strangers in the yard
Tonight at supper Tennyson told me that a stranger had been in our yard. At first I thought it was the meter reader. Tennyson said that the stranger had watched him play.
Upon being questioned, Jordan insisted that she hadn't been outside at the time so didn't see the stranger.
This really creeps me out. The older two kids can both open the back door, and they let themselves in and out of the back door into our fenced yard over the course of the day. I'm generally in the kitchen/dining room and keep watch over them.
I looked at Steven. "Would it have been a meter reader? They'll sometimes let themselves into the backyard."
"I don't know. Tennyson said something about this the other day, that someone had been in the yard and peed in the yard."
So . . . someone had exposed himself to . . .
"Tennyson, did this really happen, or was it in a dream?" I asked casually, trying not to steer his answer.
"A dream. And the stranger digged a hole in the yard."
Monstrous sigh of relief. "Are you sure it was a dream?"
"Yep."
Next time, maybe he should lead with that.
Upon being questioned, Jordan insisted that she hadn't been outside at the time so didn't see the stranger.
This really creeps me out. The older two kids can both open the back door, and they let themselves in and out of the back door into our fenced yard over the course of the day. I'm generally in the kitchen/dining room and keep watch over them.
I looked at Steven. "Would it have been a meter reader? They'll sometimes let themselves into the backyard."
"I don't know. Tennyson said something about this the other day, that someone had been in the yard and peed in the yard."
So . . . someone had exposed himself to . . .
"Tennyson, did this really happen, or was it in a dream?" I asked casually, trying not to steer his answer.
"A dream. And the stranger digged a hole in the yard."
Monstrous sigh of relief. "Are you sure it was a dream?"
"Yep."
Next time, maybe he should lead with that.
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