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IDABEL OKJuly 5, 2013

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Well, there are some mail in suggestions for thiscolumn that is so complimentary to the proposedcandidate it makes it quite easy to select the one forthe month. But I must say when this one came in Ihad to pause and re-read the reason for suggestingthis one. Not because of the person but the reasonused, This is what the writer said. One of thereasons Randy should be named Big Foot Print isbecause in his younger days he left a Big FootPrint when he drove away. Why, they evensuggested that everyone knew he had a HeavyFoot in his Younger Years.

The truth of the matter is, he retained the heavy footbut has put it to excellent use for all the surroundingcommunities by helping his son host the localSpeedway. He has exhibited to the youngsters andtheir parents its O.K. to enjoy putting your foot intothe gas pedal of a Fast Car if its done in a legalenvironment.

Randy Lancaster, along with his son Cole, havebeen instrumental in bringing more racingcompetition into the local area and everyone ishaving an enjoyable and safe time.

Every Saturday night youll find Randy at the racetrack, with his Heavy Foot helping with whatever

needs done, off the track and on.Lets face it, racing is a form ofcompetitive entertainment andsome people are born entertainers,kinda like its told about Randy.

On top of all that hes a greatfellow to have around, as thepeople of Southern LeFlore Countyhave found out. They reallyappreciate the road maintenance

done by the county crew that Randy is a part of.

Thank you Randy for all your work in the County butmost of all, thank you for having a place for somegood and safe family entertainment for allyoungsters- young & old .

BIG FOOT PRINTBy Mary Lee Williams

INSIDE THIS ISSUEBig FootPRINT 2 Mary Lee Williams

Gathering Intel 3Darryl Williams

Giants in America 4Stewart Taylor

Lifes Sacred Flame 5Jeff Duff

Area Events 6

Its Happening this FALL 7

Strange Experience 8Meme Strange

T & O Whistle Stops 9Logan Williams

The Fall Chucks Adventure 11Mary Lou Brainerd

Cover Photo: There will be several places youcan choose from to see a pretty fireworksdisplay the week of the 4th of July. These arejust a few. You can call or go on line to findthe particulars of each event. We at theHonobia Big Foot PRINT hope you have a safeand wonderful summer and enjoy one of thefireworks displays around the 4th of July..

Throughout the paper you will see a new feature. Big Foothas gone digital. He got out his smart phoneand started surfing the web for some of ouradvertisers. When you find the code on oneof the ads, simply scan it with your smartphones QR reader app to be taken to theadvertisers page. This one leads you to ourweb site.

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GATHERING INTELBy: Darryl Williams

While research and investigations continue in theSasquatch situation, and the DNA testing and otherscientific processes fail to give all conclusiveanswers, the Big Foot Phenomenon continues togrow. There are many who still ask the questionDo you believe in Big Foot? It appears that theamount of conversational continuum allowedhinges on what one believes. Allow me to explain.Back in the early 1970s America had an obsessionfor what was called muscle cars. The Challengewas not limited to how much horse power wasunder the hood, but can you put that power on theground. Tires that left a Big Foot Print werecrucial. Our local Highway Patrol said Hebelieved Ricky Briggs and I had been drag racingon Black Fork Bridge because he recognized thefoot prints left by the tires on our cars. Nobodywanted to talk about it!!! Forty years later when usold timers get together, guess what theconversations get around to.Thom Powell had taught science in Hills DaleOregon, nearly thirty years. One of his formerstudents said Everyone has a story to tell from Mr.Powells class. Thom introduced Sasquatch to hisclassroom in the early 1990s as a pseudo or phonyscience. He said the study of Sasquatch wasntvalid science it was fanciful. It was baloney. Butin 2003 he published a book called the Locals. Itis on contemporary investigation of the BigFoot/Sasquatch Phenomenon, and has almostbecome Sacred Writings among many peoplewho talk about Big Foot. His newest bookpublished in 2011 is called Shady Neighbors, andis fiction based on stories told by someone aboutsome experience with the phenomenon.Thom says most people may laugh and joke at first,but eventually most people will end up sayingYou know my Uncle has a story

