My sisters were much older than I and they all had lots of clothes for me to play dress up. My oldest sister took care of me while everyone else was working at the store. I must have been about 4 years old. One day I decided that I would take the bus and visit the store. I wore one of my sisters’ dresses with high heels, a hat and a purse. I just took off walking by myself to the bus stop. Then I stood there and wondered why the buses didn’t stop for me.
They tell me that when my sister realized that I was gone she called the fire department because there was a bayou out behind our house. And Daddy shut down the store to come home and search. On their way home Mom and Daddy saw me all dressed up waiting at the bus stop. They picked me up. Everyone was very happy to see me.
After we all quieted down my sister said, “Carmen, come here.” And she gave me a whipping because I scared her so much. She was crying when she whipped me. |
