What Was He Thinking?

If one has to do a short story using a single photo taken by someone, what would that be? 

Can one unleash his/her creative juices plausible to the photo being the subject? 

It can be and can be not. The thing is it's hard to create a story without knowing how it happened. 

But definitely, one can brainstorm of a lot of ideas that can be associated to formulate a story out of a single photo. 

We call it imagination. Through imagining something and putting ourselves into the subject, we can compose something out of it. The beholder can always put words by describing the photo.
 
So in this photo of Caleb, I will try to create a simple story, a make-believe one and later on reveal what's the real score in this photo. 

Pretending I didn't take this photo here's my take: 

"A young boy, probably a year or two, playing in the park. Out of his curiosity and amazement around, he drifted far from his playmates and wander alone in the vastness of the park. Standing anxiously, looking far, trying hard to see any of his playmate around. His failed attempt makes him stood still. Engulfed with fear, he's about to cry as his way of catching attention from anyone who might be near his whereabout. He can't move further as he thinks that he might be too far to be seen. What lingers in his mind is "will he be reunited with his playmates, who may be worried looking after him now." 

See, by just looking at the photo you can think of different ways to imagine what's the boy is doing. What was he thinking? 

Okay, let's get real, I'll tell you now the real story behind this photo. In this photo, Caleb is looking seriously at the passing bus around our neighborhood. He's so curious about it that every time the bus approaches he'll turn towards the direction of the bus and take a long peek on it. 

By the way, the mode of transportation around our compound is through a private 50-seater high end buses, commissioned by the company as a free transport for all the residents working in the hospital. That's why we decided not to purchase a car yet since it's not necessary at the moment. It's like saying, we choose to buy only the things that we need, veered away with the thought of buying a car that only falls under our want - a luxury want. Wise decision right?