—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 14. 1977
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My Thoughts
It was Friday, and although it wasn’t the 13th, it
was clearly one of those days. I'd tripped over and
into the waste basket once, run into the side of my
desk twice, and edited the same paragraph five
times before I realized that I’d read those words
somewhere before. And, I found myself wishing I
had hepatis so I could turn orange and visually
portray the way I felt. But, I couldn’t, and to top it
all off, I still had a story to get that night!
So, at 6:30 p.m. I picked ray head up off the desk
top and with one eye open and one eye shut,
navigated my way to the car, rolled down the
windows and let the ram drip on my head to keep
me awake. At 23,1 was really feeling my age.
As I drove through the semi-darkened, murky
night, my spirits ebbed as the fatigue took over.
And, by the time I got to my destination, I was so
depressed that I wished I would have fallen head
first into the waste basket that afternoon and
never come out.
At about the same time, I spotted my subjects-a
group of eight 4-H’ers gathering trash from along
the roadside
Mustering all my strength, I shoved open the car
door, cranked up my smile, and cheerfully said, “Hi,
I'm from lancaster farming, and I want to take your
picture."
Like a dram run amuck, eight delighted excited,
giggling little persons swarmed in all directions
grabbing every piece of trash in sight and in a split
second coagulated to form a circus-act picture in
front of me, full of crazy poses and jubilant grins.
“Hee, hee" grinned one thrilled seven-year-old,
“I’m gonna be famous." With that, a united giggle
went up from the pack, and everybody felt com
pelled to get into a crazier pose.
After the picture, 1 sought out my interview with
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the 4-H’ers. As usual, I began interrogating the
tallest one when 1 felt a tap on my hand.
Turning my head, I saw a toothy-grinned,
cowlicky haired, wet sneakered six-year-old holding
a treasure up for me to see.
"Look what I got," he yelled, jumping up and
down.
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“What’s that?” I questioned, ignorant of .the
great find.
“It’s a jaw,” he stated proudly. And, indeed, it
was. It was most likely a jaw of a rat, but it was
broken, which didn't daunt his spirits a bit.
“See this," he said again. He was pointing to a
two-inch long, thin, protruding broken piece.
Again I was ignorant to what he was pointing at.
“It’s a tusk," he stated with an air of authority.
Imagine that-ivory on a rat.
With the last statement, all seven other 4-H’ers
converged on the little fellow and forgot about me
and being famous. So, I was forced to talk to an
adult to get my story.
But, while they forgot me, I’ll never forget them.
When I turned to leave, all my fatigue was gone and
I felt cheerful and exuberant. The boundless energy
that those children displayed was catching, and I
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