Boyhood

Boyhood Remembered Mother and her sister played poker when I came out of the bedroom looking for my trousers, but mother had just lost them to Aunt Gabriella who refused to give them back. I sat by the coal fire and warmed my knees; winter with frost roses on windows. Without long trousers I could not go to school, the idea of this pleased me, I began reading a Robin Hood book. I didn’t care so much for him, he was in love with a girl, but I liked the other ones in his gang. “Here, ” mother said, “I have won back your trousers, your shoes as well; go to school now.” I was going to take the bike out of the shed, but a monster rat sat there. ” Mother” I yelled, “There is a big rat in the shad it is eating the tires off my bike.” Mother dropped the cat out of the window, from our third floor flat, just caught it. “Put the cat in the shed, ” walk to school, it is good for you biking makes you lazy.” My sister came with a crate of beer she had bought at the supermarket, ” you are just like little girl frighten by a tiny rat, ” she said, took the bike out, put the dazed cat on top of the crate and walked in. I was one hour late for school, but there was no use telling the teacher why, he would only say I was telling tales as usual.