No good reason

He ran in front of the assembled crowd wearing nothing but chaps. It created a commotion.

***

She ran in front of the grocery cart and addressed the woman pushing it in declamatory fashion.

“That is not food to be serving growing children,” she exclaimed, adding, “It’s unhealthy!”

“It’s for my husband,” the other woman responded.

The first woman reacted with a quizzical look, then said, “And you married him?”

***

They ran in front of the bus. It was a political gesture. They were determined to prevent the association from leaving its retreat without having their say.

Regrettably, the bus driver was in a mood and not about to slow down for anyone.

The incident made the news shortly thereafter, in a blood and carnage sort of way.

***

Wherever people are, interesting things happen for no good reason.

(This was for Flash Fiction Friday #62, which I missed out on by a couple of months.)