Conrad

Conrad
Chapter 1
FIRST THE FOUNDATION


EEERRRRRRR goes the buzzer... EEERRRR EEERRRR...
Pulling under the plant, our concrete truck friend knows what to do.
He has been practicing at the factory for months.
Will he get his drum filled up for a new building, a new house, or his best friend's new school?
Conrad T.C. Truck is his name, and he's excited as ever for his first day on the job...but a little nervous, too.
Wouldn't you?
And an exciting and meaningful day it will be, too.
Climbing into the cab is his new driver.
Bud is his name.
Bud is new to driving, but he is as excited as Conrad to get going.
As the engine is rumbling and the concrete pours into his drum, both Bud and the truck bounce about.
Feeling like he's gonna burst, the buzzer goes off letting both truck and driver know that they are full.

A few months prior, the shovels had pierced the ground.
Shiny golden shovels that had been held by the new directors of the local orphanage.
The land was quite vast.
Rolling hills and a stream went through the heart of the property, and a single tree was in the center of it all.
"The children who come here will finally find peace," said the director, "...a peace that I most desperately needed at their ages."
After the groundbreaking, the workers had prepared the ground for the new buildings... big, beautiful buildings that would house the neediest of kids.

And guess who's now going to help?
Now that he's all filled up, Conrad and Bud carefully make their way to the job site.
At the corner of Faith and Hope, Bud turns right.
Conrad's headlights are shining onto the long stone-covered driveway.
Making his way to where the ground begins, he starts to pour.
This ground will soon have the most crucial part of the building.
The foundation!