Amanda Knox Cleared

by Bianca and Kristian

It was 13:18 pm local time, and I had just gotten off the train in a small town in Texas. On a bench near the station two old women sat and talked, in a very thick Texan accent which made it hard to hear what they were saying. One of them was smoking and she blew smoke rings which looked like the rings of Saturn. The woman who did not smoke said: “Don’t feel bad.” “No, I don’t feel like I’ve changed at all.” I didn’t hear anymore because my attention was drawn to an old man who looked like Winston Churchill. He was standing next to a big sign which said: Construction Zone. In the area there was a man with a tool belt, I could see duck tape and a saw, a rather odd combination I thought.

I decided to take a taxi to the centre of the city, the driver was very different than I was used to. He had a gun under his seat and it actually looked like James Bond´s Walther PPK. That was kind of fun. He drove past a sign which said 70, but no one seemed to pay any attention to it they drove like crazy, but he did stop at the stop sign.

I got out of the taxi at a busy street and looked around. There were a lot of people, but I noticed a group of teenagers walking towards me. One of them had large proportions and I almost accidentally blurted out: “You got a big butt.” Luckily I didn’t because another one of the teenagers had a tattoo of a swan on her ankle, but it had a text above it saying “Raven”, which I thought was weird. Even weirder was the conversation I overheard when they passed by me: “No! Did he really say that?” “Yes, he did.” “Oh my God! He is such an idiot.” Boy, I thought, these Texans really are strange. I shook my head and started walking determined to find a place to eat.

Finally, I found a restaurant. I saw a door which had a sign saying: “Beware of the Dog”. I almost opened it when I noticed the other sign. “Do Not Enter” it read. I took a step back, my face all red of embarrassment, and noticed the right entrance door. I walked in and found a place to sit. I found Heinz ketchup on the table, and that made me feel more at home, also by looking at the menu and seeing that a part of breakfast included Kellogg´s Cornflakes made me happy. I ordered a chicken menu which included shallots, garlic and fingerling potatoes. It was very tasty. I looked around feeling very comfortable, smiling at a man reading “The Old Man And The Sea” while he was eating his soup. Next to him on the table a newspaper was spread out. Its headline said: “Amanda Knox Cleared”. Man these Americans are odd.