Another letter to Daughter (standard:humor, 998 words)
Author: writer_52	Added: Oct 31 2002	Views/Reads: 3381/4	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
Anothr letter from a loving Appalichian Farmer to his daughter

Hi Little Girl 

I know it has been a while since I last wrote ya but, it has been a
little crazy round here since last we talked.. I had a little accident 
while plowing the north side of the upper garden plot.. Now don't go 
gittin skeered on me I am alright,wish I could say the same fer that 
old Mule,don't recon he will ever be the same again.. 

Like I said I wuz a plowing up there and finally took it to go ahead and
git that stump out I had been plowing around fer years.. Don't know if 
you remember or not but it was that big red oak that you and the other 
kids would swing on when you wuz younguns.. I just didn't have the 
heart to take up what was left after it got felled by that lightening 
strike a few years back.. when I lookd at that stump i remembered how 
much fun you kids use to have on that thing,course it did make a Heap 
of fire wood so wasn't a total loss I recon.. 

Anyways I figgered on diggin it up but that thang musta had a root that
sunk clean to china, cause I dug and dug and couldn't get it to budge.. 
So I rapped the Log chain around it and tried to git that Mule to see 
if he could pull it out, but no matter how hard he pulled he just 
couldn't budge it.. 

I sat there a while and decided if it was gonna come out I was gonna
need some dinemite and blast that contrary thang outta where it wus.. 
So i walked back to the barn and got me 3 sticks and went back after 
that stump.. 

By the time I got back I wus bout as tired as I could be so I went over
and set down in the woods a while, and decided I would unhook the plow 
from the mule and move him up there by me soes he wouldn't take off 
when the blast went off.. 

I went out and put that stuff round the base and tied me about 2 foot of
fuse to it.. I wanted to make sure it didn't go off with me no where 
near it.. Well once I lite it I took off running towards  the woods and 
got in beside that mule sos he could protect me incase something came 
that way.. I'd ruther that Mule git hit instead of me as I seen it.. 

Well bout the time I got in beside that animal the dinemite went off and
blowed that stump so high in the air I almost couldn't see it no more.. 
Well when it came down it hit about 20 feet from where me and that mule 
stood..  I Never in all my days seen anything jump as high as that mule 
jumped.. He jumped so high he broke his bridle off and he took off like 
he was the one shot instead of that stump.. That wouldn't of been so 
bad except my foot bein in the plow line.. 

So when he took off, the line grabbed my foot and pulled me down and
hung me up to that critter.. I never in all my days been so mad and 
skered all at the same time.. He was running cross that new plowed 
ground like the devil his self was after him, and draggin me a Screamin 
fer him to whoa at the same time.. 

Needless to say either he didn't hear me or he wasn't listening cause he
never slowed down at all.. He run clean cross that field with me a 
bounceing cross them furrows like a danged jumpin bean first my butt 
then my head would bounce, I musta looked like a rag doll cause I had 
no controll over that animal at all..No matter how much I hollered 
seemed he was on a mission and what happened to me wusn't no part of 
it.. 

He run towards that fence and I was hoping he would stop but he didn't
even slow down, he run clean threw it with me a yellin and screamin all 
the way.. That fence broke at the postes and when I went threw it the 
wire throwed me onto my belly..When that happened I finally got 
aloose.. Thank the good lord for that one.. That mule never slowed down 
when I come offen that line, so no doubt he wus skered outta his mind, 
how ever much he has.. 

Well I finally got myself up and started limpin to the house.. After
what seemed like hours I finally got to the house and Mother did some 
fixin on me.. Finally I begin to think I would live and was glad nothin 
was busted, no thanks to that Dum animal.. So I went to the barn and 
there that critter stood in his stall just like nuthin had happened.. 
He was munchin some hay and didn't have a scratch on him,even where he 
run threw that fence.. When he looked round at me I am sure I seen him 
grinning.. I Just know he was, that onery critter had it on his mind he 
wus proud of hisself for what he did.. 

If I thought fer a minuite he knew what he had dun I would stick some
dinemite under him and see how he liked that, but since I can't prove 
it I might as well just let it go and thank them lucky stars all I got 
is some painin and nothin worst.. 

Well Little girl ma has supper ready and I am hungrey enough to eat a
mule.. 

Hey now theres an Idea.. Nahh probably to danged tough.. 

Hope You and the Grand Babies is doing ok and can hardly wait fer you
all to come home fer a visit.. Will write you agin soon so you do the 
same.. 

Love You Little Girl Pa. 


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