It was a cold, snowy day in the forest.
"Look out!" cried the big burly man with a beard and blue overalls. But it was too late. Much too late. The large wooden tree fell right on the furry mother deer and killed her in an instant. Blood trickled from her mouth onto the snow white snow. A piece of bone, nearly as white as the snow, emerged from her brown furry leg. This deer could not be any deader. But luckily, the deer's baby (a fawn) was not harmed in this unfortunate mishap.
Now for some back round. Howard was a lumberjack who worked in the forest. That was the only job he could find after being let out of prison, where he served a five-year sentence for rape and aggravated assault. Now, all he did was cut down trees with his razor sharp ax. He had a good heart, but sometimes he drank too much and got into mischief. The tree falling on the deer is a good example of this.
Anyway, Howard made friends with the baby deer and named her Bambu. He raised the deer as a pet, and he took good care of her. He fed her grass and gave her water to drink. He also protected her from bears who wanted to eat her for dinner, and from the occasional hunter who wanted to shoot her. Bambu was pleased to accompany Howard as he went about his daily business of being a lumberjack. This involved cutting down trees to make way for a road that was being built through the forest. In his spare time, Howard taught Bambu how to speak English. Over the years, they became very close and eventually lived together as man and wife.
One day, the two of them woke up. Bambu started to prepare breakfast while Howard urinated in the bushes.
"So what's on the agenda today, Howard?" said Bambu.
"Same old shit." said Howard.
"Do you mean cutting down trees?" said Bambu.
"Yes, that's exactly what I mean." replied Howard.
"Oh, not again! Why can't we ever go out?" retorted Bambu.
Howard grabbed his sharp ax and went out looking for a tree to chop down. Bambu followed closely behind him along the forest trail. Howard found a big tree, and swung the sharp ax to make his initial chop into the large tree. The ax hit Bambu in the head, and the blood poured out like a broken dam. You could hear the sound of bones crunching for miles around.
(TO BE CONTINUED)
NOTE: I haven't yet figured out an ending for this story. It should be a happy ending since its for kids. This story can be used as a bedtime story, or if the child can read he (or she if its a girl) can actually read it themselves. Someday this will be a book. I have not yet figured out who will star in the movie version. Prolly Tom Cruiz as Howard. I am still uncertain about Bambu.
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