Christmas in England
has special memories for me! We went to London to see Peter Pan starring Mary Martin
as Peter Pan. (It was not until Dallas became
a popular show with Larry Hagman as
J.R. that we actually knew who she was.) Mom knit in the dark of the
theatre - to finish our Christmas presents.
When
mom and dad went out and about with our neighbors, the Watas,
they left the four of us with Joel and Lindsey. Joel and Mike were the
same age and fast friends. Lindsey was probably three and followed the
boys around wanting like crazy to play with them.
So,
the little ones were off "playing" Peter Pan and Cindy, Marcia and I
were doing our own thing - whatever that was. We were not paying
particularly close attention to the terrible three. We knew they were
behaving, as were we, because it was that time of year (you know - that
"naughty or nice" thing).
The
parents came home, so we girls immediately scampered around and upstairs to let
the other three know (and so it looked like we were "watching" the
other three). We walked into the room, with the parents behind us, as Mike
and Joel were telling Lindsey, "You can fly, Lindsey. Just like Tinkerbelle.
If you believe - you can fly." Mike and Joel had Lindsey by
the ankles ... holding (well, "swinging" would actually be a better word) her out of a second story window.

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