Don’t Play With Matches!

This one has to be one of my favorites. My dad was over at Gilbert’s house and they were playing. They
were also supposed to be babysitting Gilbert’s little sister. What were they playing with? The boys had
decided to have some fun with some matches and caps from their cap guns. This was great fun.

Eventually Aunt Jackie, Gilbert’s mother, returned home to find her little girl standing out in the coral
under a horse. Gilbert’s sister was unharmed but Aunt Jackie was plenty mad. She came looking for the
boys who should have been watching the sister. As she came Gilbert quickly stuffed the matches and
caps into his pockets so he wouldn’t get caught.

Aunt Jackie used a barrel stave for discipline that day and as she took it to Gilbert his pants started
smoking. Next thing they knew the back pocket of Gilbert’s pants was burning. That was quite the
beating!