Chasing Redbird
“My proposal was that I would spend the rest of the summer camping along the trail. That way I wouldn’t have to trek back and forth each day, and I could speed along with my mission.
“Zinny,” my father said, “I’m not sure you should be up there alone.”
“Why not?” I said. “There’s nobody around. It’s just me and the trees and the birds.”
“What about the lions and tigers?” Sam asked.
“There aren’t any lions and tigers, Sam,” Mom said. “But bobcats, maybe, and deer—and maybe a bear or two—”
I wasn’...t afraid of deer. I’d heard about the bobcats and bears, but these were just stories, I figured. “I’ve never seen anything like that up there,” I said. “Besides, if I don’t bother them, they won’t bother me.”
“You’re too young,” Dad said.
“Too young? Weren’t you eleven years old when you drove Uncle Nate’s truck from here to Mississippi?”
“Well,” he stumbled, “times were different then.”
“And Mom, weren’t you twelve when you backpacked through Kentucky?”MoreLess
“Zinny,” my father said, “I’m not sure you should be up there alone.”
“Why not?” I said. “There’s nobody around. It’s just me and the trees and the birds.”
“What about the lions and tigers?” Sam asked.
“There aren’t any lions and tigers, Sam,” Mom said. “But bobcats, maybe, and deer—and maybe a bear or two—”
I wasn’...t afraid of deer. I’d heard about the bobcats and bears, but these were just stories, I figured. “I’ve never seen anything like that up there,” I said. “Besides, if I don’t bother them, they won’t bother me.”
“You’re too young,” Dad said.
“Too young? Weren’t you eleven years old when you drove Uncle Nate’s truck from here to Mississippi?”
“Well,” he stumbled, “times were different then.”
“And Mom, weren’t you twelve when you backpacked through Kentucky?”MoreLess
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