With the carnival rolling into town, Norman saw it as an opportunity to celebrate with candy stripes and clowns. It was an annual event to mark the coming of summer, each year bringing with it a parade of joy and excitement as the clouds of Spring parted and the sun came out to soak up all the rain.
Norman especially found it thrilling that year with a date on the horizon, his relationship with Violet Matthews blooming like a peony with each passing day. The car wash had symbolized a meaningful progression between them when Violet had asked him personally to attend. And of course, as the future town mayor, Norman made the effort to arrive in style with promises and hope in tow.
The summer festival was loud and vibrant with people and colours, candy-coloured balloons dotting the sky and popcorn stalls filling the air with the buttery scent of nostalgia. A tilt-a-whirl turned in the distance in front of a the iconic ferris wheel, polishing off the picture perfect fair. Norman admired the flashing lights and honking game stalls, expression lit with childish wonder.
“My father used to take me to this fair every summer. It was one of the things I looked forward to each year because each year would be different than the last. I remember one year, there was this big dog plushy I wanted really badly at the ring toss. My father threw rings until sundown until he won it for me. It was one of my favourite memories.”
He smiled fondly at one of the signs blaring a winner before looking back at Violet. “So, where should we head to first? There’s so much here to enjoy, I could never choose.”
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