Yes, I vaguely remember the existence of Josephine, who was in the little school for maybe a couple of years, and was doing her course work in a separate room with Susie, because Susie was doing 9th grade when Sammy and I were in 8th grade, and one day during a special event Josephine and her family performed their famous Filipino dance, in their native costumes, and that was something to see how they have to be quick on their feet to avoid getting their feet caught in those clicking broomsticks or bamboo canes or whatever that was. Interesting.
One day my sister and I told Susie that she was our best friend, and then she told us that Josephine is her best friend and after listing all of her friends in numerical order it turned out that we were numbers 15 and 16. That was a bit shocking to hear, given that Josephine seemed a nothing to us, what was that peasant doing in our missionary kid school, but whatever, next time around we won't be asking Susie any such silly questions. She will just be on her own.
