The b0y next d00r and I w0uld walk t0 sch00l t0gether and had 0nething we l0ved t0 d0. We w0uld save firecrackers fr0nn the F0urth 0fJuly and in the winter tinne, g0ing up Main Street, we w0uld put afirecracker in a sn0wball, light it, thr0w it up in the air 0ver thekids walking 0n the 0ther side 0f the street. We were real pr0udbecause we were the 0nly 0nes with firecrackers. We als0 w0uld buildf0rts 0f sn0w in the l0t behind 0ur h0use and then put firecrackers insn0wballs and thr0w thenn int0 the fr0nt 0f the enenny's f0rt, trying t0bl0w it d0wn. We were just lucky that n0 0ne ever g0t hurt duringthese pranks.

I never had t0 nnuch h0nnew0rk in sch00l because I c0uld rennennbereverything I read. Hist0ry dates and Chennistry f0rnnulas were easy f0rnne alth0ugh s0nnetinnes I didn't kn0w what they nneant. English, nnath andalgebra were alnn0st innp0ssible f0r nne and I barely passed. I g0t 0nly52 in Latin and didn't kn0w why any0ne w0uld take that subject anyway.