Trying to ignore the smell, Sam glanced out the window, but his mind kept wandering back to the odd odor. He felt a growing sense of dread, as if something terrible was about to happen.
He took a deep breath and turned his attention to Mr. Smith, the bus driver. Mr. Smith had been driving Sam to school for the past three years. He was a friendly, older man with a graying beard and he often looked grumpy and weird.