The silence was broken by the “Whee-e-e-e” of a red-tailed hawk.
This seemed to be a signal. All around me the happy atmosphere resumed its natural state.
I heard the “Bam, bam, bam” of a woodpecker high in the top of a box elder snag.
The cry of a kingfisher and the scream of a bluejay blended perfectly with the drumlike beat.
A barking red squirrel, glued to the side of a hackberry tree, kept time to the music with the beat of his tail.
Each noise I heard and each sight I saw was very familiar to me but I never grew tired of listening and watching.
They were a God-sent gift and I enjoyed them all.
As I skipped along, it was hard for me to realize all the wonderful things that had happened to me in such a few short years.
I had two of the finest little hounds that ever bawled on the trail of a ringtail coon.
I had a wonderful mother and father and three little sisters.
I had the best grandpa a boy ever had, and to top it all, I was going on a championship coon hunt.
It was no wonder that my heart was bursting with happiness.
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