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Booshway
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Ist hard fer me ta believe tha it wast a lil ovr 10 years ago tha I first set by this Fire...an I recall pennin a tale of "Levatashun". Ya kno what levatashun ist, doncha ? Simple put, ist goin frm Point A ta Point B in an instint an nawt sensin th tyme it took er anything 'bout th journey !! Yur jus at Point B. KInda like passin out er faintin, but with wakin frm passin out yur usualy in th same place frm wer ya started.

Let me set th stage as it wer fer this tale. I liv alone in a log cabin home on sum wooded acres in th NorthEest. Livin alone ist nawt quite rite 'cause I have a cupla dawgs an sum ducks....cores th ducks are outside. Me cabin hast a porch 'crost th front tha sits about 3 feets frm th ground an thars a pond 'cross th drive inta me cabin tha I kin watch frm th porch. Thas wer th ducks spend th day. Ovr th years I hav lost a lotta ducks frm th nite predaters....an decided ta loc thm up at the nite in a pen tha I built. Each nite 'fore dark I calls thm an they cum a runnin an walk th ramp inta th pen an spend th nite safe. Aftr th ducks ar put in I let th dawgs out fer water an all.

One evenin last summer I kinda gotts th sequence mixted up an took th dawgs out 'fore th ducks wer in fer th nite. Lucky fer th ducks, I realyzed this an so I hooked th dawgs upta th leashes ta take thm out. Fergot ta tell ya tha each nite I giv th ducks sum stale bread er rolls wen I put thm in fer th nite. This evenin I had set th rolls fer th ducks on a rockin chair on th porch. Aftr hookin th dawgs up.....I steps onta th porch an thas wen it went kinda bad fer ths Ol Goat !! (more latr).

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Hurry up Rupie!

Psssst! - ain't you the one who got turned around in his own deer blind before daylight a few years ago? And was yellin' at your own porch light, "Hey this is private property!"

Or something like that . . .

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Ya Kno Sticks _ Wen a fella gits th years behind em, sumtymes it jus tak a spel ta keep th mind onta th track. Itsa cumin. An by th way, shud anyone evr queshun yer memry, tell em ta "take a trek" !! Tha "blind thang" wast 'bout halfa centry ago !! Tryin ta fergit it !!

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.....so, wit th dawgs leashed I steps onta me porch....an thn thangs gits interestin er maybe jus a lil dangerus. Ya kno I hav read lotsa articles on th smellin senses of th dawg, an I hav witnest suma tha wit me own dawgs,....an here ist a prime xample of wha I speak: Me (with th dawgs) wer jus 'bout one an mebbe one an a haf steps onta th porch wen th smellin senses oft the dawgs kicks in ! Nawh I didn notice ths an I kep steppin ta th edge of th porch; member I told ya 'bout putting th stale rolls onta th rockin chair sos I culd giv em ta th ducks ?.... Whaal th dawgs din see thm rolls, butt they sur 'nough smells thm wit ther senses an decids ta hav em ! Naawh, th rockin chair ist ta me right an th edge oft th porch ist in fronta me an as I keeps asteppin ta th edge, doncha kno thm dawgs on th leashes make a go fer th rolls,..an I mite ad tha it wast a rite kwick muv at that !

Naawhl, this brings me bak ta levatashun,...tho wha really happens next ist jus a lil variashun of levatashun....anysway it relates. (more later)

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Ya see befor I had any reel life xperienc wit levatashun, I always pictured it in my mind as kinda a feather, mebbe tha kinda small downy fluffy kind tha ya picks frn th brest of a ruff grouse,....an thar it ist floatin an rockin an mebbe spirlin alil on th breezes in th ayre an all th wile gittin closr ta its destiashun easy like. An thn ya see it land on th destinashun, which is uauly th ground, an it jus settles thar an gits still an peaceful. Caint ya jus pitcher tha ? Wha a quiet site tha ist !

Whaal, naaw tha I hast a couple encountrs wit th levatashun, I kni tell ya ta fergit tha pitcher frm me head. Th truth be tha its mor like quik, abrupt, an clumsy wit no beauty er grac an style an th arriving at th end ist kinda lik a SMACK !.....an it kin HURT aplenty !! Naaw, at tymes iffin th trip ist quik 'nough ya caint see th journey, .....an tha ist gud iffin ya asks me. It seams naaw tha I hav had both kind....an Im naawt sur witch I prefr.....mebbe nether !!

Naaw, this gits back ta th porch an th dawgs an th stale rolls ...an th recent levatashun. (more later).

GittinReadyTaWhineErUp - Rupe
 
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I'm about to bust a gut . . .

Afeerd'o what'scomin'Sticks


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Hey there Rupe,

I'm hopin' there ain't gonna be no faytalities h'yar...

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.....whaal fellas weer bak onta th porch....th dawgs makin th quik mov ta th stale rolls....an me nawt sensin it an jus gittin ta th edge oft th porch. I gues it wast kinda lik me bein in onea thm squar dances an Im nawt wearin me boots er stetsin,....butt stil tryin ta do all th "doosy dos an th donts" witout realizin tha me feets aren't movin 'cause th dawgs hav gotts thm tyed rite fast wit ther leashes,.....an I does one mor shuffle lik a "whoopsey due",......an thn I gits th sensa ......WIATLESNESS !! I guess it wast kinda lik th feelin tha th asterknots git out inta th space only ther nawt dealin wit th gravty thing !

