| He remembers (in fact, he brought it up and remembers it more than I do) the time Melody, he and I were down at Clown's Cove beach and got chased by some boys on bicycles. Melody was afraid of them and made us run away. I was about 11 or 12, and irate (or so Aaron remembers). I asked why we should run from dumb boys on bikes. I said I wouldn't do it. Melody kept running and just yelled at me to follow. So I guess I did. We ran into someone's house that Melody knew. Someone we were related to, I think, and we took shelter there. I think we called for a ride home. Aaron, who was no more than 6 or 7 years old, remembered that the boys' bikes had "Spokey Dokies" on them - those little colored plastic things we used to snap onto the spokes of our bikes as kids. He says he's reminded of that day any time he hears a bike with Spokey Dokies on them. Some memory that kid has! Now that I think back on it, I remember him being really scared - and I can feel myself irritated by the fear, mine and theirs. I probably should have stood my ground and given the boys a fight. Somehow Melody had us convinced they would actually kill us. |
