When we lived in the house near Fleeta School, there was a girl my age living in a big pretty white house probably a quarter of a mile up the road. Her name was Betty Wise. We always thought they were rich, they had more "things" and money than we did. I think that we were kin way off, as my Momma was a Wise before she married my Dad. Never did know for sure though. I don't think Betty claimed kin, for one time years later we were somewhere and she introduced me as a girl she had gone to school with. Oh well. That okay too. We did go to school together.
Well, Betty and I loved to visit each other and play a lot. One day I was at her house and we wanted to play house. She had a toy skillet and she wanted us to cook something in the skillet. She had some matches and we went outside to a small shed of some sort. It was a low building, maybe for chickens, I don't know. Anyway, the shed's floor was covered with straw, lots of it! Well, Betty got the matches and got the straw to burning! Well it began to blaze BIG and spread. We got out of there as fast as we could, scared to death and did not know what to do!! I guess her Mother put it out, I don't remember, but I do know we were scared and crying!!! Well I kind of looked around and saw Mrs. Bernice holding Betty up by one arm and whipping the daylights out of her. I remember Betty had on overalls and a red shirt. I was afraid to hang around, cause I thought she would do that to me next.
Well, let me tell you, my coat tail didn't touch me as I ran all the way to our house as fast as I could.(a saying of my Mom's) I do not remember what I told Momma about that and I don't remember ever going back to play with Betty any more!! I don't remember if I got a spanking or not, but more than likely I did! But I tell you a spanking did not hurt my feeling nearly as much as a good talking to by my Momma!!
I saw Betty at a class reunion a couple of years ago and we had a good laugh about that episode of two little girls playing with fire, for real!!!
Actually, we were very fortunate not to get hurt in that fire!! God was looking out for us for sure!!!!
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