THIS IS THE WILDERNESS! AND THIS IS THE WOODS! AND THIS IS MY VERY FIRST TEEPEE! SOMETIMES I HID IN THE WILDERNESS! AND SOMETIMES I HID IN THE WOODS! AND A LOT OF TIMES I JUST HID OUTBACK IN MY TEEPEE BEING REAL GOOD IN A REAL GOOD SPOT! MY TEEPEE WAS WARM IN THE WINTER AND COOL IN THE SUMMER.

    SOMETIMES, DURINGTHE SUMMER, I WENT FISHING! PLENTY OF FISH WERE ALWAYS JUMPING IN MY GOOD FISHING SPOTS!  AND I JUST  LOVED TO CLIMB TREES IN THE WOODS! ALLTHE TREES LOVED ME! BECAUSE I TRIMMED THEM ON MY WAY UP! AND ON MY WAY DOWN!

    AND DURING THE SUMMER, MY FRIENDS WOULD COME OVER! AND STOP BY! SOME JUST TO SAY HELLO! AND SOME, JUST TO SAY HI!   

    LITTLE TREASURE IS MY NEAREST NEIGHBOR! SHE IS MY VERY BEST FRIEND! SHE LOVED TO FISH! OUT THERE>>>> AROUND THE RIVER BEND! AND IF NO ONE WAS WATCHING? SHE WOULD JUMP IN! TO SWIM DOWN TO THE BOTTOM! JUST AS FAR AS SHE COULD GO! TO WAKE UP THE FISH! THAT WERE SLEEPING IN THE DEEP WATER BELOW! SHE WAS SO SMART! BUT SOON SHE HAD TO GO!

    AND THEN BLUEMOON FOUND ME! SHE LIVED  IN A TEEPEE NEARBY! SHE WAS HIDING IN THE BUSHES! ALONG THE RIVER! TO WATCH ME PADDLE BY! SOMETIMES SHE WOULD WAVE! AND SOMETIMES SHE WOULD SAY HELLO!  BUT THEN SHE WOULD JUMP! AND RUN AWAY…JUST AS FAST AS SHE COULD GO! DID SHE WANT ME TO CHASE HER? WHY NOT? WAS SHE SO SHY? ALL I WANTED TO SAY IS HELLO! AND… GOOD-BYE!

   BUT AFTER THAT LITTLE BEAVER FOUND ME! SHE LIVED NEAR THE BEAVER POND! WHEN HER BROTHERS SAW US! WE WERE PLAYING IN THE MUD! SO WE RAN! AND HID! IN A BEAVERS HOUSE! MADE OF STICKS AND CRUD! SHE WAS SO MUCH FUN! FUN! FUN!

     AND LATER! BIGTEARS FOUND ME! SHE WAS CRYING,,, SO I CHEERED HER UP! AND SOON WE WERE BOTH LAUGHING! AND DRINKING WATER… FROM THE SAME WATER CUP! BIGTEARS WAS LOOKING DOWN IN THE BIG VALLEY BELOW… AND SHE SPOTTED A BIG WHITE BUFFALO!! SO WE WATCHED! WE WAITED! AND WE PRAYED! WE HID HIGH! AND LOW! GREATLY! WE SAW OUR VISION! IN THE CLOUDS! COMING FROM THE WHITE BUFFALO! CHEERIOS!

     MUCH NEEDED AT LAST!  I PADDLED MY CANOE BACK HOME… TO REST IN MY TEEPEE… WITH NO MORE FISHING! AND NO MORE TO ROAM, BUT ONLY TO FIND… LITTLE TREASURE WAS WAITING! AMONGST MY THINGS TO SHARE HER WISDOM! WITH A PIECE OF HER MIND…

“MY DEAR JOHNNY!
YOUR TREASURE IS WHERE YOUR HEART IS….
HIDDEN DEEP INSIDE OF YOU!
A TREASURE IS INSIDE OF ME TOO!
SO LOOK TO THE STARS TO SEE YOUR FUTURE!
DO YOU SEE ME? SOMEWHERE IN YOUR LIFE…
WILL I BE A LIGHT? WILL I BE YOUR WIFE?”
HE SAID… “WAIT AND SEE!
WHEN YOU LOOK INSIDE YOUR HEART…
DO YOU SEE ME?”
AND IF MY HEART IS CALLING FOR YOU
WHAT SHALL I DO?