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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.

  BY LOREN MOORE

COPYRIGHT 1999

 

 

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