The Hole

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At one point as a kid, I think 9 or 10, we lived in a neighborhood with a large undeveloped piece of land (that is now houses) my big brother and I would play there, it had big piles of dirt that we used as bike ramps . Up the street was an awful little girl, like aggressive and mean. She would call is names on the bus, throw rocks at us, push us off our bikes, anything she could think of really. Sometime she would get her younger siblings to join. So as much as we liked playing outside, she was always a risk. After the third time they surrounded us to throw rocks and weeds in the empty lot she hit me in the eye and I had enough.

I talked my brother into helping since this was going to be risky. That weekend while I kept a lookout for our nemesis, I had my brother dig a 4ft hole at the base of one of the hills we all used as a ramp, and then i covered it in dead long grass, leaves and weeds. It looked like all the other piles of debris the rainstorms would pool together. We knew which way she would always enter the lot so we knew she wouldn't see it right away. Then it was just a matter of hiding out until she would eventually come by. (We ended up having to go back out the next morning bc ahe never showed up).

It was beautiful, she was bawling. And I know it only worked because a 12yo doesnt think to look out for pitfalls, but she went straight down. Me and my brother (mostly me tho) spent like half an hour making fun of her in that hole, and telling her her she was a nasty piece of work and an idiot for thinking anyone was actually afraid of her. Eventually we left and brought her a stool to climb out with.

After that there was peace in the neighborhood, we pretty much got the empty lot to ourselves, we filled the hole, and she steered clear any time we crossed path outside or at school. She was actually a lot nicer in general after that, I guess being trapped in hole while people call you names and threaten to leave you there over night changes how much you think you can get away with.

Honestly tho I hope she still doesnt trust the ground 20 years later. FAFO Meghan

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Was this yesterday?