Buelltin for a year.

In Kentucky there had been a public pool we went to swim at. There was a slide in the water. I kept going down it even though the water was too deep for me to breathe in for how tall I wasn't in the landing/sitting position. I nearly drowned but wouldn't stop going down the slide. Someone finally picked me up and like a cat dragging a rat home took me to my parents and told them to keep me from going down the slide.

Dad didn't find a job in the LA or Long Beach area so we ended up moving to Buelltin for about a year. Dad had caught a wild magpie which we kept it as a pet.

Grandpa Nelson owned the motel and diner where we lived. I attended a public pre-school in Buelltin. I think the guy who played the Cisco Kid came to school to perform. I attended a public school for the fall semester. I really liked school. I got to learn, someone answered my questions and opened my mind to my potential. I liked school. I really liked learning.

One summer day I took some matches outside and played in the big open field behind the motel. I was striking match after match. If you've ever looked at a match burning in broad daylight you know you can't really see much of a flame. I accidently started the field on fire. I ran home. Mom could see I was worried and upset about something. The fire department was called and put out the fire. Someone had seen a kid in the field just before the fire started and sent them over to talk to mom. She told him we were all laying down talking naps. The fireman said a neighbor in the next block over saw a kid-a little girl and she thought she saw the girl running to this place. Mom reassured him it wasn't one of her kids.

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