Lorn (10), Joan (5), Tim (8) Manitoba 1943

...Also at one of these parties Tim, Joan and myself and I believe one or two other neighborhood kids were in the kitchen playing a game. We had lined up all the kitchen chairs, and pretended we were, prisoners of war and were on a train going throught the countryside. The train stopped and we convinced ourselves (as only children can that this was our last chance to eat) we got off the chairs and ate almost everything in the icebox, both fresh and stale food. My mother came out and immediately made us clean up and go to bed, no spanking, no reprimand, just go to bed...