I ran away from home when I was nine or so,...nobody noticed.

My note was where I left it unread.
There's a short story in that.
In the old days so long as you turned up alive for dinner no one paid much attention. It was an innocent time.

Comments:

Sylvia Lewis

Those were the day when kids were sent 'outside to play'! Bullying was the norm. We were all told to defend ourselves! Anyway, like you, I ran away too. I went a few doors down at a neighbor's house! I think you went to several neighbor's homes till dinner time.

Sidney Smith

I did or the park just past Utica Avenue. You, and I used to go on those long walking adventures all over Brooklyn. We always got back fine,...it was so different then.