I forgot, until just the other day. . .
When I was about 7 or 8 years old, I was teased badly by the neighbor kids and I flew into a rage and bit a hunk out of Debra Soderburg's calf. Bit through the muscle and skin and had the hunk of flesh in my mouth when I was pulled off of her. I think that was a close as I have ever came to being institutionalized as a child. I was finally hauled off to the State Mental Hospital when I was 17 for being 'obstreperous'. (Stubbornly resistant to control)
I know this is a surprise to you all. . .
Merle
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Alis volat propriis
State Motto of Oregon