That’s all I wanted to do. So, I’m
walking around and Dad said
we’re going to go to the car-
nival for the fundraiser for the
church. I had never been to one
and when the lights went down,
we went there. He said it’s also
a clam bake. I saw people eat-
ing these strange, exotic foods
called steamers. And I got my
first ear of corn on the cob! I
died and went to heaven. I’m
walking around - you know
you’re 5 years old back then
you could walk around and your
neighbors looked out for you
and you had friends there. The
place was overloaded with peo-
ple. There were ferris wheels
and garish amusement rides and
colored midway and games of
chance. There were amusement
rides that I had never seen be-
fore with names like Tilt-A-Whirl
and the even scarier name, The
Scrambler. Imagine you’re five
years old. The Scrambler, what’s
it going to do to me?
So, I walked off from the fam-
ily. I was drawn to this strange
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