OH, HI JOHNNIE. I THOUGH I
HEARD THE DOOR BELL RING. COME ON IN. NO NO LITTLE FOX
DON’T JUMP UP ON JOHNNIE. I’M SORRY JOHNNIE BUT LITTLE
FOX THINKS THAT ANYONE THAT COMES IN HAS COME TO SEE
HER.
LET’S GO OUT ON THE BACK PORCH.
I MADE US SOME LEMONADE AND PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES. WOULD
YOU CARRY THAT TRAY WITH THE GLASSES AND LEMONADE AND
I’LL BRING THIS PLATE OF COOKIES.
JUST SET THE TRAY DOWN ON THE
TABLE AND I’LL PUT THE COOKIES HERE BESIDE IT. DO YOU
MIND POURING US A GLASS OF LEMONADE? THANKS. SIT THERE
IN THE ROCKING CHAIR NEXT TO THE TABLE SO YOU CAN REACH
THE COOKIES. I’LL SIT OVER HERE IN THE PORCH SWING.
OH LOOK, THERE IS A FIREFLY.
THAT’S THE FIRST ONE I’VE SEEN THIS EVENING. THERE ARE A
LOT OF FIREFLIES OUT HERE BY THE LAKE. SOUNDS LIKE THE
TREE FROGS ARE TUNING UP FOR THEIR NIGHTLY SERENADE. IT
WON’T BE LONG BEFORE THE BIG BULL FROG STARTS HIS SONG.
THE MOON IS FULL TONIGHT AND IT
WILL BE BEAUTIFUL COMING UP FROM BEHIND THE CYPRUS
TREES. JOHNNIE, CADDO LAKE IS ONE OF THE PRETTIEST
PLACES I’VE EVER BEEN.
YOU KNOW CADDO LAKE IS GOD’S
LAKE. HE MADE IT WITH AN EARTH QUAKE IN 1811. MAN DIDN’T
MAKE CADDO. I GUESS THAT’S THE REASON IT’S THE PRETTIEST
LAKE IN TEXAS.
YOUR GLASS IS EMPTY. POUR
YOURSELF SOME MORE LEMONADE. NO THANKS, I DON’T WANT ANY
MORE RIGHT NOW.
CRRRUMP CRRRUMP CRRRUMP CRRRUMP.
THERE’S THAT BULL FROG I TOLD YOU ABOUT. HE STARTS
SINGING JUST BEFORE DARK. IT WONT BE LONG NOW UNTIL THE
OWLS START THEIR NIGHTLY CONVERSATION.
NOW THAT THE MOON IS COMING UP
WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO OUT ON THE LAKE FOR A LITTLE BOAT
RIDE? OK, LET’S WALK DOWN TO THE DOCK. HERE YOU BETTER
PUT THIS WIND BREAKER ON. I LEAVE MY BOAT IN THE WATER
AND IT IS TIED UP AT MY DOCK.
WATCH YOUR STEP. IT’S A LONG
STEP DOWN INTO THE BOAT. HERE’S A LIFE JACKET FOR YOU.
WE WILL JUST CRUSE OUT PAST THE CYPRESS TREES SO WE CAN
WATCH THE MOON COME UP.
I’LL STOP THE MOTOR NOW AND WE
CAN JUST SIT HERE AND LISTEN TO ALL THE NIGHT SOUNDS AND
LOOK AT THE MOON. HEAR THE RAFT OF MUD HENS OUT THERE IN
THE OPEN WATER? THERE MUST BE 200 OR 300 OF THEM. ALL
THE CLUCKING AND SQUAWKING AND CARRYING ON, THEY SOUND
LIKE A BUNCH OF WOMEN AT A SEWING CIRCLE MEETING. HA HA.
NOW DON’T TAKE OFFENCE.
YES THAT WAS A BIG SPLASH. OH I
HAVE FISHED OUT HERE AT NIGHT BUT THAT’S A WHOLE NOTHER
STORY FOR A DIFFERENT TIME. THAT SPLASH WAS PROBABLY
SOME BASS CATCHING HIS SUPPER.
ONCE IN A WHILE YOU CAN HEAR
SOME BIRD OVER IN THE CYPRESS TREES SQUAWK. YES, SOME OF
THE SOUNDS ARE A LITTLE SCARY.
LOOK OVER THERE. SEE THAT
BEAVER SWIMMING TOWARD HIS DEN? I LOVE IT OUT HERE AT
NIGHT. IT’S SO PEACEFUL. YOU CAN SIT OUT HERE AND SEE
GOD’S WORLD AND KNOW ALL IS RIGHT IN THE WORLD TONIGHT.
AT LEST HERE ON CADDO LAKE.
YES THAT IS A TRAIN WHISTLE.
SOUND CARRIES A LONG WAY AT NIGHT. THE NEAREST TRAIN
TRACKS ARE AT WASKEM 12 MILES AWAY.
YOU LOOK LIKE YOUR GETTING
CHILLY. IT GETS COLD OUT HERE ON THE WATER AFTER DARK.
WE BETTER GO IN. I’LL GO SLOW SO IT WON’T BE SO COLD ON
YOU.
LET ME TIE THE BOAT TO THE DOCK
AND THEN I’LL HELP YOU UP ONTO THE DOCK. HOOO HOOO HOOO
HEEE HEEE. THERE’S MY NEIGHBOR, THE OWL. HE SAW US COME
BACK AND HE IS SAYING WELCOME.
JOHNNIE STAND STILL AND BE REAL
QUITE. LOOK DOWN THE BANK IN THAT DIRECTION. DO YOU SEE
THAT MOMMA COON AND HER THREE BABIES COMING ALONG THE
EDGE OF THE WATER. THEY COME BY EVERY NIGHT ABOUT THIS
TIME LOOKING FOR THEIR SUPPER.
WELL I KNOW YOU HAVE OTHER
THINGS TO DO. SO I UNDER STAND THAT YOU HAVE TO LEAVE.
BUT IT WAS VERY KIND OF YOU TO TAKE TIME TO COME VISIT
AN OLD GEEZER LIKE ME. VISITING WITH YOU YOUNGSTERS
KEEPS ME YOUNG AT HEART.
THANK YOU FOR COMING AND COME
BACK ANY TIME. YOU BE CAREFUL DRIVING HOME NOW. GOOD
NIGHT.
WELL LITTLE FOX DO YOU WANT TO
GO FOR A BOAT RIDE. I THINK I’LL GO BACK OUT ON THE LAKE
AND TALK TO GOD FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
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