Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Pushing over the world (or small parts of it)

Have you ever pushed over a tree? how 'bout a rock? "what!" you say, "that's the dumbest thing I've EVER heard!" WELL, let me tell you!

So I was down camping, with some friends, (it's a great spot, you should go down there, except you can't, because if I told you where it was, you would all flock there and ruin it, and I wouldn't be able to go there any more!) and one day, A BEAR CAME AND ATE ALL THE FOOD, + EVERYONE THERE!!!!! AHHHH! ...um... just kidding, that would NEVER happen, bears are herbivorous!....right?.... ohhhhhhh Maaaan, we shouldn't have teased him so much... ...ANYWAY, don't distract me! we are talking about pushing down trees here! *AHEM* so this one day, we took a hike up a little side canyon, very lush and green, and some brown too, also really wet, and muddy in some places (DUH). so we were going along, and we started steping on fallen trees and hearing them break (ohhhh thats a great sound!). We noticed a whole bunch of DEAD, DRY aspens. so, being VERY cocky and full of our selves, we decided to push one over! hooray! so here's how it went: " 'k guys! brace yourselves!" "just jiggle it! now PUSH!.....PULL!...PUSH!...PULL!" ya it goes like that for a little bit, and then...*crack!* it starts going... *crack, Crack, CRACK!* it FALLS over!! YES! then we all shout and holler as it comes crashing down and EXPLODES on the tiny canyon walls. HOORAY! "yeah! that was AWSOME!" "lets go push another one down!" and so we went, pushing over as many dead, dry trees as we could. we tried a couple of HUGE trees, that just laughed at our weak and futile efforts to bring them down. after like, 50 trees, one friend yelled; "this is like vandalism, but without fines or other punishment!" (let me tell you, this guy has been convicted of vandalism, but for no little thing! no, he dented a door with a ball! let me tell you, that is extreme crime right there! hoo boy!) ahhh what a satisfying feeling, being able to push something over. and it's good for the ecosystem of the forest too! and let me tell you that rocks are just as fun! going against everything your mother ever told you about pushing things down hills! oh yah! rocks are not dangerous at all! not even the huge ones that take 5 men to push over!
well, we might not be able to change the world, but we can SURE push it around! (at least, a little part of it anyway...

1 comment:

Frey said...

And then a forest ranger came and ARRESTED EVERYONE THERE AHHHHH!!
Way to go ... did you get your forest pruning merit badge? Good for the ecosystem it is! Dead trees and rocks have got to go.
Fun and FUNNY post. Keep up the good work!