What is the funniest thing that ever happened to you, or that you saw happen?

Hi, I am Aja. I would like to tell you about the time my Pa made a fool of himself more than usual. We were in the yard one day and I was playing with Pa and Kodi, my sister.

Usually Pa cannot run fast. We can “out-leg” him in a heartbeat. However, on this day, he showed his stuff as well as his stupidity, much to Kodi’s and my delight. I had a small surveyor’s post with a long string on it in my mouth and Pa was acting like he was going to grab it from me. Being the swift footed gal that I am, I feigned this a way and that a way. Pa was nowhere near me. He was too slow, as usual. Kodi was running behind a barking and a tail wagging as she went. Pa got the bright idea to start running away from me. I think he had been watching “Dances with Wolves” the night before. As soon as he started to run, I lit out after him, surveyor stick in my mouth. Well, all of a sudden Pa went into overdrive and started screaming and moving as fast as a four legged Kuvasz. I looked at Kodi, Kodi looked at me, and we knew this was going to be fun. Both Kodi and I began running faster to close the gap, but Pa just flat out accelerated too, still screaming. Finally I caught up with him and jumped his back. We fell and hit the ground and soon Kodi arrived to jump on the pile. By then Pa had settled down and started laughing and rolling around with a smile on his face. It was only then that he saw the long string attached to the stake. He had thought the motion of the tall grass due to the string moving thru it was a snake coming after him. That was what scared him so much. As he ran, I ran, and the string ran too, thru the grass like lightening, straight for him. We have never let Pa forget that day when we pulled a fast one on him. But he no longer lets us play with sticks and string.

Aja