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A Not So Close Cousin4/8/2023 Growing up, Orthosie (female) was my closest cousin and we enjoyed playing together whenever we had the chance. I even had the pleasure of staying overnight at her house on a number of occasions. Looking back, a few memories of those times we shared stand out.
One particular evening, we were attempting to set up the board game Mousetrap, but my parents decided it was time for us to head home. My cousin was upset when she learned I had to leave and shed a few tears. Outside, it was pitch dark with heavy snowfall, causing my father to turn off the radio and focus solely on driving. As a child, I learned that in such weather conditions, it was best to remain quiet and buckled up in the back seat, eagerly waiting to hear if we would turn back to the city. When we reached a farmhouse about a kilometer west of Springmount, my father decided it was too dangerous to continue and turned around. We went back to my aunt and cousins' house and I was able to surprise Orthosie when she woke up the next morning. On another occasion, we were at the rowhouses and decided it would be entertaining to soak bathroom tissue under the sink, roll it into balls, and throw it out of the second-story window onto the street below. To avoid detection and save on paper, we would retrieve the wet tissue balls after throwing them. However, our fun was cut short when we were caught by our parents after a passing car honked its horn at me as I retrieved our "munitions". Our mischievous behavior was quickly put to an end. To this day, the rowhouses still stand, but the area they are located in is considered one of the worst in the city. Additionally, I have vague memories of attending Sunday School with Orthosie, including building a house out of popsicle sticks and learning about Joseph and his coat of many colours.
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