Hyman & The Bear

One of the things that Hyman and I always love to do was hunt. If our folks hadn’t made us go to school we would have hunted all the time.

One day Uncle Leon invited us to go bear hunting with him. We ain’t never been a bear hunting before but we was anxious sure enough to go.

We walked about five miles into the woods and began to set up camp. Uncle Leon told Hyman to go down to the creek to fetch a bucket of water. Hyman grabbed the pale and took off. He waded out in the water a wee bit, reached down to get the water and this bog ole bear rose up just a growling. Hyman throwed that bucket down and took off a running. “Help me, Help me!” he was yelling. Uncle Leon said, “Hyman you ain’t got no water.” Hyman said, “There’s a big bear down at the creek!” Uncle Leon said, “Hyman don’t you know that bear is as scared of you as you are of him.” Hyman said, “In that case that water ain’t fitting to drink no how!”

The Trip Home

We were on our way home from the bear hunting trip with Uncle Leon. We didn’t see nar a bear until this bear started chasing us. We ran and ran and that bear was gaining on us all the time. About that time Uncle Leon went right down to his knees and started to pray, “Lord let this be a Christian bear.” Then the bear knelt down on one knee, put his hands together and said, “Lord I thank you for this meal I’m about to receive.”

The Goat & The Railroad Tie

We somehow managed to get away from the bear that was chasing us by taking a short cut over a long hill. We ain’t never been that way before. I guess the bear hadn’t either because he didn’t follow us.

We were walking alone and I almost fell in this big hole, would have if Hyman hadn’t pulled me back. We looked down that hole and couldn’t see a bottom. Uncle Leon picked up this rock, threw it in the hole, and we didn’t hear nothing! I picked up a big rock, threw it in the hole, nothing. Hyman came dragging a railroad tie and threw it in the hole. A few seconds later this goat went and jumped in the hole behind the railroad tie. Hyman said, “Why you think that goat done that for?” We couldn’t figure it out. A minute or two later this man walked up and said, “Yall ain’t seen no goat around here have you?” Hyman said, “One just jumped in this hole.” The man said, “Now that couldn’t be my goat, mine was tied to a railroad tie!”