Thursday, July 12, 2007

We were at a Toastmaster's fun night and Al said, "Paul, You tell a story and then I'll tell a true story." Al said the first thing his brother Art wanted to do when he got back from Korea was to go hunting. There was a problem though, no transportation, Al had a friend with a car and talked Art into letting him come along. Jim drove up the Cabot trail, back in the days before guard rails . They arrived at Art's favourite spot and started along the trail into the woods. Jim, who owned the car was talking and Art told Al to tell him to shut up, they were hunting! The next time Jim opened his mouth, Art pointed his rifle around Al and at Jim, then said, shut up or I'll shoot you. As they came to the edge of a meadow, there was a large buck and a doe. Art up and shot the buck, the doe ran over the hill. Art then said Al was to come with him and Jim was to stay there and watch to see if the doe came back. Art and Al were dressing the buck when they heard a commotion up in the field, they rushed up to see Jim having an epileptic fit . Al grabbed a stick and tried to place it between Jim's teeth. He then tried to hold Jim and comfort him. At one point Art said, pushing Al aside with the rifle barrel again, "Here, let me put him out of his misery." The fit subsided, they dressed the deer and got it out to the car. Art drove back to Sydney and when Jim tried to tell him how to drive , Art told him to shut up or he would tie him on the other fender, for the trip home.

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