FACT or FICTION: Chapter 10
Did Sam really have a cast that made him fall over during urination?
According to his master he did. It resulted from being hit by a car. See Photo!
Did Dallas & Laddie really run away together.?
Dallas ran away for 3 days one summer and was taken in as described. Laddie also was gone for a number of weeks and returned home with bailing twine around his neck. They didn't do it together and what happened to them is totally fiction.
Authors Notes:
This chapter is full of personal recollections woven into the story.
Starting with my sister Natalie being run over by a milklbone charging Dallas. And yes, we use to call her and trip her up for pleasure.
The incident of us boys being chased and me falling through Cappy's cellar happened as described.
Ditch on bikes was what we did for fun during the summer. It was the game of gang tag within the village borders. The story around it with Sam looking to get laid and his altercation with Dallas & Sugar was all fiction. Scott (Beaner) was prone to a number of accidents including riding into a telephone pole and one time being catapulted over a rock a good 7 to 10 feet. He use to always wear plastic baseball helmets and I believe it saved him from a painful head injury. Another game we use to play which didn't make the book was called "spotlight" which was basically hide and seek with a flashlight which we played across many yards between Rett's and Spazy's.
The description of Halloween in the village was also typical of any year. It was all out war between the village kids that often resulted in the need for ambulances. The following day the senior class would have the morning off from school to help clean up the village.
