Running Away

Every Saturday we’d have to take someone small and go for walks, and I always used to take Abe Flowers. We used to have to stay outside from one to four. One time we runned away. It was in the winter. Must’ve been January, I guess, February or something. We went right over to Kauk. Mr. and Mrs. White had a little store over there, see? I don’t know how we thought we was going to get anything from his store with no money. We had no money. We went out walking, we keeped on walking, we went right up over that hill and almost crossed the pond when they found us. We got grounded, I tell you. The men went looking for us on dog team. But we didn’t separate from another. We just kept on going.

Reflections from Them Days

We used to walk a long ways them days. That stick is still in the rock on top of Nain Hill, up from the brook. I tied my yellow ribbon on there. I don’t know if it’s still on there or not. We climbed right to the top.