or My Dad says. I have found this to be true.Recently I talked with one man who pulled us asideso no one else could hear and told us about a whitehairy creature he saw in the woods in Push Co., hethought was a Great Pyrenees Dog till it stood up.Another man in McCurtain Co. told me aboutcreating fake footprints on Dump Ground Road, togive people something to talk about. There werepictures in the newspapers and it was all fun andgames till a BFRO investigator produced a plastercast of a foot print in the area bigger than the fakeone he and his buddies had made. His comment wasyou cant rule out every possibility, there may bethings you dont know about.A few hundred years ago a man named Galileotalked about believing the earth was constantlyrotating in its orbit around the Sun. But, the wholeworld knew that the Earth was the center of theUniverse and the Church threatened to burn him atthe stake for heresy. In the 1990s the Vatican statedthey were offering an apology to Galileo.In 1492 Columbus sailed the Ocean blue, looking fora new world rich in treasures to claim for hisfinancial backers. Upon his return he talked about aplace where his compass and all other navigationaldevices failed. Nobody wanted to talk about it much.Today theres an area called the Bermuda Triangle.Lets not even mention Area 51.The real phenomenon lies in the human endeavor ofleadership into unexplored arenas. Until science canprove conclusively that something or someone doesnot or is not, humanity will continue to engage inconversation about the possibilities. Some call thisGathering Intel. As Thom Powell says You haveto leave everything on the table.


Throughout world history and legends, there aredocumented accounts of ordinary men coming incontact with humanoid giants of various sorts. TheTitans, Ogres and Trolls are just a few of manywidely used examples. There are also similarrecords contained within various religiousdocumentation. For one, the Christian Bible clearlyrelates how giants came to be among men in its veryfirst book, Genesis, chapter 6.In todays world, a vast majority of folks give thissubject little serious consideration or thought. Theyquickly discount this particular information asmerely just fables or fairy tales. Most consider it onthe same level as a Mother Goose tale and otherstories for young children to dream on at bedtime.Regardless of these commonly held opinions, itdoesnt change what has occurred closer to home.In North America, Native American history andlegends have contained information on giants forhundreds of years, some of which are clearlyrecorded in ancient cave paintings or masks andtotem figures.

local Indian population as being an evil dangerousplace.Here in America, there are presently dozens oforganized groups dedicated to investigating anddocumenting reports of giants. It is informationcoming from everyday people seeing or hearingsomething very unusual in the wooded areas ofAmerica. An appreciable number of these witnessesare respected folks like doctors, nurses, activemilitary, police and firemen, all having no reason tolie or receive any personal gain for telling theirstory. Some would have been better off nevertelling their story for the rejection and ridicule theyreceived. All for doing nothing more than telling thecomplete truth of what happened to them. It is anignorantly cast prejudice that has stifled numerouspersonal accounts, some of which may never be toldto another!The Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization(B.F.R.O.) was formed in 1995. Since that time,they have investigated and published over 4600credible and verified witness accounts believed to bedirectly associated with the Bigfoot/Sasquatchphenomenon. Most of them occurring right here inNorth America! The total number of submittedreports is actually much higher than this publishedfigure, but if a reasonable level of certainty cannotbe verified or established, it is not listed on theirInternet website.Like most other folks, I never gave this phenomenonmuch serious consideration. As a young adolescentback in the mid 1960s, I was intrigued by the firstrelease of the Patterson-Gimlin film on the localnews channel. I spent a short time pondering all thepossibilities, but it was quickly gone, soon replacedby other youthful adventures and interests.I was raised up along the west coast, hunting,fishing, camping and hiking in areas of reportedBigfoot activity. Not once do I ever recall hearingor seeing anything close to making me believe thiselusive giant could really exist. It was years laterafter several decades of mature adult life andmoving to the southwest U.S., that I had my firstWhat in the world was that!? moment.My son and I were night fishing along a remote,heavily wooded creek bank in North Texas. Weparked there shortly before sundown and had fished well past midnight by the light of the Colemanlantern placed on my pickups tailgate behind us.CONTINUE on page 10

