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I would have been better off had I known. I was scared, if Lawrence is lost I am in real trouble. Dad leaped from the dining room table, went to the barn, saddle his horse, mounted and pulled me up behind the saddle, and told me to show the way we had gone. For an hour we crossed and recrossed that wheat field. Suddenly, Dad stopped his horse, right in front of us was a sobbing little 4 year boy wearing a bright red shirt. Dad reached down and pulled him up into the saddle with him. Not a word was spoken until we reached the house. As we sat down to dinner, Lawrence, between sobs, said, "Didn't you see my RED SHIRT"?
I never was punished for running off and leaving my brother. I think my parents knew that I was badly scared. Dad just said, "Don't run off and leave any one again." It is painful to this day, for me to leave someone if I think they may be lost, or have no way to get home.
If this picture were in color the shirts would be red. I am sure that when Lawrence outgrew his he would get mine, so he would wear a red shirt for a long time. The same would be true of the overalls. These overalls were special, they had two buttons for each suspender. When I got caught under the barn I couldn't get one of the buttons unhooked.
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Metzger Memories
