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Our side kick made Eddie, Wally Clever's buddy, look like an angel.
Always into something or some place he should have steered clear of.
Rodent was th youngest of 4 kids, his siblings were quite a bit older. The oldest was an NCO Army Piper Cub pilot and retired after 20 years right after I turned 16. The other brother spent 4 years in the Navy and got out about when I turned 17.
Rodents Dad was severely old school, his boys minded until they whipped him and like magic he had them in the service.
Rodent was scrawny and was never going to challenge his dad.
But the lad talked a mean story.
In gardening season my bro and I had to finish up whatever was need in the garden Saturday morning before any plans we had could be done. Mom fixed a heavy weekend breakfast and we were always at it early. Just like clock work Rodent came up our farm lane on his ole mare, Crazy, and recently it was a Cushman scooter he found in the trash and rebuilt the engine using lawn mower rings. No muffler, you could hear the 2 stroke ring a ding coming for ever.
He would not assist but gave positive motivational speeches, like hurry it up we ain't got all day. We'd tell him don't make us climb this fence to stomp you. Or say don't you have chores at home? Does your Dad know you've snuck off again?
Today ole Rodent was full of himself, he said several things we knew were not true. Like, I'm not afraid of my old man, I'll kick his whatever if he misses with me.
Today was the day. We heard Rodents Dad yelling Rodent from a better part of a mile away. But voices carried well in the mountain air. WE said hey, you can show us how your' gonna kick his tail. Rodent stuck to his tough guy thang. Well like many times before Rodent would hide out all day and try to sneak in later. Today his dad had grown tired of the sneaking off and always to our place. A little later we heard, RODENT and it was not a half a mile away. Rodent never dreamed Dad would track him down. Today Rodent was to help cut Y shaped saplings and put them on some new goats to keep them from jumping the fences. They used goats for brush control.
The ole man better not come over here or I take care of his old hide.
The next time we heard RODENT it was getting close to the gate between our farms. His eyes got a little bigger, then he said you know I'm gonna run home and do some work.
Rodent wasn't cool but we all know what happened to Luke when the failure to communicate boss had his fill.
Today Rodent shoulda been home shaking the bushes boss.
Rodent hit the floor push starter and headed towards home. Bro and I decided to listen. WE heard the ring a dings slow to a murmur. Then we heard it REV up and run like heck. Later we learned the throttle had stuck wide open. Then we heard loud booms, crashes, the loud noises of an Italian scooter bouncig off Missouri Oak and Hickory trees.
Then we heard a weird noise, all of us that listened to Disney and saw Goofy fall off a cliff or mountain heard that whacky squall of death. That WHAHOOOOO! Wahooooooo!
that is the sound we heard every 2 or 3 seconds. Early on we heard a thump preceed the WAHOOOOO! After a while all we hears was the Wahoo getting fainter.
We did not see Rodent for a few weeks. The next morning on the way to church I looked at the side of the ridge on the other side of the holler, it was 3-400 yards top to bottom. The not yet gone full size and there it was the White Cushman.
It was there everyday when we went to and from school.
One Sat AM we are working in the garden when one of us noticed him walking our way. HE said he cam after his scooter and his dad said he could visit for 5 minutes.
We said we heard the scooter rev up and then head down hill bouncing off trees and then we heard this THUMP followed by a WAHOOOO!. What was it? He said his DAd opened the gate, when Rodent tried to rev it up and shoot the gap his Dad kicked Rodent off the scooter. Then Dad kicked his tail all the way home, THUMP WAHOOO!.
When summer rolled around we did not see him if he had chores to do. The next time you hear the Goofy yell, picture a tough guy trying to outrun his Dad's foot home and failing to do so. Rodent told us it's hard to get traction when both feet are airborne.
Always into something or some place he should have steered clear of.
Rodent was th youngest of 4 kids, his siblings were quite a bit older. The oldest was an NCO Army Piper Cub pilot and retired after 20 years right after I turned 16. The other brother spent 4 years in the Navy and got out about when I turned 17.
Rodents Dad was severely old school, his boys minded until they whipped him and like magic he had them in the service.
Rodent was scrawny and was never going to challenge his dad.
But the lad talked a mean story.
In gardening season my bro and I had to finish up whatever was need in the garden Saturday morning before any plans we had could be done. Mom fixed a heavy weekend breakfast and we were always at it early. Just like clock work Rodent came up our farm lane on his ole mare, Crazy, and recently it was a Cushman scooter he found in the trash and rebuilt the engine using lawn mower rings. No muffler, you could hear the 2 stroke ring a ding coming for ever.
He would not assist but gave positive motivational speeches, like hurry it up we ain't got all day. We'd tell him don't make us climb this fence to stomp you. Or say don't you have chores at home? Does your Dad know you've snuck off again?
Today ole Rodent was full of himself, he said several things we knew were not true. Like, I'm not afraid of my old man, I'll kick his whatever if he misses with me.
Today was the day. We heard Rodents Dad yelling Rodent from a better part of a mile away. But voices carried well in the mountain air. WE said hey, you can show us how your' gonna kick his tail. Rodent stuck to his tough guy thang. Well like many times before Rodent would hide out all day and try to sneak in later. Today his dad had grown tired of the sneaking off and always to our place. A little later we heard, RODENT and it was not a half a mile away. Rodent never dreamed Dad would track him down. Today Rodent was to help cut Y shaped saplings and put them on some new goats to keep them from jumping the fences. They used goats for brush control.
The ole man better not come over here or I take care of his old hide.
The next time we heard RODENT it was getting close to the gate between our farms. His eyes got a little bigger, then he said you know I'm gonna run home and do some work.
Rodent wasn't cool but we all know what happened to Luke when the failure to communicate boss had his fill.
Today Rodent shoulda been home shaking the bushes boss.
Rodent hit the floor push starter and headed towards home. Bro and I decided to listen. WE heard the ring a dings slow to a murmur. Then we heard it REV up and run like heck. Later we learned the throttle had stuck wide open. Then we heard loud booms, crashes, the loud noises of an Italian scooter bouncig off Missouri Oak and Hickory trees.
Then we heard a weird noise, all of us that listened to Disney and saw Goofy fall off a cliff or mountain heard that whacky squall of death. That WHAHOOOOO! Wahooooooo!
that is the sound we heard every 2 or 3 seconds. Early on we heard a thump preceed the WAHOOOOO! After a while all we hears was the Wahoo getting fainter.
We did not see Rodent for a few weeks. The next morning on the way to church I looked at the side of the ridge on the other side of the holler, it was 3-400 yards top to bottom. The not yet gone full size and there it was the White Cushman.
It was there everyday when we went to and from school.
One Sat AM we are working in the garden when one of us noticed him walking our way. HE said he cam after his scooter and his dad said he could visit for 5 minutes.
We said we heard the scooter rev up and then head down hill bouncing off trees and then we heard this THUMP followed by a WAHOOOO!. What was it? He said his DAd opened the gate, when Rodent tried to rev it up and shoot the gap his Dad kicked Rodent off the scooter. Then Dad kicked his tail all the way home, THUMP WAHOOO!.
When summer rolled around we did not see him if he had chores to do. The next time you hear the Goofy yell, picture a tough guy trying to outrun his Dad's foot home and failing to do so. Rodent told us it's hard to get traction when both feet are airborne.
