rain

This morning two young Japanese women shuffled by presumably not knowing what to think of my clowny self sipping coffee. I smiled and waved.
They waved.
Then outside I could hear them conferring.
They came back Greeted me and said
"Can we borrow umbrella?"
I almost said "What is that?"
We don't use those around here.
It's raining but never exactly a deluge.
So I tore the house apart looking for umbrellas.
Finally I found a crooked old bumbershoot that looked like a dead washed up seabird and handed it over.
They were delighted and took off just as the sun came out. Glad I could help.