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The joke on us

Childhood best friends

By Karen GreenPublished 3 years ago 3 min read
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The joke was on us and at the time we didn't realize it growing up in what the world calls the boondocks ,out in the country where there's miles and miles and miles of nothing but trees surrounding you and few neighbors to call upon and being so deep in the woods that at night the trees had their own character come to life or at that time being kids with wild imaginations put that thought in our minds. As I recollect these memories living down in the boondocks had it's good moments and it's scary moments . Having 3 plus myself siblings in our home my parents found ways to keep smiles and happy times in our childhood . having two older sisters and a baby brother yes it was definitely full of surprises in our home. The second oldest sister and I were the closest because with two of our cousins we are all four in the close age range where we enjoyed being with each other . the four of us were each others childhood best friends. Where you seen one you seen the other three not too far away . That is where this story shall begin . our dads are brothers and they grew up in this place called Jumbo which I call the boondocks . generational property passed down for many many years back when the Indians had claims to this land , Our dads Great aunt which was known as a spinster lived in a one bedroom home which today still stands , that was built by her parents family for them to live in as she was a child , well if I remember correctly because she never had kids of her own she really didn't take too well with kids and preferred to be left alone , the story that has stuck with us today that we were told as kids was she passed away in her home and if you listen closely you can hear her footsteps as she walks up and down the oil top road in which we loved to play on. Maybe this is why our dads told us this to see if we would still stay out playing during the summer nights or if we would be too scared to. If you don't think this is scary imagine being 10 years old and love playing outside all hours of the night . I guess my dad and uncle had a lot of laughs back then because the four of us would grab flashlights and walk and every time we walked past the little abandoned home one of us would say something and we would all take off running as if we heard her footsteps and it seemed every time one of us would be left behind as the other three teamed up and ran as fast as they could, I remember one time I thought I was going to pee my pants trying to keep up and not be left behind because being scared in my mind I really thought the footsteps were close and real and I couldn't run fast enough.. The crazy silly things we do when we are young but to make matters worse we would all end up in our cousins bedroom and an imagination can really stir up a child's mind . the street light that was outside my cousins bedroom window would dazzle in with this extra shadow that displayed across the center of their bedroom floor in the shape of what looked like the devils fork . after running from the footsteps we would be whispering and shaking all of us scared not wanting to go to sleep but we all knew we better not wake anyone else up. That same episode happened more so than not in those days as if being scared became a game amongst the four of us . as I look back at those days I now know why I don't like scary movies.we had our own scary movie we played in during those days. my sister and I talk about our child hood quiet a bit and we just laugh about the footsteps we thought we heard because the Joke was played on us . If you look at the picture that is the one bedroom home that still stands at this time and the black oil top road that we would keep busy with our feet.

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