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NO 4th OF JULY PARADE

 

 

 

WHEN I WAS A KID WE LIVED IN AN OIL COMPANY CAMP THREE MILES EAST OF GLADEWATER TEXAS.  WE DIDN’T GO INTO TOWN VERY OFTEN.  MOTHER AND DAD TRADED AT A LITTLE GROCERY STORE – FILLING STATION JUST A MILE FROM OUR HOME.

 

DAD AND MR. JOE (OWNER OF THAT STORE) WERE HUNTING AND FISHING BUDDIES.  BUT THAT’S A WHOLE NOTHER STORY FOR A DIFFERENT TIME.  WHEN THEY WOULD GO OFF SOME WHERE FOR A WEEKEND HUNT OR FISHING TRIP I WOULD WORK AT THE STORE TO HELP MR. JOE’S WIFE.

 

ONE YEAR JUST BEFORE THE 4th OF JULY I WORKED IN THE STORE.  MR. JOE ALWAYS STOCKED A BUNCH OF FIREWORKS A COUPLE OF WEEKS BEFORE THE 4th.  AT CLOSING TIME I BOUGHT A BUNCH OF FIRE CRACKERS.  SOME OF THEM WERE THE LITTLE LADY FINGERS, SOME WERE REGULAR SIZED FIRE CRACKERS AND SOME WERE THE GIANT TWO INCH JOBS.

 

I WASN’T INTERESTED IN ROMAN CANDLES OR SPARKLERS.  I THOUGHT THOSE WERE FOR SISSIES.  I WAS JUST INTERESTED IN THE BANG AND THE BIGGER BANG THE BETTER.  YEAH I KNOW I SAID I BOUGHT SOME LADY FINGERS, BUT I INTENDED TO SET THEM OFF A WHOLE PACKAGE AT A TIME.

 

WELL I COULDN’T WAIT FOR THE 4th TO START SHOOTING MY FIRE CRACKERS.  ONE MORNING MY BUDDY SWEETPEA AND I WERE OUT IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE SHOOTING OFF FIRE CRACKERS.  I HAD JUST LIT A FULL PACKAGE OF LADY FINGERS AND THEY HAD BANGED AWAY FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES.

 

WHEN THEY FINALLY STOPPED SWEETPEA AND I WALKED OVER TO WHERE WE HAD SET THEM OFF.  WE FOUND SEVERAL LADY FINGERS ON THE GROUND THAT HAD NOT GONE OFF.  I HELD ONE BY THE VERY END AND TOLD SWEETPEA TO LIGHT IT.  IT MADE A SMALL BANG AND DIDN’T EVEN MAKE MY FINGERS STING.

 

SWEETPEA ASKED ME IF I WAS GOING TO TOWN ON THE 4th OF JULY TO WATCH THE PARADE?  THE 4th OF JULY WAS ON A WEDNESDAY THAT YEAR AND DAD WOULD HAVE TO WORK.  I TOLD SWEETPEA I WASN’T INTERESTED IN NO PARADE.  I JUST WANTED TO SHOOT MY FIRE CRACKERS.

 

WELL WE STARTED ON THE ONE INCH FIRE CRACKERS.  I WOULD LAY ONE ON THE GROUND, LIGHT IT AND RUN BACK A FEW STEPS.  AFTER AWHILE THIS GOT BORING.  SO I WOULD HAVE SWEETPEA LIGHT IT WHILE I WAS HOLDING IT AND I WOULD THROW IT UP INTO THE AIR WHERE IT WOULD GO OFF.

 

THAT WAS FUN UNTIL WE GOT ONE WITH A FAST FUSE.  JUST AS I BROUGHT MY ARM FORWARD TO THROW THE FIRE CRACKER IT WENT OFF.  OH BOY! DID IT HURT.  IT WASN’T ANYTHING LIKE THAT LADY FINGER HAD BEEN.  MY FINGERS WERE NUMB AND BURNED. 

 

THAT STOPPED OUR FIRE CRACKER SHOOTING FOR THAT DAY.  SWEETPEA WENT HOME AND I WENT INTO MY HOME.  BUT I DIDN’T SAY ANYTHING TO MY MOTHER.  SHE WOULD HAVE WANTED TO KNOW HOW IT HAPPENED AND I WASN’T ABOUT TO CONFESS TO HER THAT I HAD BEEN HOLDING LIGHTED FIRECRACKERS IN MY HAND.

 

SHE DID ASK ME IF I WANTED HER TO TAKE DAD TO WORK SO SHE WOULD HAVE THE CAR ON THE 4th SO SHE COULD TAKE ME TO THE 4th OF JULY PARADE.  I SURE WASN’T INTERESTED IN ANY PARADE RIGHT THEN AND I TOLD HER SO.

 

                                          

  BY LOREN MOORE

COPYRIGHT 2005

LOREN

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