It was a rainy day and the kids stayed home from school. They had colds and too far to walk to school down that muddy road. The kids were playing in the attic when Edie called out to Susan to come down. Edie had a plan. She had a knitting bag with Susan's and her clothes in it. She told Susan to take the bag outside, go up the road and find a place under some tree limbs or something and hide the bag and do it fast before anyone knows you're gone. "Lock the kids in the attic and when you get back tell them you were playing a game." Susan asked, "Why were we doing this?" We are leaving tonight. Your uncle is acting wild again and I don't want to be here. Susan took the bag and walked up the road until she found a spot to hide the bag. It really started to rain now and she ran as fast as she could. The kids were screaming when she got back. She told them about playing a game. They didn't even notice that she was soaking and wet, they were so mad at her. She returned to her mother to tell her what she did. She was so proud of herself for finding a safe place.
Edie woke Susan up. It was black as pitch other than the lightning. "We're going to go now so be quiet not to wake any one." Susan started to cry. "Mommy, I don't want to go out in this, I'm afraid." Susan crying must have brought Edie to her senses because she was so afraid and made up her mind to leave that night, a storm would not stop her even if they had to walk five miles on a muddy road. Edie held Susan and rocked her back and forth. What was I thinking? Walking in a stormy night. "We leave in the morning." I hope we can do this without anyone seeing us. Hope the men stay in the fields.
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