Anyways I telled ya tha wit th too kinsa levatashuns ya eether kin sense th journey er ya caint,......whaal wit th one tha Im inta naaw I kin see th hole durnd thang.......an naaw tha I reflect on it tha wast naawt gud !! Lukin down frm space I sees th big flowr bed tha I putt in fer Missus Rupe wit all th rocks, small an th larg, tha I drug frm th woods fer ackcents; th sectshuns of th logs also fer ackcents; th big cinamin fern tha we brout frm th woods an hav bin nurturing it fer moren ten Years; lottsa mud and alsa sum stuf tha th dawgs hast lef behind ! Lemme tells ya tha ths tryp wast durn fast, lik licitty splits,..altho it sur din seam lik it at th tyme ......an I kin see ma landin zone an thar wast naawt a durn thing I culda don ta chang er an thn me thinks wha wast cumin next was th ....SMACK !!! (more later)

Ithinkitsagointahurt - Rupe

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You're killin' any desire I ever had to try levitatin'.

I wonder if you hafta use dogs every time . . . hmmmmmmmmm

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Naah Sticks - I don think thars anything in th book 'bout dawgs,.....butt they mite keep yur mind offa th tryp ahed !!

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Fellas, I'm really getting to where I hate computers a bunch. I've been working on this Tale for 3 or 4 days and tonight I was finishing it, getting ready to sign my name and the power went out in our area and I lost the last segment. AArrAAAAAGH !! Guess I'll try again tomorrow !

Rupe/PA

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Whaal, I don think tha th SMACK made anya th noise, butt I dist heer a...."Ohoofff !" tha I firger wast comin frm me. Ya kno wen ya hits th ground wit th velocity, ya kinda lose tuch wit summa th sense,...lik th seein, an th heerin and th breathin (iffin thas a sense) an it tak a tyme ta git em bak,...an wen I culd see sum agin, wha do I see butt th dawgs a sittin onta th walk...an luk at tha,..they brung ther snack wit thm,..an th leashes ar stil on an Im stil holdin th leashes in th hand tha has th fat wrist !!...an I don kno how they gotts here butt they don luk the wors fer th wear an me shldr an th ribs ake a lot ! An thar th dawgs set, chewin wit ther mouths openas dawg do,..an th crumbs ar jus aflyin, an don they luk hapy !!..an I jus don wanna mov !

Naawh, it mite hav bin mor levatashun, er mebbe th helpa th dawgs pulin on th leashes butt sumhow I gits bak inta th cabin !!..an I takes a luk at meself an wha a mess !! Be pants ar al splotched wit brown, an green, an grey an in a bad way. They sur needs changin,..which sum how I do. Then I slinks dwn th frnt steps, an git ta me truk, an git inta me truk an dirv wit th gud hand th twenty miles ta our small town tha has a "care cntr". Aftr alotta waitin I git ma pitchure took, an thn I waites sum mor. Thn a guess its a doktr skips in holden sum pitchers tha he won let me see an says wit a BIG toothy grin..."Ya brok yur wrist !"....an I say "Sheet !!"......an a nurse runs in wit a new one,...an thn th doktr says "an ya crackd a cupla ribs !".....an I say it agin,...an th nurse brings me 'othr one !,,,an thn th doktr tells me tha another special doktr will be in wit th big needle an ta set me wrist !! Naawh tha Im reely lukin forwd to. Ths special doktr cums in, an th needle ist reeyl, reely BIG, an he stiks it inta me wrist, an aftr a waite he grabs me wrist an giv er a twist, an he says, "Tha wast easy !"...corse it twernt his wrist ! Thn he wraps me wrist an tells me ta wate 'bout five days an ta see another special doktr ta see iffin th set, as he putt it held !! I do an it don !! Thn this new special doktr gits sumthin tha luks lik a patch knif an another thing tha ist lik a Black & Decker screwdriver, an gives me sum hapy juice an starts ta cutting I spose, an aftr th sewin an mor waitin I gits sent bak ta me cabin. I slept in me bed, er th chair,er th floor tha nite an sum othr nites...I don membr,....an thn I gits onta th heelin. Ya kno, whaevr tha piece a metal wast th dok sewed inta me wrist ist rite gud at tellin th wethr, an in fact ist betr thn th girls on th TV tha do tha fer a livin...butt I watch em anyways..caus they sur ar pretty !!

Naawh thas me story an Im stickin ta it ! I alsa hav sum thangs tha I lernd long th way an Ill tell em ta ya a lil latr.....butt one thang tha I think I knos fe rsur ist tha Im dun wit th levatashuns,...at laease as far as I kin help it,....corse thars always th dawg an th ducks !! Latr !!

Jus Rupe

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Drat yore hide, Rupie I'm plumb wind broke! Wheeeeeeezin' like a gaspin' goose . . .

Yore trial at levitatin' makes me think o' them machines they used to cobble up and flip flap offa some
pier tryin' to fly. Remember that? back at the turn o' last century? Don't seem so long ago now . . .

Anyhow, glad the dawgs an' ducks were okay . . .

Concerned'Sticks


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Sticks - Plum fergot 'bout them machins 'til ya brot th menry bak jus naawh ! Wit th levatashun as it hapns, ya don hav th tyme fer th planin ta bring a machine,butt wondr;..... iffin jus th fas an th mity flappina th arms an mebbe exhaling th breth ta lightn yourself jus befor th levatashun begin wuld help a bit wit th landin ?......naawt tha Im makin plans ta try it...butt I wondr !!....Hummmmmmmm !

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