The Great Snipe Hunt Charlie Brown
First of all,let me just say if you have not been snipe hunting....I'll gladly volunteer to take you.Snipe hunting is something that ALL teenage boys feel they MUST introduce to any unsuspecting girlfriend.
I have,unfortunately,been snipe hunting.
Those of you that know what it is are laughing at me right now.I can feel it.
I was sixteen years old and dating a "good 'ol boy",named Jeff.My best friend was dating a friend of his.We were out together one night with nothing to do when they suggested us going snipe hunting.We were so excited.We felt sure that we had passed some sort of "line" in young love if they were willing to take us,mere girls,into their santuary that is known as the great outdoors.
They took us down this old dirt road,miles from civilization.Thousands of empty acreas of land leased by paper companies.It was pitch black that night and you could hardly see your hand in front of your face.They stopped beside this huge gully that ran alongside the road.
"ok,this is where ya'll should get."
"What do we do?"
"Just get in the gully,and hold this sack.We'll go right down the road a little ways and "call" them up to you.They will run up the gully and into the sack."
Down in the gully we jump,eager to please.Looking back,I can not believe I was that stupid.Yes,stupid.No other word for it.They got back in the car and drove down the road a little ways.We could hear them get out and make these noises.We sat quietly,waiting for the snipe.
A car door slamed.Another.Tires squealing.
The guys left us in the woods.
Thats right.There are no snipe.It's an evil trick that southern boys love.And somehow manage to pull it off time and time again.
My friend and I climbed out of the gully and began walking back to the main road.All the strange noises had us jumpy and nervous.After we had walked for a few minutes,we heard a car.We hid in the bushes along side the road.It was our boyfriends coming back to pick us up now that we should have been terrified.
My friend had managed to lose a sandal,and I had scratches all over my arms and legs.
It was time for revenge.
The guys got out of the car and started calling us.We sat quietly.They called again.Still no answer from us.We snuck back towards the car.We could hear them starting to worry that something had happened to us.They wandered farther into the woods,hunting us.
They should not have left the car running.
We jumped in and took off.Leaving them in the woods.
Except,we never went back to get them.
We later learned that they had walked about an hour to the nearest house and called someone to come and get them.We of course,broke up.
Ahhh,but it was worth it.Revenge is so sweet!
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