I would make him into my accomplice by quietly gesturing him to keep quiet. Sometimes I would only move one limb per minute.Īt times my brother, who slept in the same room, would spot me during this process. Sometimes I would lie down on the floor for minutes without moving. If she simply turned her head and glanced over at the floor she would see me. This was a incredibly slow process, because my sister would be able to catch me with every potential noise I would make. My creative brain had invented the ultimate sport: get to that chair without getting noticed by her. So occasionally, I would quietly sneak into their room, while they were still awake. Sometimes, at night, when my little sister and brother were already in bed and my elder sister didn’t want to play with me, I got bored with ways of entertaining myself.
Sometimes I had the luxury of choosing between the two of them. If one of them didn’t want to play, I would simply hang out with the other one. The good thing about this fact is that while growing up, siblings #1 and #3 were both suitable playmates for me.
