How to run away in tag

“Walk in the middle of the street,” my mom told me when I was younger. She was retelling a story of how on the way back from a Farmer’s Market in Oakland Chinatown, she spotted a man following her. Feeling anxious, she immediately walked in the middle of the road with cars surrounding her on both sides.

When playing Journey to the End of the Night, Chris led me to the middle of the road. I trotted behind him, slightly hesitant. People sitting on their porches cackled us. What are you doing in the middle?!?!?!

Running away from chasers in the middle of the street

At some level, it was ridiculous. But a guy in a black skullcap and a girl who stumbled along could be seen as trespassers.

We were walking in the middle of the road to be seen clearly by the chasers (people chasing us), but so that we could see the chasers. In some way, it was to our advantage. It was a game, pretending almost…that people were chasing us and our strategy to…tell everyone was our advantage. But never once did Chris falter, always had his hand out to hold mine to lead us to safety.

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