Stairs

[miekec]

The unthinkable just happened - Karin fell down the stairs! After years (oh my g-d, can't believe I'm actually saying that!) of telling her not to carry so much while going down the stairs, she tumbled down them, while carrying too much. I'm partially amused, partially relieved and only slightly concerned. Thankfully she didn't hurt herself badly and was done crying within 30 seconds - mostly from the scare, I think. The stairs are covered with carpet, which probably helped soften the bumps. Relieved, because she's finally getting some empirical feedback. You know, from mother nature, not from an adult. And amused, because she's the second person in less than 24 hours to fall down the stairs in our house. Unfortunately for nekowoman she fell down the much more painful back stairs (bare wood, steep, curved).

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[zigamorph.livejournal.com]

I fell down the stairs into the basement when I was six, and I still remember it. My mother would turn pale even talking about it, because she said it was one of the most horrible experiences of her life to be standing at the top, watching me rolling down into the basement, knowing that there was absolutely nothing she could do. The stairs were not carpeted, but I was completely uninjured.