When I was eleven I had a friend named Cynthia and we made each other laugh till we lost all control. It didn't matter to us if we were interrupting the class or Girl Scout meeting. We had very important things to laugh about. Mostly we were just being silly, but occasionally we would be inclined to try something really bad. I could write a book on our adventures, but for now I will tell you about a regretful day.

Cynthia and I walk down to the Kmart not far from our neighborhood and we had a little money for candy, but all the really intriguing candy was more money than we had. My friend said, "Have you ever tried stealing?" I said "No, it freaks me out just to think about it." She said it was easy.........so dopey me........ I decided to try it. She went for a big box of Mike and Ikes, but I just couldn't decide. I wasn't used to having such a choice of candy, since mother never allowed it. So I saw this big container of chocolate covered malt balls. I remember tasting these that another friend had and I liked them a lot. This was a container the size of a half gallon milk carton. I know what you are thinking..."What a dope! How are you going to hide that?" Well, I had a pretty big jacket and I guess I decided to really challenge myself for the first time doing such a thing. Maybe I wanted to get caught, I don't know.

So we hid our candy under our jackets and hearts beating fast we slipped out of the store and took off running. We ran and didn't stop till we got to the tall grass of the field behind the store. Nope, didn't get caught. We rolled in the grass and laughed, flattening a little area where we could have our sugar coated picnic. Unfortunately it was getting late and we had to eat our candy. We both would get a beating if our parents found such extravagant candy in our possession. They knew we couldn't afford it.  So we ate and ate and ate. Certainly did not want it to go to waste. Have you ever eaten that many malt balls? Sixty-four ounces of chocolate covered malt balls and sixteen ounces of Mike and Ikes is just way too much for two little girls. We both felt extremely sick and walked home with putrified faces filled with regret!