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From the memory of Cecil Stapleton: " Wet Pockets" |
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When Cecil Stapleton and his youngest brother,Leonard were young boys, they had to sleep upstairs. The only toilet facilities they had was an outhouse behind the family home. Cecil recalls that one cold night he must have been walking in his sleep when nature called, and not wanting to wake up his father, he must have gotten out of bed and used his overalls pocket, instesd of going outside. Back then, all the boys had to wear to school, was a pair of bib overalls. Unbeknownst to Cecil, Leonard being the michievious boy that he was, sneaked out of bed, so as not to awaken anyone, especially Cecil, and did his business in the pockets of Cecil's bib overalls. Grandfather Mason heard the commotion and hollered upstairs to see what was going on. Disquising his voice to make it appear that it was Cecil talking, he told his dad, "It's just me sleep walking"!. The next morning they were called to go to school and Cecil didn't come down. When his dad asked him why, he replied," I can't come down, my britches are all wet". Leonard just set there and smiled as though nothing had happened. It wasn't until many years later when Cecil returned to live in Ohio near his brothers, that he finally learned the truth. |