YOUR TIME HAS COME TO WISH UPON A STAR!

THIS IS A STORY FOR YOU TO READ ON YOUR BIRTHDAY!

    LITTLE JOHNNY WAS BORN DEEP IN THE HEART OF TEXAS UNDER A YELLOW PEAR TREE IN THE FALL OF THE YEAR. HIS DEAR MOTHER BECAME SURROUNDED AND TRAPPED BY A LARGE HERD OF GRAZING BUFFALO  MOVING THRU THE GRASSY MEADOW BESIDE THE RIVER THAT FLOWED BETWEEN THE TWIN MOUNTAINS. HIS MOTHER WAS GATHERING PEARS BENEATH A YELLOW PEAR TREE WHEN HER BIRTH PAINS CAME…

    THE HERD OF BUFFALO SLOWLY GRAZED ON BY… EACH ONE STOPPING TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE PALE FACED BABY BOY! ONE BY ONE,THE BUFFALO STOPPED TO SNIFF THE AIR! TO STOMP THE GROUND! AND TO LISTEN TO THE SOUNDS OF LITTLE JOHNNY’S HEART BEATING!… LIKE A BIG DRUM! THE BUFFALO WANTED TO SEE THE BOY CHILD!

   EVEN THE RED BUFFALO CALVES! CAME SNORTING! AND JUMPING FOR JOY! WAVING THEIR LONG RED TAILS HIGH IN THE AIR! KICKINGTHEIR HOOVES UP HIGH! WITH A TWIST! AND A TURN!  RUNNING IN CIRCLES! AROUND EACH OTHER IN THE GRASSY MEADOW FILLED WITH WILD FLOWERS! AND WILD BUFFALO!

    O THANKS BE TO GOD! LITTLE JOHNNY LIVED TO DIG IN HIS DEAR MOTHER’S GARDEN! HE GREW FAST! LIKE THE CORN STALKS HE PLANTED! AT STORY TELLING TIME, THE WHOLE TRIBE ATE LOT’S OF POPCORN! THANKS BE TO JOHNNY! HE WAS A GOOD WORKER IN THE GARDEN! ANDTHE LIVESTOCK KNEW HIS VOICE WELL!

    EACH MORNING, HE FILLED WATER JUGS AT THE DRIPPING SPRINGS!  AND  HE WOULD FIRST CARRY FRESH WATER TO HIS CHIEF!  ANDTHEN TO HIS DEAR MOTHER! AND HIS LITTLE SISTER! AND EVERY AFTERNOON, HE HELPED GATHER FIREWOOD FOR THE COOKING FIRES AROUND CAMP!

    BUT MOSTLY, DURING THE DAY, HE JOINED HIS FRIENDS LOOKING FOR BERRIES AND GRAPES! AND WILDTURKEY EGGS! HIDDEN IN THE HIGH GRASS NEAR THE RIVER! JOHNNY ALWAYS LEFT TWO BIG EGGS, SOMETIMES THREE! EGGS IN THE NEST! SO THE HAPPY TURKEY WOULD COME BACK AND SIT ON THE NEST! TO LAY SOME MORE EGGS! THE LONESTAR BUFFALO TRIBE ATE A LOT OF EGGS!

    THE NEIGHBOR GIRL LIVING IN THE TEEPEE NEXT DOOR WAS ALWAYS LOOKING FOR ADVENTURE! SHE FOLLOWED BRAVE JOHNNY EVERY DAY! EVERYWHERE HE WENT! SHE HELPED HIM GATHER PEACHES! AND PEARS! PLUMS! AND GRAPES!  WHERESOEVER THEY WERE FOUND! SHE LOVED TO SHAKE THE LIMBS IN THE TOPS OF THE TREES! WITH HER LONG CANE POLE! SO JOHNNY COULD GATHER UP ALL THE GOOD STUFF! IN HIS BASKETS! HE ALWAYS LEFT SOME OF THE FRUIT AND THE NUTS ON THE GROUND FOR HIS ANIMAL FRIENDS! WHO WERE ALWAYS WATCHING! GETTING READY TO MUNCH OUT! 