Many Native American tribes have names for thesesubjects. A few examples in the English translationare: The Stone Giants are used by the Cherokeeand Iroquois people. The Lakota term is Big ElderBrother and the Taos call them Big Person. Thelist of names is very extensive and other than alimited few terms like Demon, Devil orCannibal Giants, none lists or compares thesesubjects to an animal.A close study of American news accounts alsoreveal numerous stories of humanoid giants beingseen. It starts along the east coast in the 1700s thenmoves with the westward push into the 18 and1900s. In Daniel Boones memoirs, he wrote ofshooting a ten foot Yahoo in 1782. It was locatedin Kentucky somewhere along what is now theMontgomery-Powell County line. In anotheraccount, Teddy Roosevelt, our 26th president, wrotea book in the late 1800s, titled WildernessHunter. It has one chapter about two younghunters/trappers encountering a large hairy giant inwhat was then the remote Montana territory. Theyentered it in a remote valley that was shunned by the

BY: STEWART TAYLOR


Once in a while, LIFE allows an individual to havean experience that can radically change one'soutlook on the "big picture" of life.

During the first weekend of June of this year, myson Josh and I went on an outing with ten otherindividuals from all over the nation led by CodyLundin, master survivalist and minimalist, and canbe seen on Discovery Channel's "Dual Survival".Our "tribe of twelve" participated in "the NothingCourse" in which we went into the Arizona highdesert with the clothes on our back, a garbage bagand a water bottle. We were instructed to use themto the best of our knowledge.

We were going back in time to learn how primitiveman used Mother Earth to provide him withresources to survive. We made cutting tools fromrocks, and secured water from a stagnant creek. Wewere blessed by our gracious Creator in that ourtribe was able to make fire by friction, and had abone-warming flame in a hand dug fire-pit duringthe cold night. Our tribe huddled around most of thenight in order to secure warmth and keep our sacredflame going. As twilight was seen, there was a sighof relief knowing that we had survived the night.Growing weary from the Arizona heat and no food,we were shown how to make "ashcake", which inany other setting, society would turn their nose upat, but at that point in time was a delicacy toconsume.

After extinguishing our flame, we hand dug thecarbon remnants left from resources Mother Earthprovided, blessing us with comfort of the flame. Wethen returned them to the earth from which theycame, a most sacred moment, when you stop andrealize the importance of the situation.

Lifes Sacred FlameBy: Jeff Duff

We learned the true wealth in the making of cordage,in order to construct shelter, and obtained knowledgein the use of certain plants and trees in survivalscenarios.As I look back on the experience, I just want to sharewith whoever may read this, the importance ofabsolute respect for this globe we humans all inhabitand keep an open mind when dealing with things wehave not been allowed to experience yet. I will neveragain take clean water, food, shelter and the warmthof the sacred flame for granted.

My utmost thanks to Cody Lundin for revealing thetruly important things in this journey called "LIFE".

Editors Note: Welcome Dr Jeff Duff and his writingabilities to the Big Foot PRINT. His experiences prove tobe interesting articles. Jeff spoke at the April Big FootFestival and will speak at the October Big FootConference & Festival 2013. His information on theabilities the human eye has to see certain objects isfascinating. Couple that with his studies of Big Footyou have a fascinating conference session. Dont missthis one.

