RainDance: The most bizarre accident befell me in first grade, and I'm not really sure exactly how... We had these 'teeter-totters' which were basically big curved arches of steel tubing with seats on opposite ends... We would carry then out during recess and then carry then back in... It was a duty and a privalege because when it was your turn to carry it out you got first dibs on riding... Anyway, some kid and I were carrying it in after recess one day and we dropped it as we were lifting it over a curb. Somehow an exposed screw scratched me through my pants. I didn't notice the blood (just a little scratch) until I was using the bathroom, but it scared me enough that I told my teacher (who oddly enough was also my fourth cousin) and, as my time-clouded memory recalls, showed her. I remember the old withered school nurse very well, unfortunately, and her comment that that was a very big scratch for a little boy... No contact, but still bordering on the abusive, at least creepy... |