Wednesday, August 16, 2006
Sidewalk Chalk
2:18 PM |
Posted by
Deanna
I was driving over to the barn today, and as I was driving up the street, I noticed all the construction.
It made me sad because they were chopping down the trees that I used to climb, and putting houses in the fields where I have always ridden my horses.
When I was growing up, there were only four houses on that street, and the street was a dirt road. They paved it when I was about ten years old. At that time I wished there were more kids in the neighborhood, I had not realized the gift I had been given of growing up surrounded by farmland.
A memory that popped into my head today as I was driving, was of me and my two childhood friends Chanin and Jennifer. We were so happy that our road was paved! Now we could ride our bikes on a smooth road!
We would meet about halfway between my house and theirs, and along the way we would always find white sidewalk chalk on the side of the road. We would be so happy, drawing on our newly paved road, remarking "Who is leaving us this chalk here all the time? It's so great!" This went on for about a year.
Then one day, we found a piece of chalk, and it was half white and half brown. It was that day that we found out who was leaving us the chalk. It was Poochie, a Jack Russell Terrier that lived at the farm down the street!
Our sidewalk chalk was Dog Poop! We were so grossed out, we never wrote with that chalk again.
It made me sad because they were chopping down the trees that I used to climb, and putting houses in the fields where I have always ridden my horses.
When I was growing up, there were only four houses on that street, and the street was a dirt road. They paved it when I was about ten years old. At that time I wished there were more kids in the neighborhood, I had not realized the gift I had been given of growing up surrounded by farmland.
A memory that popped into my head today as I was driving, was of me and my two childhood friends Chanin and Jennifer. We were so happy that our road was paved! Now we could ride our bikes on a smooth road!
We would meet about halfway between my house and theirs, and along the way we would always find white sidewalk chalk on the side of the road. We would be so happy, drawing on our newly paved road, remarking "Who is leaving us this chalk here all the time? It's so great!" This went on for about a year.
Then one day, we found a piece of chalk, and it was half white and half brown. It was that day that we found out who was leaving us the chalk. It was Poochie, a Jack Russell Terrier that lived at the farm down the street!
Our sidewalk chalk was Dog Poop! We were so grossed out, we never wrote with that chalk again.
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2 comments:
It sure did!
Jenn still thinks someone was leaving chalk for us. Can't face the truth that we were playing with poop!