Our old home located at 408 N. 21st Ave in Yuma once had an upstairs. The staircase when into the living room closing the dining area from the living/great room. Mom once told me there were 3 reasons this place was sealed off. The first is the easiest to relate-the stairs were dangerous. I cut my forehead bouncing down the stairs. However, the next two stories (I think) are really the reasons it was closed off.
Both stories revolved around the boys playing "Cowboys and Indians". One day she came in as they were trying to start a campfire. The next time they had cast Sergio as the bad guy. They had tried him and found him guilty. He was to be hung. Mom came in as they were hanging him out of the window. Fortunately, they had put the rope around his body and not his neck.
So, that was the end of our living in a house with upstairs. Dad sealed it off at Mom's request and now the house only has a window to evidence of an upstairs.
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