At Sixes And Sevens

… In the middle of the open area, they set a table up and about 12 gnomes were sitting around it. Two seats were vacant, one at the head of the table and one beside it. Andy sat at the head of the table and I took the chair on his left side. One of the young women started serving the food. I thought to myself that this was a very magical pla…….

I woke up cold and wet. I was lying in a muddy puddle on the side of the path. My head hurt and I heard a voice coming from behind me.

“You OK buddy?” asked a man.

I pulled my face out of the mud and turned my head to see who was talking.

A paramedic was standing next to me. “What happened?” I asked.

“Take it easy. We have to check your injuries. No sudden moves please,” he said.

The paramedic cleaned the mud from my face and head and then checked my arms and legs. I broke my right leg midway between the knee and the ankle. My right arm was caked in mud and a severe gash was turning the mud a dirty red.

The paramedics carefully turned me on my back and put me on a gurney and wheeled me out of the park. I lost consciousness a few minutes into the bumpy journey.

 I woke up several hours later in a hospital bed. I had a splint on my right leg and they bandaged my right arm from the wrist to the elbow.

A nurse walked in as I was surveying the damage to my body. She took one look at me and abruptly turned around and walked out again. A minute later, she came back with a doctor. …