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Category: The back yard | Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2013 10:52 pm

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It was the summer of 1947. The war was still fresh in people's minds. Prosperity was featured everywhere as the economy shifted gears and a peacetime entrepreneurs grabbed for new opportunities. All of this eluded the mind of a three year old, three and a half if you asked me. My father was starting a new job which meant we had to move to a new city. Still, most of this was beyond my world. The only thing I remember was the final trip to the new house. The two cats, Tanny and Wanny were put into a bag for the trip. They did not like the bag much less the trip. We moved to a big house and only we lived there. The house we moved from had more people. A family upstairs and a family downstairs and there were lots of kids. The new house came with my fathers job, along with a car. He was so close he could walk to work. It was across the street. The house had lots of rooms, everything was big. Even I had a room! As we settled into our new home a blackboard appeared on the kitchen wall. I asked about the 'black thing' on the wall. My father explained by writing something on the board with chalk. I was even more amazed when he erased the words with a cloth. Only when he explained that, aided by a kitchen chair, I could reach the board I could use the it instead of having to ask for scrap paper and a pencil. I could draw pictures and erase them!! I drew our new house, it was a fine drawing. Doors, windows a roof and even a chimney, my artistic skills were obvious, well at least to me. It was bedtime, so grudgingly off I went. The next morning I wanted to show my mother my drawing. I went to the kitchen. Horrors!! There, all over my drawing were these little creatures!! How did they get there. My sister explained, "Gremlins". My father concurred, "Gremlins" I erased the drawing and started over. Try as I may the Gremlins frequently appeared. Not always, but enough to make drawings frustrating at times. And they have never gone away :-)


Jerry






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Donna S wrote on Tue Apr 16, 2013 10:20 am:

You got my attention again. Great story. When will the next chapter be available?
What is the difference between gremlis and gnomes? Gremlins sound scary to me.

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Cayuga Morning wrote on Tue Apr 16, 2013 10:41 am:

Great story Jerry. Does your sister rememember the gremlins?

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Mrs. Galeassi wrote on Sat Jun 08, 2013 4:33 pm:

I was browsing around and came across your story Jerry. And I love it! The detail made me see it in my head like I saw you drawing and then you coming in all proud to show your mama and then those lil guys ruined it for ya! The horror! Hehe :)

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