9-26-08...THE BULLY
I don't know exactly when it happened but at one point Brenda decided she needed to take care of me instead of the other way around. She matured way before I did and that was probaby where she got that protective Mother instinct. We were in Jr. High and we both played on the basketball team. There was a big (and I mean big as in strong muscled up) girl on the team. she was older than us and she was a bully in capital B's. Seemed everyone was afraid of her and she knew she was the best player on the team. She pushed all us smaller girls around. We were in the gym practicing one day and she decided I wasn't doing what I should. She said, Clydene why don't you quit this team you aint no good anyhow. Well the coach usually took care of things but I was fed up to my eyeballs with her stuff. She reached to take the ball away from me and I flew at her with my spurs all out and I had daggers in my eyes I know. Now I'm here to tell ya I was fed up and I wasn't a takin' this any more. I threw the ball and hit her in the face and pounced on her like a cat. Well my head came to about her waist and my hard head hit her belly and she went WHOOSH as the air left her rotten body. I grabbed on to something and held like a vice. Now it didn't take long for her to get her wind back and she was probably gettin' ready to skin me like a cat fish. The coach was there but he was useless to my way of thinkin', little wimp was probably fraid' of her too. Anyway just as she started to pick me up and slang me to kingdom come, I heard Brenda, She's not a gonna hurt my cousin and I felt the bully grunt and come forward a tad as Brenda jumped up on her back and climbed on up a ways till she could get her around the neck and choke the stuffins out of her. Well heck fire if Brenda can climb up that mountain so can I. I wrapped my legs around and ooched' my way right on up there to her face and started workin' her over. Now she was a BIG! strong girl and she was stumblin around like a buckin' horse tryin' to slang us off. Coach was ringin' his hands and hollerin' GIRLS GIRLS Now stop this right now. Well heck fire he'd outta' stopped her before we had ta' do it now shouldnt' he. HUH? This ol' bully was mean and ugly but we little bitty things were a force to be reconed with and we were madder'n'a'ol'wet hen! Finally someone or perhaps all three of us wore out and we all fell to the floor in a heap. I heard the Coach sigh a big sigh of relief as he said You all get up right now and get to the Principal's office. Which we proceeded to do with the whole team right behind us. Seemed they all wanted to see that the Bully got what was comin' to her and tell Miss Sula Kate it was all her fault. Coach made them all sit in the study hall and took us on in. We were all kinda' nervous now. Never knew what Miss Sula Kate was gonna' do. Well we were all three lookin' at each other and we got tickled. I mean lose your breath giggles. Coach didn't think it was funny and was explaining what had happened while we three just got hysterical with the giggles. Well you'd have to know Miss Sula Kate to understand this, but she got tickled to. We each got a lick from a paddle which did hurt a little bit but heck fire didn't matter to us. I'd like to say the bully was reformed after that but NO, didn't happen. But if she even knew how to be friends with anyone (which I doubt,) she was almost friendly with us from then on. Still picked on all who would let her but not us. NOPE NOT US. We had learned a long time ago how to take care of bullies, only now Brenda didn't run off on me the way she used to. YEP We were quiet a pair. YEP SURE NUFF WERE.
