Tuesday, October 7, 2008

GET OUTTA MY TERRITORY

10-6-08...GET OUTTA MY TERRITORY

My growing up years were happy. I did not know what I would have to face when I was out from under my Parents protection. I skipped down dirt roads, got dirty, got honery, got in to trouble often, got out often, but my deeds were all really harmless. I just lived in a fairy tale world with no cares,or worries of any kind. Kids today just have too much to get them in trouble that is not so easy to put behind them. What a shame. I get so homesick sometimes for those good old days of my childhood. Reliving the memories makes me happy. I can put everyday problems aside for a spell and just enjoy. So today as I am feeling low and fighting a heartache that I can do nothing about I can go back in time and stay for a spell. We were always so excited when the March of Dimes came to our school. They gave out cards that held ten dimes. We were to go through our neighborhoods and collect dimes for the cure of polio. Brenda and I knew where to go and we always got our cards full for which we got a prize when we took them back to school the next day. I can't remember what the prize was but it was a good'n we thought.One day we messed around too long and as we started up the road we saw Travis going to our houses! How dare he to invade our territory! That smart elec had already sold all his garden seeds in the spring and beat us out on that. Well! This just wadn't a'gonna work, No sireee. Nope, not this time.It was cold that day but we had our mufflers on to keep our hands warm. Well we wer'a gonna need our hands so the mufflers were left by the road hangin' on a tree and we tore out. By then we had learned how to protect what was ours and that house was ours and he wadn'a'gonna get it this time.Heck fire no!! Durn him anyhow. Brenda, I've just plain had it with him aint you? Yep sure nuff have Lets get em'! Like I said, we knew what to do and we knew how to do it fast. We also knew that we really shouldn't do it. Yep. But we done it anyhow. We went charging up the road intending to hit him in the back and knock him down, then we were'a'gonna run up to the house and beat him to the draw. Well just as we got there Travis heard us coming and turned around and run toward us. Well durn him anyway, he wasn't supposed to do that. He knew bettern' to try to out do us now didn't he. Yep! Nope! Guess he didn't. We had to do some fast thinkin' there, and we didn't have no time to talk it over. We were gonna' sidestep him and go on up the road while that rat went on the other way. Good plan, but it didn't work out quiet the way it shoulda'. Brenda was too close to the ditch on her side and the goof just ran on off in there. When Travis turned round to laugh at her, I shoved him right on in there with Brenda. Come on Brenda hurry will you. I grabbed hold of her outstretched hand and tried to help her up but the dad blamed little nut caused me to fall in there with her and Travis. We were all a squabling to get out at once and just kept tumblin back down. There was no mud or water in the ditch this time so we didn't ruin nuthin' but our pride. We both pushed Travis down and slung dirt in his face and up we came. Lets go Brenda. We got'im' beat now by golly. Well we had beat Travis again but when we got to the house there were three durn kids already there and it was too late. Our neighborhood was gettin too many people movin in now. It was never the same any more. Our territory wasn't just ours anymore. We no longer got to roam all over and not be bothered with outsiders. We thought every nook and cranny around there was ours exclusively. Was for a few years but no more. Nope! we had to learn the world didn't spin around us. We had to learn to share and have lots of other friends. Wasn't easy and didn't come fast. We didn't give up easily. Still had to defend our territory from time to time. Yep. Got lots more tannins' with peach tree switches. We were just plain hard headed. At least that was what my Daddy said. To which Mama replied, Well she learned from the master hard head now didn't she Clyde? HE HE HE