A new family moved in around the corner. There was a boy my age, named David. One day they came by the house to pick me up to take me to the movies. My mother had forgotten they were going to do that, and told them I couldn't go because she forgot and I didn't have any shoes to wear because they were at the shoe repair shop, and I only had the one pair. David's mom offered to drive over there to pick them up, so that's what we did. It was the weirdest feeling. Going off in a car with total strangers and going in to pick up my shoes. I loved those shoes. They were red leather Mary Janes. Anyway, after we got my shoes we went to the movies. It was the first time I ever went to the movie theater. We saw the Disney film, "Johnny Tremain." The part that I remember most is when Johnny spilled melted silver on his hand and burned it. David went to the public school so I didn't really get to know him until high school. We didn't even play together in summer. If he saw me he chased me away. In high school he asked me out, but he was 3 inches shorter than me so I didn't go out with him. Hmmm, maybe if I would have gone in stocking feet...
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