A young boy of a family of eight children sure didn't see
many store bought toys. So, a farm boy like me learned how to make his own toys.
One of my favorite hand made toys was a bow and arrow. I made the bow from a
willow limb and a piece of clothesline wire. I made the arrows from small cane
poles and chicken feathers. The funniest thing happen one day when I was using
my bow and arrows. A few buddies (Donnie, Cornell, Johnny, and Earnie) and I was
walking down by the Ponchatoula Creek. I brought them along to show them how
good I could shoot my bow. We were walking on a patch about sixteen feet high
above the canal when I saw an old water moccasin swimming below. Just for a joke
I said, "Boys, If you don't think I'm an Indian, Just watch this." I
put an arrow in my bow and pulled back the old wire and let it go. To their
great surprise, that arrow stuck right into the back of that snake. I couldn't
have done that again in a hundred years if I tried everyday but, To those boys I
acted as if it was an everyday thing I did.
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Glenn E. Newman 2000
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