In Cornish, John Charles Sumner recalled attending the Tracy School -- one room. Mrs. Perry would bring a thermos of soup and warm it on the wood stove for lunch. That was a good memory. One not quite so good was when his classmate, Marie, slipped into the outhouse during recess, and John slipped the outside hook into the outside eye, locking the little girl in.
After recess, Teacher noticed that Marie was missing. “She knew,” John says -- all these years later. “John,” Teacher said, “you better come outside and help me find Marie.”
Marie was duly found. Teacher said, “John, why don’t you step inside the outhouse for a moment.”
He obeyed. Teacher slipped the outside hook into the outside eye, and that’s where John stayed for the duration.
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July 23, 2012
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Rebecca Rule, author of Live Free and Eat Pie: A Storyteller’s Guide to New Hampshire, spends a lot of time on the road, traveling to her performances throughout the Granite State and beyond. She loves her home state, meeting lots of great people and visiting both new and familiar places. She shares stories that she finds with her this blog. So please "join" her on the road and check back often.
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- Becky has lived all her life (so far) in New Hampshire. She has written several other popular books set in her home state, including "The Best Revenge," a collection of short stories that was named one of the five Essential New Hampshire Books by New Hampshire Magazine, and "Could Have Been Worse: True Stories, Embellishments and Outright Lies." However, she is probably best known for her live storytelling events, many sponsored by the New Hampshire Humanities Council.
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