This is a fictional humorous story that has been in circulation. The actual
author, as far as I know is either anonymous, or just credited as Cole.
A Camp Letter
Dear Mom,
Our scout master told us all write to our parents
in case you saw the flood on TV and worried. We are OK. Only 1 of our tents
and 2 sleeping bags got washed away. Luckily, none of us got drowned because
we were all up on the mountain looking for Chad when it happened
Oh yes, please call Chad's mother and tell her
he is OK. He can't write because of the cast. I got to ride in one of the
search & rescue jeeps. It was neat. We never would have found him in
the dark if it hadn't been for the lightning. Scoutmaster Webb got mad
at Chad for going on a hike alone without telling anyone. Chad said he
did tell him, but it was during the fire so he probably didn't hear him.
Did you know that if you put gas on a fire, the gas can will blow up? The
wet wood still didn't burn, but one of our tents did. Also some of our
clothes.
John is going to look weird until his hair grows
back. We will be home on Saturday if Scoutmaster Webb gets the car fixed.
It wasn't his fault about the wreck. The brakes worked OK when we left.
Scoutmaster Webb said that a car that old you have to expect something
to break down; that's probably why he can't get insurance on it. We think
it's a neat car. He doesn't care if we get it dirty, and if it's hot, sometimes
he lets us ride on the tailgate. IT gets pretty hot with 10 people in a
car. He let us take turns riding in the trailer until the highway patrolman
stopped and talked to us.
Scoutmaster Webb is a neat guy. Don't worry, he
is a good driver. In fact, he is teaching Terry how to drive. But he only
lets him drive on the mountain roads where there isn't any traffic. All
we ever see up there are logging trucks. This morning all of the guys were
diving off the rocks and swimming out in the lake. Scoutmaster Webb wouldn't
let me because I can't swim and Chad was afraid he would sink because of
his cast, so he let us take the canoe across the lake
It was great. You can still see some of the trees
under the water from the flood. Scoutmaster Webb isn't crabby like some
scoutmasters. He didn't even get mad about the life jackets. He has to
spend a lot of time working on the car so we are trying not to cause him
any trouble.
Guess what? We have all passed our first aid merit
badges. When Dave dove in the lake and cut his arm, we got to see how a
tourniquet works. Also Wade and I threw up. Scoutmaster Webb said it probably
was just food poisoning from the leftover chicken, he said they got sick
that way with the food they ate in prison. I'm so glad he got out and become
our scoutmaster. He said he sure figured out how to get things done better
while he was doing his time. I have to go now
We are going into town to mail our letters and
buy bullets. Don't worry about anything. We are fine
Love,
Cole
P.S. How long has it been since I had a tetanus shot?
