THE BIRTHPLACE OF JONJUAN

THIS IS FOR ALL MY READING FRIENDS!

    THE FIRST TIME I TRAVELED TO SEE MY FATHER, I WAS SIX YEARS OLD! MY FAVORITE COUSIN, PANCHO GOMEZ, CARRIED ME ACROSS THE RIO- GRANDE RIVER ON HIS SHOULDERS WITH MY LITTLE BIRD FRIEND, LITTLE DICKI CHICKY… HIDDEN AWAY IN MY STRAW BACKPACK!. I WILL NEVER FORGET MY DEAR COUSIN’S WORDS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE RIVER WHEN HE KNELT DOWN ON HIS KNEES TO PRAY…

“O HOLY FATHER, PLEASE DELIVER US SAFELY
ACROSS THE RIVER! AND PLEASE RETURN US
SOMEDAY TO THIS VERY SPOT!
AND UNTO YOU, DEAR HOLY MOTHER
PRAY FOR US AND HELP US
TO FIND A GOOD JOB FOR HONEST MONEY!”

    SO QUIETLY, WE SLIPPED INTO THE SHADOWS OF TEXAS UNDER THE LIGHT OF A FULL MOON! AND NATURALLY, LITTLE DICKI CHICKY GOT HIS FEET A LITTLE WET!  WE TRAVELED BENEATH THE MOONLIGHT FOLLOWING A BRIGHT STAR, AS WE WALKED THROUGH A CACTUS LAND FILLED WITH WILD CREATURES! AND NIGHT CRITTERS OF ALL SORTS! WE WOULD COOK OUR BACON, BEANS AND RICE, WITH OUR TORTILLAS, ON A SMALL FIRE UNDER THE SHADE OF THE MESQUITE TREES.  ANDTHIS NATURALLY MADE, LITTLE DICKI CHICKY VERY HAPPY! AND HE WOULD SOUND OFF! AND CROW! AND THIS WOULD MAKE MY COUSIN PANCHO VERY NERVOUS!

    IT WAS HOT! DURING THE HEAT OF THE DAY… SO WE WOULD SIESTA IN THE SHADOWS…HIDING OURSELVES FROM THE EYES OF THETEXAS BORDER PATROL. WHO WERE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR US! SOMETIMES SAW THEM RIDING THEIR HORSES UNDER THE MESQUITE TREES LOOKING FOR US… SO QUIETLY! WE MOVED ON THROUGH THE DESERT. MY COUSIN PANCHO TAUGHT ME HOW TO FOLLOW THE STAR, AND HOW TO CLIMB THE BARBED WIRE FENCES. AND NATURALLY, LITTLE DICKI CHICKY LEARNED HOW TO FOLLOW  BEHIND US…ON HIS TIPPEETOES! DUCKING UNDER THE FENCES…  MY LITTLE DICKI DOO!

    MANY TIMES OUR LIVES WERE IN DANGER! MY COUSIN PANCHO FELL DOWN SICK WITH A HOT FEVER. HE CALLED FOR WATER MANY TIMES! SO I TOOK OUR EMPTY WATER JAR, AND STARTED WALKING! WITH LITTLE DICKI CHICKY IN MY BACKPACK… BUT I FOUND NO WATER! NOR DID I SEE ANY ANOTHER LIVING SOUL!  GOD SAID TO PRAY…SO I PRAYED! AND  A STRONG WIND BROUGHT A DARK CLOUD! AND IT RAINED! I CAUGHT THE RAIN IN MY SOMBERO! AND I FILLED UP OUR WATER JAR! LITTLE DICKI CHICKY TOOK A LONG DRINK. AND HE STARTED SHAKING! SO I PUT HIM IN MY BACKPACK! AND I  WALKED FASTER TO GET THE WATER TO MY COUSIN PANCHO, WHO WAS FEELING MUCH BETTER! WE CLOSED OUR EYES, AND HID UNDER OUR SOMBEROS, TO STAY DRY BEHIND A BIG ROCK!

     EARLY THE NEXT MORNING, THE SUN WAS SHINING! SO I BUILT A LITTLE FIRE WITH SOME DRY STICKS OF WOOD, AND I COOKED MY COUSIN SOME BACON. HE WAS VERY HUNGRY! 

    SO WE TRAVELED TO THE BUZZARD ROOST RANCH!  IT WAS OUR NEW HOME! WITH A GOOD JOB! I FOUND MY FATHER! MY PAPA! HE WAS WORKING AT THE FEED STORE IN TOWN. HE WAS SO HAPPY! TO SEE ME! ALL SAFE AND SOUND!

    NOW HERE WE ARE TODAY! AND HERE I AM LEARNING IN SCHOOL. MY NEW NAME IN SCHOOL IS JONJUAN. BECAUSE MY MOTHER IN MEXICO NAMED ME JUAN! AND MY FATHER IN TEXAS CALLS ME JON! SOGOD GOVERNS MY LIFE NOW! AND WHERESO EVER I TRAVELTO WRITE MY GOOD BOOKS AND TO DO MY GOOD WORKS…  MEXICO SHALL ALWAYS BE MY MOTHERLAND! AND TEXAS SHALL ALWAYS BE MY FATHERLAND!

    TODAY I AM WORKING AT THE FEED STORE IN TOWN WITH MY FATHER! AND WE ARE SENDING MONEY TO MY MOTHER, AND MY LITTLE SISTER IN MEXICO! THEY ARE HAPPY! BUT IN MY DREAMS WHENEVER I CLOSE MY EYES… I CAN STILL SEE MY COUSIN PANCHO! MY COYOTE! HE NEEDS A GOOD JOB TOO! SO I WILL PRAY FOR HIM!

    NOW I MUST TELL YOU THIS SECRET… LITLE DICKI CHICKY, MY LITTLE DOODLE DOO… IS NOW, A BIG TIME WATCHCOCK! HE IS THE ALARM CLOCK AT THE BUZZARD ROOST RANCH! HE GETS UP EARLY! AND HE WORKS HARD FOR HIS CORN! AND HE IS VERY HAPPY WITH HIS HEN FRIENDS!

    DO YOU LIKE READING MY STORIES? DID YOU SEE MY PICTURES OF LITTLE DICKI CHICKY? THEY ARE FOR SALE…

SO GOODBYE FOR NOW! 
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