Wednesday, March 12, 2008

THE HYDRANT IS RUNNING...


WHEN I WAS VERY YOUNG, WE HAD A HYDRANT OUT SIDE OUR HOUSE. DAD WAS SITTING A LITTLE DISTANCE AWAY, DOZING. I WAS WANDERING AROUND, LOOKING AT EVERY THING AND, ALL AT ONCE, I SPIED THE HYDRANT. I LOVED WATER! (I WAS A LITTLE younger THAN THIS PICTURE SHOWS ME.)


I WATCHED IT FOR AWHILE THEN MOVED CLOSER. THE WATER WAS COMING OUT IN A SMALL STREAM! 'OH BOY,' I THOUGHT! 'I CAN GET MY HANDS IN IT.'
THE SUN WAS SHINING THROUGH THE WATER AND MADE A SMALL RAINBOW. IT WAS SO PRETTY!

THEN I SAW THE BEE. WAS IT GETTING A DRINK? THE BEE WAS FLITTING THROUGH THE WATER, BACK AND FORTH. GENTLY MY TWO FINGERS WENT TO THE WATER AND REACHED TO GRASP ITS PRETTY WINGS, BUT I MISSED. I PULLED MY HAND BACK AND THE BEE STARTED STINGING ME AND I STARTED CRYING.

DAD WOKE UP AND I TOLD HIM THAT THE BEE WOULDN'T LET ME HOLD HIM. I GUESS DAD SMILED, BUT I DIDN'T SEE IT.

HE SAID,"WELL COME HERE AND I'LL FIX IT." I CRIED MY WAY OVER TO DAD AND HE WORKED HIS MOUTH AROUND THEN TOOK A BIG GOB OF SNUFF AND PUT IT ON MY FINGER. HE TOLD ME TO KEEP IT ON FOR A LONG TIME. IT MUST HAVE WORKED.

WE WENT TO DAD WITH ALL OUR OWIES AFTER THAT.
I DON'T REMEMBER ANY MORE RIGHT NOW. I'LL TELL MORE NEXT TIME.

MIZ MICKS...LATER...

1 Comments:

At Sunday, June 1, 2008 at 5:35:00 PM PDT , Blogger Ca... said...

Remember when we had to keep a bucket full of water right next to the water pump. The pump wouldn't draw water unless it was primed; poured full of water from the bucket.

 

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