    MY LONESTAR BUFFALO TRIBE ATE A LOT OF FRUIT AND NUTS OF ALL SORTS! MOSTLY AROUND THE CAMPFIRES! AT STORY TELLING TIME! AND IT’S JUST ABOUT DARK…

     EVERYWHERE BRAVE JOHNNY WENT… LITTLE TREASURE FOLLOWED! THE HAPPY SPIRIT WAS WITH THEM! WHEN BRAVE JOHNNY WAS HAVING FUN! LITTLE TREASURE WAS HAVING FUN! WHEN THE TWO FRIENDS WERE HAPPY! EVEN THE WEATHER WAS HAPPY! BUT WHEN THE TWO NEIGHBORS WERE SAD… SO WAS THE WEATHER…

     WHEN JOHNNY  BEAT ON HIS DRUM! LITLLE TREASURE WOULD SING! AND THEY WOULD DANCE!  AND SOON! A STRONG WIND WOULD COME BURSTING IN~~~ COMING FROM THE EAST! BRINGING A BRIGHT AMBER COLORED CLOUD!  WITH A SILVER LINNG! WITH GOLDEN THUNDERBOLTS! SHOOTING OUT OF THE CLOUD AS ARROWS! MAKING STRONG STATIC SOUNDS! WITH STRONG HISSING SOUNDS FOLLOWING…  AND NATURALLY! WHEN THE CHIEF WOULD RUN! THE WHOLE TRIBE WOULD RUN!

    BUT NO! NOT JOHNNY! NOT LITTLE TREASURE! THEY JUST STOOD THERE! HOLDING HANDS! AND PRAYING! NOTHING SCARED THEM! AS THE WIND FROM THE CLOUD WOULD PICK THEM UP! AND FLY THEM AROUND CAMP~~~  JUST ABOVE THE TEEPEES! ANDTHE WIND TOOK THEM UP HIGH~~~ WAY UP! INTHE CLOUDS! LIKE EAGLES SOARING! WITH THE WHOLE TRIBE WATCHING!

    WHEN LITTLE JOHNNY WAS SMILING! LITTLE TREASURE WAS SMILING! SO NATURALLY!  THE CHIEF! AND THE WHOLE TRIBE WAS SMILING! THE SPIRIT WAS WITH THEM! AND WHEN THE TWO  BRAVE EAGLES WERE READY TO COME BACK DOWN FOR A LANDING… THEY WOULD CROSS THEIR ARMS! AND SHOUT  A ‘YA HOO!’ ANDTHE CLOUD WITH THE SILVER LINING! AND THE GOLDEN THUNDERBOLTS! AND THE WIND! WOULD SLOWLY START TO DISAPPEAR! … SAFELY LANDING THEM BACK DOWN ON THE GROUND! EVERYTIME!

    BUT SOMETIMES! THEY LANDED IN THE TREES! AND THEY HAD TO CLIMB DOWN! AND SOMETIMES…THEY LANDED IN THE RIVER! AND THEY HAD TO SWIM! WITH THE WHOLE TRIBE STANDING UP! AND CHEERING!

    SO THE GOOD NEWS OF THE SPIRIT SPREAD LIKE THE WIND~~~ FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS CAME FROM ALL OVER TEXAS! TO WATCH THE BRAVE ONES FLY! AND TO DANCE WITH THE CHIEF! SOME CAME SHOUTING FOR JOY! BRINGING GIFTS FOR THE CHIEF! WANTING TO DANCE TO THE BEAT OF OUR DRUM!

    OUR THUNDER COULD SHAKE THE GROUND! BENEATH EVERYONES DANCING FEET~~~ LIKE A BIG DRUM~~~ OUR VISITING NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS ALWAYS RAN FOR THEIR LIVES~~~TO HIDE IN OUR TEEPEES! WITH THEIR HAIR STANDING STRAIGHT UP! WHEN THEY STARTED TO FEEL THE STATIC~~~ ELECTRICITY! COMING FROM OUR CLOUD!

    O GLORY BE TO GOD! FOR ALL THOSE BRAVE CHILDREN WHO CAN PRAY! TO BE HAPPY! TO HOLD THEIR GROUND! TO ENJOYTHE FULLNESS OF LIFE! NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS NEXT! HERE ON EARTH! OUR CHILDREN SHALL FOREVER BE IN THE SPIRIT OF THE LONESTAR BUFFALO TRIBE! FREE TO BE CHOSEN! TO HAVE A LITTLE FUN! A LITTLE FOOD! AND LITTLE FRIENDSHIP! DEEP IN THE HEART OFTEXAS!

NOW WHERE ARE YOU TWO? WHERE ARE YOU HIDING?
ARE YOU? THE TWO BRAVE ONES? WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR? 
jOHN-JONNEEeee! …LITTLE TREASURRRE!
WHERE ARE YOU? ARE YOU SLEEPING?
ARE YOU PLAYING POSSUM?
WAKE UP! IT’S SHOW TIME!
IT’S YOUR TIME TO FLY!
ALL HIGH AND MIGHTY!
IN THE WIND AND SKY!
WITH THE WHOLE TRIBE WATCHING!
THIS STORY COMES FROM THE CHIEF!
OF THE LONESTAR BUFFALO TRIBE!
THE THUNDER BOOMERS!