Monday, February 16, 2009

TERRIBLE MONSTER STAR

2-15-09...TERRIBLE MONSTER STAR

I used to lie in bed and look out the window and watch the sky. I'd try and count the stars, or see the man in the moon who I was sure was there. I'd find the big and little dippers and the milky way. I was facinated One night I was at Brenda's and we were watching. We had heard about falling stars and we sure nuff' wanted to see one. That night we sure nuff' thought we had seen one.
One of the stars seemed to be a different color than the rest. Was It? I don't know, but we believed it was. It looked red. Yep' Sure nuff' looked red to us. "Brenda if one falls it will be that one". "Yep it sure will Clydene". Well you know how the mind of a child can summon up fairy tales and fantasies? For that matter so can the minds of adults. Anyway we were drowsy and getting about ready to close our eyes and give up when that dad blamed star began to move. In our minds? Maybe so but it was real to us. "Brenda look, it's movin' it's movin'"! "No it aint Clydene, go to sleep". "Yes it is Brenda look at it"! Well in my mind it was moving and soon Brenda saw it moving too. Still think it was by golly!
Suddenly it was coming straight toward the window we were looking out. I was on the window side of the bed and Brenda was up over me trying to see. "Get off of me Brenda, you're squashin' me." "Move Clydene, I cant see". Closer, closer, closer, it came, brighter, and brighter it got. Maybe it was our bugged out eyes that made it appear that way. Maybe, don't know bout' that. So far we were whispering so as to not get in trouble for not being asleep. As it appeared to come closer and look to all the world like it was a'gonna come right in the window we panicked. BIG TIME! We were scramblin' round there in the bed trying to do I don't know what and just getting' tangled up in the covers and each other. "Breenndaaa, there it is, its comin right at us, MOVE!" "Clydeeeneee, I cant move, You move". At that moment in my eyes that danged ol' star turned in to a ugly ol' monster and it was lookin' with evil eyes right at me. Ohhhh! Now I was a'gonna move no matter what! Yep! I'm outta' here!
Those old beds had wire springs and slats underneath to hold the springs and cotton mattress up. Well with all our thrashin' and scramblin' round them dad burned slats started breakin' and we started sinkin'. That's when we started screamin' and screechin' and hittin' and whatever else came handy. The slats sounded like firecrackers going off. Bang, bang, bang! Then we sank right on down to the floor. Well part of us did. The middle part to be exact. The mattress folded up around us and the springs somehow was standin' straight up at the side of us. By golly we were trapped good and proper. Don't know what Brenda thought but I imagined all sorts of things. I thought for sure that scary ol' star monster had me in his grip. Heck fire I was a gonner for sure. YEP!! Brenda wasn't saying a word or moving so I think she had fainted although she declared she had not fainted. I was still bellerin' and slobberin' and thought it was over. Seemed like hours but probably was only seconds I heard Auntie say, "Oh good lord what in the world are you two doing"? Then the light came on and she did some more GOOD LORDS! And hollered, "SID Get in here".. I still kinda half way thought the monster star was there so I yelled, "Auntie, watch out. He'll get you too"!!! She told me to shut up and be still so they could make some sense outta' what the heck had happened. Course I didn't shut up right away. In fact didn't shut up till I could see Auntie's face and she gave me The Look! Heck that was worser'n the monster star so I shut up. It took a while to get us untangled and things straightened enough for us to sleep on the mattress on the floor. Three slats had broken and new ones had to be made. Not much problem with that. Heck Fire they were just long flat boards don't ya know.
We tried and tried to tell everyone that a star almost came in and hit us but no one would believe us. Finally we gave up cause we were tired of the other kids teasing us. But By golly I am 64 yrs. Old now and I still think I saw a star coming toward me. I'm too old to change my mind now and Brenda has forgotten all about it, but shoot fire on em' all, I saw a dad blamed red monster star with evil eyes coming tward' me that night when I was 8 yrs. Old. That's my story and I'm stickin' to it. YEP!!!!!