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Its happenin this Fall. October 4 & 5, 2013 to beexact. Musicians are tuning their voices andinstruments, Karaoke singers are practicing theirnewest songs, conference speakers are readying theirspeeches, promoters are cleaning the camp grounds,and young ones and old are calling various placesaround making their camping reservations so they areassured of a camp spot, or motel room. Whatshappening??? The Honobia Big Foot Conference &Festival at the Ludlow Rock School house on HWY144.Its even possible Big Foots everywhere are secretlymaking their plans to be at the gathering, hiding inthe bushes, or behind the trees to get a glimpse at allthe hoop la surrounding the Big Foot Festival.

The new campgrounds have really proven to be anexcellent gathering place for festival goers andcampers alike.

The conference hall will be in the Rock SchoolHouse.This rock building was constructed in the1940s by most of the Great-Grandpas of localresidents. The school was built through the WPAprogram in order to have a school building for thelocal children to attend. This building is now used asa community center and still maintains a solidfoundation to learn on. Therefore, most of thesessions will be held in the two school rooms, theBig Room and the Little Room.

MUSIC will be provided by artist like Gatling &Hoffpauir, Country Touch, and Doug Russell, toname a few. The special guest will be 2012 Big FootMusic Idol, Maddie Ray from Tennessee. After herperformance the Karaoke Contest will begin for youto choose the 2013 Big Foot Music Idol.

A new event on Friday and Saturday nights , calledJammin the Night Away will keep the music loversup way into the night. This will be hosted by theBig Foot Coffee Shelter with good ol jamming,under the direction of Logan Williams. So if yousing, or play a guitar or string instrument, bring it onover. Whoever names a song the jammers willattempt to play it for you. This is so much fun andyou begin to learn new songs in the process. This isnot a Be Shy event. Everyone is in the same boatof bewilderment, so be ready to enjoy. TheCoffee Shelter has the bottomless coffee pot and teapot for your evening enjoyment. Theres no tellinwhat fanciful snacks might be available, so beprepared to enjoy the food and music and good olefellowship at Jammin the Night Away.

Can you believe it, the idea of getting away for theweek-end brings out wisdom and talents we didntrealize we possessed. Just because of that you willhave the opportunity to either gain more wisdom orshow your wisdom around the story telling campfireeach night after (9:00 pm) and share more Big Footstories or ask questions until the embers go low atWisdom After Dark. This session will be directedby the session speakers, (2 different ones eachnight). Im told they break out the Smores at thesesessions and some campfire popcorn. So come foryour evening snack and enjoy, Wisdom AfterDark.

At the April Festival Logan had a session where heshowed how to cast a foot print if you find anunusually large one. The participation was great so,there will be an art contest of anyones foot printcast. It can be your own or something unusual.Decorate it, frame it, or display it your own originalartistic way, and bring it to the festival to bejudged. A trophy will be awarded for the mostartistic display. Go to the web site for moreinformation.The grounds have been opened up for more campingand the spaces are filling up. Go towww.HonobiaBigFootPRINT.com and click onfestival, then camping and download your camping

application. Camping on the Festival Grounds isRESERVATIONS ONLY. You must have areservation receipt to stay on the Festival grounds.There will be day parking available for $10 acarload. No parking on the hiway or surroundingproperties will be permitted. There are no fees to getinto the festival or conference.For those who like to walk trails, the campgroundswill have some trails opened up for your walkingpleasure.There will be more updates so watch each month fornew information in the Big Foot PRINT or go to theweb site for weekly updates.Make you plans now to be a part of this annualfestival. Contact Wind Walker Sound at 580-244-3013 or Honobia Big Foot PRINT 580-244-7323 formore information..

