Friday, December 31, 2004
The Joy of Boyhood
Ok, this so did not turn out like I planned. It was supposed to be a story version of this, but ended up way different. My character turned into a boy, and the big killer came when I got to the last paragraph. The whole time I was writing I had been thinking "oh man, the girls are gonna kill me," but now maybe it'll be the boys that will. Oh well, you gotta go sometime. It might as well be for a good cause! ;-)
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It was finally here, the first water fight of the summer! We'd been preparing for weeks and now the time had arrived! Early the morning of the fight, I got up, slipped on my clothes, and ran to prepare my ammunition. I couldn't help but sing as I went "Oh, what a beautiful morning. Oh, what a beautiful day..." The birds must have sensed something was about to happen because they were unusually still for such a clear, crisp day. It didn't take long for my stockpile to grow, and I eagerly ran off to join my friends at Bowman's farm.
The Bowmans had lived in the area for years and let us kids use their back field for our water fight. While their own kids were grown, a couple of the grandkids had come to visit and came out to join us.
Just like me, Sarah, Conner, and Jason had a big supply to water balloons as well as some water guns for the fight. As the sun rose higher and higher in the sky, more of the neighborhood kids came out to join us. Soon teams were made and the fun began!
It didn't take me long to hit almost half of the players on the other team. It might have to do with the fact that they were mostly girls. I'd run back and forth across the field, scoot around to the back, and launch a balloon before they even had time to act! Of course a few attempted to hit me as I ran away, but those girls can't throw worth a nickel! The only one I had to keep my eye on was David. David was the captain of the other team and the best player out there. In years past he'd been able to launch a balloon all the way across the field and hit his target dead on! But this year he was going down!
While half my team kept launching, the other half devised a plan of action. Because the Bowmans had a little abandoned shack in the west corner of the field, Jason said we should use it to our advantage. After thinking it over, I came up with a plan. Sarah would be our bate as she was the one that looked like the easiest target. After catching David's attention, she'd run toward the shack and around the corner furthest from sight. Meanwhile, Conner, Jason, and I would hide behind the shack loaded with ammo to take David down.
The plan worked like a charm. David couldn't resist such an easy looking victim and was soon heading our way. As they closed in, us boys grinned at each other and could hardly keep from laughing. Only a few more moments before victory would be ours! Three seconds were all that was left, but it seemed like an eternity. Wait, where was Sarah going?? She knew where we were hiding, so why was she heading the other direction?! It didn't take long for us to realize that we had been tricked! Cold water ran down our backs as we turned to face a hose backed by tens of thousands of...girls!! Josh, Conner, and I ran back toward the middle of the field, licking our wounds as we went. They may have gotten us this year, but we'll be back next year to make them wish they had never been born!! BOYS RULE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Copyright © 2004 tapiocapuddin
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It was finally here, the first water fight of the summer! We'd been preparing for weeks and now the time had arrived! Early the morning of the fight, I got up, slipped on my clothes, and ran to prepare my ammunition. I couldn't help but sing as I went "Oh, what a beautiful morning. Oh, what a beautiful day..." The birds must have sensed something was about to happen because they were unusually still for such a clear, crisp day. It didn't take long for my stockpile to grow, and I eagerly ran off to join my friends at Bowman's farm.
The Bowmans had lived in the area for years and let us kids use their back field for our water fight. While their own kids were grown, a couple of the grandkids had come to visit and came out to join us.
Just like me, Sarah, Conner, and Jason had a big supply to water balloons as well as some water guns for the fight. As the sun rose higher and higher in the sky, more of the neighborhood kids came out to join us. Soon teams were made and the fun began!
It didn't take me long to hit almost half of the players on the other team. It might have to do with the fact that they were mostly girls. I'd run back and forth across the field, scoot around to the back, and launch a balloon before they even had time to act! Of course a few attempted to hit me as I ran away, but those girls can't throw worth a nickel! The only one I had to keep my eye on was David. David was the captain of the other team and the best player out there. In years past he'd been able to launch a balloon all the way across the field and hit his target dead on! But this year he was going down!
While half my team kept launching, the other half devised a plan of action. Because the Bowmans had a little abandoned shack in the west corner of the field, Jason said we should use it to our advantage. After thinking it over, I came up with a plan. Sarah would be our bate as she was the one that looked like the easiest target. After catching David's attention, she'd run toward the shack and around the corner furthest from sight. Meanwhile, Conner, Jason, and I would hide behind the shack loaded with ammo to take David down.
The plan worked like a charm. David couldn't resist such an easy looking victim and was soon heading our way. As they closed in, us boys grinned at each other and could hardly keep from laughing. Only a few more moments before victory would be ours! Three seconds were all that was left, but it seemed like an eternity. Wait, where was Sarah going?? She knew where we were hiding, so why was she heading the other direction?! It didn't take long for us to realize that we had been tricked! Cold water ran down our backs as we turned to face a hose backed by tens of thousands of...girls!! Josh, Conner, and I ran back toward the middle of the field, licking our wounds as we went. They may have gotten us this year, but we'll be back next year to make them wish they had never been born!! BOYS RULE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Copyright © 2004 tapiocapuddin
