The End at Beijing

During church, Puck was being snugly. He nestled his head on Collette’s shoulder, patted her face with his pudgy hands, and smiled sleepily at her behind his wow. Out came the fruit puffies. Puck held out his paw for a banana. He happily took it and held it up to his nose, sniffing in the aroma of the banana before putting it in his mouth.
After church, Rose hurried home to bake an apple cobbler. Carrie-Bri was already leaving to pick up Malaya for afternoon activities before meeting later to work out with Grewe, and then with Kitts (who was briefly in town on her way back from an old friend’s wedding in Chicago). And Dad (who had returned from Iowa) and Francis were returning from a small airport near New Town for Francis’ aviation merit badge. This included a ride in a small airplane. He returned with a giant white Styrofoam plane and a gallon of vanilla ice cream to accompany the cobbler.
That afternoon, Collette read up on the St. Louis 1904 Summer Games, which included Tug of War as an official Olympic sport.
The Games of the 29th Olympiad had finally come to an end. Ironically, both Tibet and Sudan had received their first-ever medals, in China no less. Over one hundred world records had been broken. Icons had risen. And while controversial, distasteful in certain respects, the Games had been a success on many counts, perhaps involving the most memorable, the most amazing events of all previous modern Games.