Finally only one little boy stood, waiting with the stranger to go over.
‘I can’t do it,’ he wailed.
‘What’s your name?’ the stranger asked.
‘Gahnna.’
‘Well, Gahnna, Rojan and all the others did it.’
‘I’m scared.’
‘Yes, I know,’ he replied. ‘And being scared is good. It’s brilliant in fact, because it pushes you to do things you wouldn’t normally do.’
‘I can’t!’ Gahnna repeated.
‘Yes, you can,’ the stranger said. ‘Trust me.’
‘Why?’
The stranger looked up, caught Rojan’s eye and smiled.
‘Trust me because I’m, well, I’m sort of a doctor.’