THE BUFFALO TRAIL

ONCE UPON A TIME THERE WAS A YOUNG BOY! A YOUNG BRAVE! ALL ALONE! ALONE AS YOU ARE! IN THE SHADOW OF A TREE. HE SCOUTED THE HUNTING TRAILS ALL OVER TEXAS! FOLLOWING THE BIG HERDS OF BUFFALO  OUT INTO THE DEEP GRASSLANDS! KNOWING NOT WHAT?…OR WHO EVER? HE MIGHT MEET! SOMETIMES FACE TO FACE! SOMETIMES NOSE TO NOSE! SOMETIMES EYE TO EYE! SOMETIMES TAILTO TAIL! HIGHTAILING IT FAST! TO SAFETY! FOR SAFETY’S SAKE! WITH HOOKS AND HORNS! NEAR ON THE TAILEND! HE FOLLOWED THE BUFFALO TRAILS THROUGH ALLTHE TALL GRASS WITH ONLY HIS TRUSTY LONG BLADE CUTTING HIS WAY THRU… ONLY STOPPING AT SUNDOWN!! TO BUILD A GRASSY NEST! OR A GRASSY FORT! TO SLEEP IN DURING THE NIGHT!

    NIGHTLY! HE DREAMED HE WAS BACK HOME~~~ PADDLING HIS CANOE IN THE RIVER OF HIS DREAMS! HIS BEST FRIENDS! WERE WAVING AT HIM! FROM THE WAVES OF TALL BLUE GRASS BLOWING IN THE WIND~~~ IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL BLUE DREAM! FULL OF BLUE BUFFALO GRAZING BENEATH  BEAUTIFUL BLUE STARS! IN THE BRIGHT BLUE MOONLIGHT!

    BUT WHILE HE WAS SLEEPING AND DREAMING~~~THE BUFFALO KEPT RIGHT ON MOVING~~~ FARTHER, AND FARTHER AWAY…WEAVING THROUGH THE TALL GRASS IN SEARCH OF THE MORNING SUN!

    GIANT HERDS OF BUFFALO TRAVELED THIS SAME TRAILTHRUTEXAS! FOR YEARS! AND YEARS! FOLLOWING THE DEER! THE ANTELOPE! AND THE MIGHTY BIG HORNS!

   AND NOW! FOR YOUR EYES ONLY! TODAY! YOU SHALL LOOK AND SEE THROUGH THE EYES OF THE EAGLE! CIRCLING FAR ABOVE ALLTHE DUST! SWHIRLING ABOUT THE HERDS OF BUFFALO IN THE AMAZING DISTANCE! FAR BEYOND ALL THE STRANGERS MOVING ABOUT ON THE HORIZON!

GLORY BE! AND THANKS BE TO GOD!
EVERYWHERE BRAVE JOHNNY WENT!
HIS CLOUD WAS SURE TO FOLLOW!
NOW WHO CAN SEE THE LIGHTNING?
WHO CAN HEAR THE THUNDER?
AND WHO SHALL INHERIT THE GIFT
OF THE WIND? AND WHO SHALL BRING FORTH
OUR GENTLE RAINS IN DUE SEASONS?
FOR ALL OUR RIGHTEOUS TREES!
SO LET THEM LIVE IN PEACE!
 JON-JOHNNEEEeee…JOHN-JONNEEeee
WAKE UP! O BRAVE JOHNNY!
ONCE IN A BLUEMOON IN THE HEART OF A TREE…
YOU WILL READ MY NAME! AND SEE MY NAME WRITTEN THERE!
O BLUEMOON SO BRIGHT!
SHINE ON MY TRUE LOVE TONIGHT!
THE HEART OF A TREE BELONGS TO THE SPIRIT OF A TREE!
A RIGHTEOUS TREE BELONGS TO GOD!
HAVE YOU HUGGED A TREE TODAY?
DID IT HUG YOU BACK?
COME TO TEXAS!
AND GET YOURSELF A HOLY HUG!
YOUR FREE HUG IS WAITING!
DOWN BY THE RIVER!
WHERE THE BUFFALO ROAM!
DEEP IN THE HEART OF TEXAS!