stolen shadow

Although this didn't happen to me today, I still like to share this story that I'm about to share with you because it's definitely one to remember that I will keep with me for awhile. I was riding my bike home from the beach that I tried to make sure I biked to every single Tuesday by myself for the day, when I was heading to the side street cafe for an avocado sandwich. I was tired and hot and stuck at a red light waiting to cross the busy street. An old man was snickering around by me talking to himself when  he came up to me. He quietly turned to me waiting for me to look back or even acknowledge that he was trying to get my attention as I continue to look straight ahead, and anyways said "excuse me miss, but do you mind if I steal your shadow?" I had barely even showed that I had heard him because at first I was alittle thrown off and scared of him although he wasn't scary at all and i felt quite safe. I gave him a strange look and continued to look forward waiting for the light to turn trying to process if he had really just asked to steal my shadow? He then after no response back from me, took out a piece of chalk from his pocket and proceeded to outline my shadow on the pavement. I gave him a smile and slowly biked off down the crosswalk. I get to the side street cafe and I can still see him across the street outlining the pavement and drawing his thoughts away, wandering what he thought he had just done. Although I will never get an answer to as of what was going on in his head, or what this guy was all about but he was a cool dude. I sat down and got an iced tea and avocado sandwich and continued my day after the man by side street had stolen my shadow.