Go outside and play

I couldn't have been more than five years old, but I was old enough to know when I wasn't wanted. My parents had company that day and my father wanted me out of the way.
We lived in a small apartment with a screened in front porch and I was expected to go out there and entertain myself. Not only was it raining, I wanted to be where the action was, I didn't want to miss anything.
Of course my father insisted that I go outside on the porch to pla...