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Sometimes I think I should just go ahead anddeclare myself an expert qualified researcher intothe Human Phenomenon. But then, Ive alwaysheard that He who tooteth his own horn, shall soonrun his battery down. Anyways, Im totallyfascinated with how interconnected my kind reallyis with the ongoing human reality. Im Me-Me,Meme Strange. You could Google me to find outmore about what I really am, but sometimes its bestto just allow me to jump around in yourimagination. So imagine one of my kind from thehills of southeast Oklahoma, getting acquaintedwith that platinum haired Yeti chick Ive beentalking about. Bigger yet, Imagine if I told youabout meeting her family. Bigger yet, Her Dad!!!Well at that last gathering, wed been knocking ontrees, chunking rocks in the river, whooping andhollering and basically having a Big ole time. Butthen, things started to heat up. Id had my eye onher the last couple of days and I guess it was gettingmore obvious then I thought, cause two of herbrothers and three of her cousins started to harass

me. It was nothing real serious, just snide remarks,like Hey Skunk Ape, why dont you try dating inyour own Race. Honestly, I wasnt trying to be asmart alec when I responded with, why dont youtry dating your own species. Boy, that really setem off. I decided Id best be making tracks back toour camp. They were hot on my tail when I gotthere and yelled for my good friend Hey-Hey andCousin Solo. Hey-Hey stood up to his full statureand growled, Yall best get back to yalls areabefore we start leaving our bigfoot prints all overyalls back yards.Then Uncle Chuey took control of the situation.Boys, Boys, Boys, well not have any of that.Bullying is a human activity that shows one isinsecure with who one is. Now you uns sit downhere and lets talk this over. Her big brother justshrugged his shoulders as he turned too walkedaway. Not so fast uncle Chuey snapped. Letsall go over and talk to yalls parents. We cant havethis getting out of hand.

Thats when I met Yang-Yang, the biggest whitesthairiest Yeti I have ever seen.Uncle Chuey looked at him eye ball to eye ball andsaid We need to talk. Just then, my Dad showedup. Whats happening Chuey, he asked. I gotyour message that Id better get over here.Now I never heard or saw ol unck send thatmessage, I guess theyre telepathic or something.The adults sat us down and listened carefully to thewhole incident and convinced us not to do thatanymore. Things were starting to look much better,so I thought it would be fitting to ask his permissionto date his daughter. He rubbed his chin, thoughtfor a minute and said, Ill send you a ---Blurrrrrup.Evidently, something he had eaten was not agreeingwith him. Wed better be going my Dad said ashe stood up and shook hands with Mr. Yeti. Therewas silence all the way back to camp. When we gotthere, I asked why Mr. Yeti was not allowed tofinish his statement. Oh! He was finished UncleChuey reassured me. That shows his HumanDNA. His Human DNA?? I questioned. Yeah,Do Not Answer. Solo chimed in. See, he meant tosay Blurb and thats what humans say when they donot have the understanding of syntax or control oflanguage to give a proper answer. They do it onthe Internet all the time. Ill send you a Blurp.The whole camp started laughing like a bunch ofHyenas.Another Human phenomenon, Strange, Verystrange.

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Singing has always been my primary musical ability;therefore, I have developed a deep love for it over theyears. To stay in shape (vocally speaking), I like tofrequent local karaoke events.

A particular favorite one of mine happens everyTuesday and Thursday night at Trophys Grilllocated inside the Choctaw Casino in McAlesterOklahoma. They start around 8:30 pm and you neverknow who might be there to sing.Maybe, Superstar, a young lady who would makeMs. Joplin proud with the way she sings Me andBobby McGee. Then theres Josh singing hisrendition of Family Traditions, or Buck giving youchills with his soulful performance of The Ride.Then theres the other entertaining singers with theirunique abilities to pull off a rap song or the trio whosings while sitting down, all there to have a goodtime.

Adam, our Redneck DJ keeps the show flowingand the music playing all evening. The casino holds acontest for cash prizes at the first of the evening thenits open mic. If yall want to come hang out with usand sing then show up around 8:00 pm to register forthe contest, order some real good food and somethingto drink, kick back and party the way we do it inOklahoma.

6/22/ 2013 All Day GIBBYS BIKER CAMP Flashback & BBQ $10.

