The Necessary

We never had an outhouse when I was a child but

I do have vivid memories of spending the night with

a friend who had one. They had a terrifying dog chained

to the darn thing and one person had to run around the

outhouse so the dog would chase them in order for the

other person to enter…and repeat to exit. Even now I

can't figure out the logic of this other than the fact that

she had a house full of older brothers and this was probably

their greatest form of amusement.