Every once in awhile, my family and I go to Dubai to visit my aunt and uncle. We always have a great time and the sights there are amazing. I rode my first camel there! But one time my cousin and I got lost...
It started when we were waiting for my uncle to come pick us up from the airport but he told us that he might be a bit late so we sat down on one of the seats there until he would arrive. Eventually, my mom got up to get coffee from a Starbucks in the airport and my cousin and I went with her since we had nothing else to do. After she got coffee, we made a quick stop at the restrooms. While I was waiting for my mom to get out, my little cousin thought she heard our uncle outside the restroom. Before I knew it, she had raced out of the bathroom. I was eight, while she was only six so she could get lost more easily. I quickly told my mom and rushed out to find her. Shouting her name and scrambling through the crowds, I searched everywhere until I came to my mom again. We decided that we should go back to the rest of our family in case she had went back there. But when she wasn't there either my dad went to tell a police officer. As the police officers and us searched the airport I frantically searched all over until, yep, I got lost too. I almost laughed. If you haven't noticed yet, our family gets lost quite frequently. Turning back towards the way I came from, I bumped into a ice cream shop in a corner of the airport. As I went towards it to ask for directions I saw a little familiar face eating a cone of ice cream sadly. It was my lost cousin. When she saw me, she smiled and ran up to me. Apparently, the owner of the shop had seen that she was lost and gave her free ice cream so she'd stop crying. As we thanked the shop owner I turned I saw my mom waving me over from afar. We reunited and everyone was happy that I'd found my cousin and just that minute, our uncle appeared in sight. In the end, everyone was happy and relieved.
Lesson: Make sure you either have a map of the airport your in or at least have ice cream.
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