Earlier in the day, kid and I saw a nearby sighting of a Dodrio... one of the remaining 12 pokemons we needed to catch. In fact, we've been walking Doduo for the past day, trying to gain enough candy to evolve one. Of course, catching one would be even better. Unfortunately, the earlier hunt was unsuccessful. After an awesome late lunch at Pasteis de Belem, we were waiting for tram 15 to Lisboa, when I noticed a new pokemon on my scanner! The infamous Dodrio!!! Kid and I have an agreement on who gets to catch pokemons.. the person who hasn't caught one yet would get first dibs. This being a new one, we'd take turns throwing one ball at time. I handed the phone to the kid, and his eyes lit up! He turned super serious, and dictated his game plan... raspberry then ultra ball. With a "GREAT" execution, the Dodrio popped back out.....
... and ran away. After one throw. WTF!!
The kid was stunned. I was stunned. He was like.... HE RAN AWAY!! I replied, "It's okay.. we'll evolve.. but you should have thrown a curveball." Kid rebuked with, "I did throw a curveball!"
We got on the tram.... saw another shadow of dodrio later on... but no real sightings... such a tease.
It wasn't our day. Kid asked me if I was sad... he obviously was disappointed. :(