7:00 - 9:00 Choctaw Community Center Smithville Paul Anderson

6/26/2013 6:30 - Till Abendigo's (Hochatown, OK.) Gatling & Hoffpauir

7/12/2013 7:30 - 10:30 Grateful Head Pizza (Hochatown, OK.) Gatling & Hoffpauir

Pickin On the Porch (Antlers, OK Various musicians7/13/2013 9:00 - 12:00 The Branch (Tahlequah, OK.) Gatling & Hoffpauir

7/19/2013 2:00 Crystal Music Festival (Boardcamp, ARK.) Gatling & Hoffpauir

7:00-9:00pm Coffee Cup (Poteau, OK.) Logan Williams

7/20/2013 12:30 Crystal Music Festival (Boardcamp, ARK.) Gatling & Hoffpauir

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T And O Express WhistleStopsBy: Logan Williams

Hello I'm Logan Williams of "LoganWilliams' T and O Express."Throughout the month I have theopportunity to travel all over ourbeautiful state playing music andworking for the Honobia Big FootPrint. It is always an experience tovisit the many interesting businessesalong the way. Please take a ride alongwith me, as theT & O express makes its monthly"Whistle Stops".


At some point, I became aware of subtle movementsin the brush north of us. A swish of a branch here, acrackle of leaves there, I first noticed it about 100-150 yards away and it seemed to be slowly gettingcloser to us. There was a side slough runningperpendicular into the creek beside us. It was about20 feet wide and separated us from the thick brushwhere the noises were coming from.I wasnt at all concerned since many night animalssuch as armadillo, raccoon, coyotes etc., often foragethrough the night and are no serious threat. It wasthen I felt the very distinct feeling of being watchedand then a loud close snap of a fairly large twig beingstepped on. Not something any light four leggedanimal would do.My level of alertness perked up several notches and Ibegan to discreetly scan our entire perimeter, notwanting to concern my then 15 year old son.Nothing was there, so I then focused on the thickbrush line. I got up and strolled over to the truck cabretrieving a bright spotlight and began to scan in thatdirection.I cant precisely relate what I momentarily saw flashby the roving circle of light, but it looked like amans face recessed back in the brush. It was thereone split second and gone the next. I jerked the lightback to the spot, but then saw nothing. Noticing mysudden movement out of the corner of his eye, myson asked What are you doing Dad?? Oh nothing.just looking I replied, not wantingto sound a bit concerned to him, but was now not attotal peace with this subtle activity.I put the light up and sat back down and continuedfishing. Not more than 10 minutes, not less than 5, ahuge cinder block sized object came hurtling out ofthe brush line, crashing into the water less than 10feet from us. It produced a splash about like a 50pound child doing a cannon ball off the high dive.We both instinctively fell back in our folding chairs

Giants in Americacontinued from page 4

away from the splash as huge drops of water raineddown on us.WHAT WAS THAT!?...WHAT WAS THAT!?my son screamed out lunging to me and tightlyclutching my side as his terrified eyes wildly dartedabout.To Be Continued

Editors Note: Welcome to the Big Foot PRINT,Stewart Taylor. whose had quite a number of Big Footexperiences. After wowing the April Big FootConference & Festival crowd, he is slated as one of thespeakers for the 2013 Honobia Big Foot Conference &Festival in October. This story will certainly hold yourattentionit has mine. His articles will appear in eachissue through October. You wont want to miss any ofthem. Look for the continuation ofGiants in America, in the JUL-Aug issue.

