Helen Smart sure was happy to see the neighbourhood children coming down the street the day she got herself into a bit of trouble.
Smart had gone out to lunch with a friend.
She had been quite ill and was recovering after a medical procedure and a lengthy stay in hospital.
The Creemore resident was lunching at O’Shea’s, not far from her home on Jardine Crescent. While walking back home, using a walker, one wheel got caught on the gravel driveway and Smart toppled over into the ditch.
“I was sitting there in the ditch and all the kids were coming home from school and I thought it was kind of funny,” Smart told The Echo. “I couldn’t help but laugh.”
Luckily she wasn’t injured, except for a small cut on her hand, but she couldn’t get herself upright.
It was the end of June and all the neighbourhood children were walking down the street, on their way home from school when they came across Smart lying on the ground.
“By the looks of it, a rock hit her wheel and she fell into the ditch,” said Jokob Hayward, 9.
Anson Dupuis, 10, said the children were able to pull Smart up and help her get back on her feet.
The whole rescue went so well, they didn’t call for help.
“That was the one thing we forgot to do, was get an adult,” said Dupuis.
The boys made sure Smart was home safe and sound.
“She gave us treats for helping,” said Hayward.
Sabrina Stamp-Dupuis said she was very proud of her boys.
“You know you have good parents when you have good kids,” said Smart. “They sure were a help.”