Do you remember your ABC’s? Of course you do. (If you don’t,
there’s a school very near by.) And they are what you need for this
cache; that plus a little creativity. See, there’s only one item in
this ammo can, an item that starts with the letter 'a'. That item
needs to be replaced by one item, one item only, starting with the
letter 'b'. And so on all the way to 'z'. Easy enough? Now. The
next requirement is......poetry. Not an epic, odyssey sort of thing
-- all you need is one line, one that rhymes to make a couplet.
Example:
A is for Athlete, the bobble-head kind
is the first half of the first couplet waiting for you. You
could put in:
B is for ball, to help you unwind
or
B is for band-aid, a blister you bind
If you are absolutely stumped, you could get Dr. Seuss-ish:
B is for bauble, with a bloogalbweet mind (extra credit for
originality).
and so on.
Now, 'c' and 'd' should rhyme each other, not the first
couplet:
C is for candle, I watched it melt
D is for dread, here comes Dad's belt
"C" would not need to rhyme with the 'aboard' scheme. Hmm, not
sure how you'd put 'dread' in the cache......
Please be flexible and bring a couple of items in case someone's
been there just ahead of you and has replaced the 'g' with an 'h',
thereby rendering your halibut useless. Also, please remember you
only need to write ONE LINE of poetry. The reason for the emphasis
is because we’d tried this one at our previous home, and we had
people writing one or two stanzas even after gentle explanations,
or their own couplets. ONE LINE, folks. Just ONE. The ONE LINE
should be written in the log book as well as your found log
online.
If you don’t want the bobble-head athlete or halibut that’s
waiting to be exchanged, then feel free to just add your cat or
icicle without taking the previous item -- as long as it doesn’t
build up to 26 items in the cache.