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I need to earn some money this summer, I saidto myself. At only fifteen its hard to find a job. Anyway, Icant drive a car to get to work and Mom and Pop arealready busy. If I couldnt walk or ride Lightening, itwould be a big problem. When Pop was a kid, from the time he wasthirteen until he gradated from high-school, hehauled hay all summer. He said he made enoughmoney to buy his first truck and to get all the otherthings he needed during those years. Now-a-daysthough, everybody puts up those big round bales andthey dont need a bunch of guys out there loadingand unloading the bales. Id have to come up with something. It was such a pretty day and Id finished with mychores at home, so I decided to take a ride down andvisit Mrs. Pickens. I hadnt seen her in a couple ofweeks. We took our time going down the road and whenwe got there it was nearly eleven oclock. I figuredshed be in the house by then. I tied up oldLightening, walked up on the porch and knocked onthe door. There was no answer. I walked around the house and sure enough, herpickup was parked under the shed where she alwayskept it. I called out to her, but didnt hear a thing.Well, she must have gone off with someone else, Ithought, and started to go back around the house.Then I noticed the back door was standing open withjust the screen door shut. She wouldnt go offleaving it like that. I decided to look around a little before I left. Ichecked the chicken house, she wasnt there, but thechickens acted hungry. She usually fed them early.Maybe they were just greedy today. I headed to thebarn. When I stepped in from the bright sun, itseemed awful dark and all I could see was dust motesfloating in the shafts of light coming through thecracks between the boards. Then, I thought I heard asound over by the loft ladder. Mrs. Pickens, I said, are you in here? I heard a little moan and by then my eyes weregetting accustomed to the dark. I could see a bundleof something at the foot of the ladder. I rushed overto find Mrs. Pickens lying in a heap. She couldntmove and was not able to tell me what happened. There was an old horse blanket hanging over aboard and I placed that over her and ran to the house

to call 911. As soon as I had the ambulance on itsway, I took a lantern and went back to the barn. Iopened the doors to let in some light and fresh airthen sat down beside her to wait. It didnt take them long to get there. As they puther on the stretcher she moaned and hollered a lot. I think her shoulder is broken and she has a badknot on her head. It looks like she may have beenhere since last night, the paramedic said. Look here at this ankle, it sure is swollen, theother man said. Well get her right to the hospital.Are you her grandson? No, I said. She doesnt have any kin aroundhere. Well need her I.D. and insurance cards. Doyou know where she keeps that stuff? Yes, I think so, I said. I didnt really want togive them her purse with her being out of it and all soI said. You go ahead and Ill call my mom. Shellbe right down and help me find it and bring it to thehospital right away. Okay, son. But hurry on up there, they wont beable to do much until they get those cards. They took off and I ran to the house and calledMom. I found Mrs. Pickens purse where Id seenher keep it before. I put it and her keys on the frontporch swing, then shut up the house and unsaddledLightening and turned him loose in the barnyard.Just as Id finished closing up the barn Mom pulledinto the drive. On the way to the hospital I said, As soon as weget her settled, Ill have to come back and feed herchickens, gather the eggs and feed her other animals.Then I can ride Lightening back home. I sure hopeshes alright. Shell be okay, Mom said. Shes a tough oldbird. Yeah, but Mom, she couldnt even talk, I said. Dont worry son, she said, and patted myshoulder. It was nearly an hour before we could see her.She had tubes up her nose, in her arms and probablya few other places we didnt see, but she was awake. God bless you Chuck, she whispered. Itmight be a while before I get back home. Can youtake care of the animals and the yard and garden forme? Id be glad to pay you. Ill be happy to take care of everything and youdont need to worry about any pay after all youvedone for me. You just get well. They say I have a mild concussion, mycollarbone is broken, and left ankle is sprained andmy left hip is broken. Thats why I couldnt move.One of those top boards gave way with me on theladder. Maybe you can fix that too. I guess I laidthere all night. I just kept praying that youd find

me. I didnt think anyone else would look for me,but I knew you would. Some people in hospital uniforms came in andsaid they would be taking her down for more x-raysand MRIs and wed have to leave. We told hergoodbye and left the room. At the front desk we leftour telephone number to call if they needed anythingand said wed be back tonight. Mom drove me to Mrs. Pickens place and whenshe dropped me off she said, You have no idea howproud I am of you son. This will be a summer youllnever forget. Youll have a great time taking care ofMrs. Pickens and her place. I sure will. Problem solved! There would beno extra time on my hands this summer.

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