If you can imagine from the pictures of the orphanage there would be hundreds of hiding places. One of our favorite games on summer evenings was Hide and Seek. Home base was a large magnolia tree located in area in front of the main building or a large tree located in the grotto. The grotto was a grassy area located between the main building front stairs and the chapel. The nuns watching over us would sit there enjoying the evening while we played the game. Whoever was “it” would count while the rest of us hid. Since there were so many hiding places we had to certain areas off limits or we would never find someone. As it was the games would go quite a while.
One night I remember finding the best hiding place ever. As the counter began I was planning to hide behind the wall of the grotto where there rock wall. The wall had a space behind it next to the main building. One of the sisters motioned for me to sit down beside her. She quickly threw her habit over me completely hiding me. Imagine the surprise of the counter when up I popped right in front of home base. Of course, after that no one else could use that trick for hiding.
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