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A COUPLE OF CHILDHOOD MEMORIES
I GUESS I WAS ABOUT SIX YEARS OLD...I HAD ASKED MY MOM ABOUT STOP SIGNS. I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND HOW THEY WORKED.. I WAS LIKE THE SIGN SAYS STOP BUT YOU CAN'T STOP THERE FOREVER SO HOW DO YOU KNOW WHEN YOU CAN GO. MY MOM SAID SOMETIMES A POLICEMAN TELLS YOU THAT YOU CAN GO. I ASKED IF ANYONE ELSE COULD TELL YOU IT WAS OK TO GO AND SHE SAID YES....SO....ONE DAY ON OUR WAY TO THE LAUNDROMAT I WAS LAGGING BEHIND A BIT AND NOTICED ONE OF THOSE STOP SIGNS RIGHT OUTSIDE THE LAUNDROMAT. A CAR PULLED UP AND STOPPED THERE. I DIDN'T SEE ANYONE ELSE AROUND SO I THOUGHT I WOULD BE NICE AND TELL HIM HE COULD GO SO....I STUCK OUT MY THUMB AND POINTED WITH IT LIKE HE COULD GO...HE SMILED AND REACHED OVER TO UNLOCK THE PASDSENGER SIDE DOOR. I GOT SCARED AND YELLED STRANGER DANGER AND RAN INTO THE LAUNDROMAT RUNNING LOOKING FOR MY MOM. WE HAD A VISIT IN SCHOOL WITH OFFICER FRIENDLY WHO TOLD US NOT TO GET INTO STRANGERS CARS AND TO WATCH OUT FOR STRANGER DANGER...HA HA...I HAD NO IDEA STICKING MY THUMB OUT LIKE THAT WAS SOMETHING PEOPLE DID TO HITCH HIKE...I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT WAS AT THE TIME...AN INNOCENT MISTAKE...
ANOTHER TIME I STAYED OVERNIGHT BY MY GRANDMA'S HOUSE AND SHE TOLD ME TO CALL MY MOM TO SEE WHEN SHE WAS COMING TO GET ME...I DIALED THE PHONE AND A MAN ANSWERED AND I ASKED IF I COULD TALK TO MY MOM AND HE SAID SHE WASN'T THERE AND HE WAS MY GRANDPA...SO I WAS TALKING TO HIM FOR AWHLE AND MY GRANDMA SAID WHO ARE YOU TALKING TO...I SAID IT'S GRANDPA...SHE SAID NO IT CAN'T BE GRANDPA YOU MUST HAVE DIALED THE WRONG NUMBER AND SHE TOOK THE PHONE AWAY AND HUNG IT UP. SHE SAID TRY AGAIN AND DIAL CAREFULLY...SO I TRIED AGAIN...A MAN ANSWERED...I SAID IS MOMMY THERE AND HE SAID THIS IS DADDY....SO I GOT SCARED AND HUNG UP THE PHONE CUZ LAST TIME I CALLED A MAN ANSWERED AND SAID HE WAS GRANDPA AND THIS TIME A MAN ANSWERED AND SAID HE WAS DADDY. I THOUGHT IF I CALLED TO TALK TO MY MOM SHE HAD TO ANSWER THE PHONE CUZ I GOT CONFUSED BY THE LAST PHONE CALL I DIALED WRONG...SO MY GRANDMA DIALED THE PHONE THIS TIME AND HANDED ME THE RECEIVER AND I SAID HI IS MOMMY THERE AND MY DAD SAID ARE YOU THE LITTLE GIRL WHO JUST CALLED HERE...AND I SAID NO...I THOUGHT I WOULD GET IN TROUBLE FOR HANGING UP ON HIM BEFORE...IT WAS CONFUSING AT THE TIME BUT KINDA FUNNY NOW...
