up breakfasts. Wake up yawns. Misty rain outside the windows. People coming and going. Some off for grand national park adventures, some dropping in for coffee to start their work day.
A small human (5?) wearing a camo tracksuit and sensible gumboots walks into a country supermarket.
Mum pats her pockets and says: "Oh no! I left my wallet in the car." Small Human nods. "I'll look after the trolley then." He stands guard. A very important small serious sentinel.
A group of runners, soggy from rain with damp hair and clothes, laughing and chatting, tumble into a bar. They pick their chairs and get on with the serious business of ordering burgers and fries just as the rain picks up outside. Water splashing on pavement.
A tiny human (1?) sitting in a high chair at a country cafe has a small toy octopus and would like the world to know it. Every time new people walk through the door, she raises it, makes a loud hooting noise and waggles it alluringly. Everyone must be in AWE of her mighty beasty friend.
A woman (60s?) is walking along with a friend. She stops suddenly and says in a pensive voice. "Ya know what would make everything better right now? A stuffed spud."*
Her friend nods in fervent agreement.
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