Don’t Fence Me In

O FRIENDS…NOW HERE IS A STORY YOU MIGHT LIKE TO READ OVER AND OVER AGAIN TO EACH OTHER BEFORE YOU SACK OUT IN YOUR TEEPEE.

    I BUILT A HIGH FENCE AROUND MY TEEPEE FOR A FEW GOOD REASONS… I NEEDED A SPOT TO BE ALONE!  A SPECIAL SPOT! SO I COULD WALK OUTSIDE MY TEEPEE AND WATCH THE SUN! AND THE WHITE CLOUDS! WITH THE BLUE SKY!  AND AT NIGHT! TO SEE THE YELLOW MOON! WITH THE BRIGHT STARS!

    WITHOUT MY HIGH FENCE… EYES, WERE ALWAYS WATCHING ME! EVERYTHING WAS WATCHING EVERY MOVE I MAKE! STANDING IN MY VIEW! FOR HEAVENS SAKES! THINK ABOUT MY PRIVACY! 

     FOR REASON NUMBER TWO! #2 MY HIGH FENCE WAS GOOD… BECAUSE THE BUFFALO COULD NOT GET IN! AND ‘LITTLE MAMA‘, MY FRIENDLY HORSE, COULD NOT GET OUT! I LIKE TO KEEP MY HORSE CLOSE BY, BECAUSE WE ARE FRIENDS! I AM HER HUMAN FRIEND! AND SHE IS MY ANIMAL FRIEND! I FEED HER REAL GOOD! AND SHE LET’S ME RIDE! SOMETIMES FAST! SOMETIMES SLOW…

   BUT EVERY NOW AND THEN, SHE WOULD JUMP OUT! AND OVER MY HIGH FENCE… AND AWAY SHE WOULD GO… CHASING THE BUFFALO! STIRRING UP CLOUDS OF DUST! RUNNING IN CIRCLES! AND SHOWIN’ OFF! JUST TO ANGER THE BUFFALO!  AND NATURALLY, THEY CHASED AFTER HER! AND AS FAR AS I CAN TELL… SHE IS RUNNING FAST! WITH MY BUFFALO FRIENDS HOT ON HER TAIL!

    AND REASON NUMBER THREE! #3… AND THIS IS A FACT! MY HIGH FENCE WAS GOOD FOR KEEPING BACK THE WOLVES,THE BEARS, THE WILDCATS, AND THE BIG SNAKES OF ALL SORTS!

     BUT NATURALLY, YOU WERE SAFE! HIDDEN INSIDE! AND AS HAPPY! AS A BIRD! IN A BRUSH PILE!  WHEN NOTHING COULD GET IN! TO SEE YOU! BUT NATURALLY, I MADE A STRONG LADDER TOGET OUT AND OVER MY HIGH FENCE!

     DOZENS OF PASSERS  BY! AND LOTS OF STRANGERS! MUST HAVE THOUGHT MY HIGH FENCE WAS JUST A BUNCH OF OLD WASHED UP LOGS AND LIMBS! PILED UP ON TOP OF EACHOTHER NEAR THE RIVER! THIS WAS GOOD! AND I GOT A HA! HA! HA! FOR THEM! BECAUSE NO ONE EVER SAW ME! OR SAW MY HORSE!

    NOW THIS IS A SECRET NOBODY KNEW! INSIDE MY HIGH FENCE, I HAD A SECRET TUNNEL FROM THE BACK OF MY TEEPEE OUT TO THE BIG ROCKS INTHE RIVER! WHERE I KEPT MY CANOE! DURING THE DRY SUMMERS…IT WAS THE FASTEST WAY TO GET OUT OF MY HIGH FENCE WHEN WILDFIRES OUT OF CONTROL! STARTED BY LIGHTNING! WOULD BURN EVERYTHING UP! AND I WOULD HAVE TO MOVE FAST! TOTURN LITTLE MAMA LOOSE!TO PICK UP CAMP FAST! AND TO MAKE IT TO THE RIVER FAST! DRAGGING MY TEEPEE>>>THRU MY SECRET TUNNEL>>>> AND THROWING ALL MY GOOD STUFF IN MY CANOE! >>>>  TO PADDLE LIKE CRAZY! >>>>BEFORE THE WILDFIRE! BURNED IT ALL DOWN!

      LITTLE MAMA WAS RUNNING WILD OUT OF THERE! HIGHTAILING IT TO SAFETY! AND GREENER PASTURES! WITH A WHIRLWIND! AND A FIRE ON HER TAIL! I SAVED MYSELF BY JUMPING IN THE RIVER! BUT THE WHIRLWIND LIFTED LITTLE MAMA UP~~HIGH! AND BLEW HER AWAY~~~ MY LITTLE HORSE JUST SORTA DISAPPEARED! OUT OF MY SIGHT…  I CRIED ALL DAY! AND ALL NIGHT!  I SEARCHED EVERYWHERE FOR MY LITTLE MAMA! SADLY, I CALLED FOR HER!  AND I LOOKED EVERYWHERE IN THE RIVER VALLEY! AND I FOLLOWED THE MEADOW LARKS TO EVERY GRASSY MEADOW! SEACHING HIGH AND LOW! FOR MY ANIMAL FRIEND!

    THANKFULLY AT LAST! THE BLUE JAYS FOUND LITTLE MAMA IN RAINBOW VALLEY! SHE WAS ALL SAFE! AND SOUND! AND FULL OF GREEN GRASS! SHE WAS A LITTLE DIZZY HEADED… AND A BIT SHOOK UP!  BUT SHE REMEMBERED ME! AND WE WENT ONWARD TOGETHER! AS FRIENDS DO IN TEXAS! WE’RE ALWAYS MOVING TOWARD GREENER PASTURES! AND HAPPIER HILLS! TO ENJOY ALL OF GOD’S SPECIAL CREATURES!

    NOW HERE WE ARE! AND HERE YOU ARE! AND I HOPE YOU HAVE A LOT OF FUN AT YOUR HOUSE! AND I HOPE YOU HAVE A GOOD FIRE! BUT AS FOR NOW… AND FOR A LITTLE WHILE LONGER, WE ARE OUT HERE DEEP IN THE HEART OF TEXAS! AND WE ARE GOING TO BUILD US A BRAND NEW HIGH FENCE! DO YOU SEE US? LOOK DOWN THERE BY THE RIVER! WHERE THE DEER AND THE BUFFALO ROAM! CAN YOU STILL SEE US? DEAR FRIENDS! I HOPE YOU ARE ON THE RIGHT TRAIL IN THE END!

SO SIGNED…
YOUR FRIEND FOREVER
JOHNNY WHITEAGLE
AND
‘LITTLE MAMA’
WE LOVE YOU!
UUUU!