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Roosevelt and Viola
Once upon a time, there were two lovebirds named Roosevelt and Viola. They met each other a long time ago and fell in love. They didn’t want to be cooped up in a bird cage like so many of their friends, they wanted to be free. After all, they were quite a free spirited pair.
So they took off for new horizons beyond the big creek. They looked all over the place for somewhere to settle down to raise a family. From a distance, they spotted a large pine tree on top of a hill. When they saw the big pine, with its’ strong limbs, they knew they had found a place to call home. So they began right away building their nest.
Roosevelt and Viola liked to sing and play in the sun. They loved to visit the local bird baths and nibble on fruit tree blossoms. Every day they would indulge in a variety of vegetables from the area gardens, but their favorite thing to eat was berries. Roosevelt and Viola also liked to go on little adventures. Sometimes they would spend hours just exploring the forest and streams.
Bright and early every morning, Roosevelt would fly solo to scout out some fresh berries to indulge in. Then, he would return to the nest to get Viola to go exploring. On one of these early morning flights, Roosevelt began noticing some strange behavior, but he couldn’t quite figure it out.
Then one day, a few weeks later, Roosevelt hurried back to the nest. He was flying so fast he nearly put skid marks on the bark of the tree when he tried to stop. He had something terribly exciting to tell Viola. Roosevelt was breathing really hard and he could hardly talk.
“Hey! Viola! Come here. I got sumpin’ to tell you!” Roosevelt shouted.
“What in tarn’ nation got you in such an uproar?” Viola asked, and with one look at him started laughing. “Your feathers are sticking up ever which way,” Viola said, trying to control her laughter.
Roosevelt said, “Never mind my feathers. I got sumpin’ important to tell you.”
Roosevelt, finally breathing a little slower, said, “You ‘member how I been tellin’ you, how I been noticin’ sumpin’ strange goin’ on ‘round here? I see these peoples comin’ over and lookin’ up in the trees, reachin’ up into the bushes and all.”
“I says to myself, what on earth are these peoples doin’? So after they left, I flys down by there, real slow like, and peeks up in there. I says to myself, what these peoples done put up in this here bush? Then, a few days later I was just a cruisin’ ‘round and I looked down and sees, oh, ‘bout three, foe cars pullin’ up. You know I can’t count no higher than foe. So, I finds me a place to sits and just watches. I sees all these peoples pilin’ out of their cars, youngins and all. Them youngins, they was actin’ like they was wild! They commenced to runnin’ ‘round and lookin’ up in the trees and the bushes, and then I heard one of ‘em yellin’, “I found it! I found it!”
“So I flys over a little closer so I could hear ‘em talkin’. You know what them things is called?” Roosevelt asked, not really expecting an answer. “Them thangs is called Ge-o-cash-es!”
“Is that so?” exclaimed Viola! “Well, what is Ge-o-cash-es?” Viola asked, trying to pronounce it just like Roosevelt.
Roosevelt replied, “Well I don’t rightly know, but I know that’s what they called ‘em.” “Peoples hide ‘em and then peoples find ‘em.” Roosevelt continued to explain, smiling to himself, feeling proud that he finally figured it out.
Well the two lovebirds, Roosevelt and Viola, had learned about geocaching. Sometimes they would stop to rest in a bush or on a branch of a tree and spy a geocache, hiding and patiently waiting to be found. They lived happily ever after exploring the beautiful bayou state they called home and spent quite of bit of time looking for geocaches.
The End.
AFTERWORD
This micro cache was brought to you on a very special day and in celebration of a double anniversary. The above story was inspired by the Summer Reading Program, 'Once Upon A Time', at the Morehouse Parish Library. Hope you enjoyed the story and happy caching!
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