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Tree Tag A Story by manyantlers

"We used to play war when I was young. I was the eldest and my siblings and younger cousin's hunted each other."

I waited at the big pine tree for my crew. We had six in each team. I was the leader in my group and my brother was the leader in his. We started at day break and laid out the rules of engagement. Our weapons were little tree stumps and sticks. Each team had their own area and who ever captured the enemy won. I told the boys to get ready and started to rub mud all over my body. We rolled around in the weeds to get some cover. Man, we looked wicked! I put two guys out in the North in the high country and one by the creek to watch and our signal was the bird of a cardinal. I knew my younger brother would advance through the creek and use the swamp. He was always predictable. My cousin Kunu Fresca was at my side. "I think we should some how get in those pine tree's and look for them, cause they would not be looking up!" I whispered. He nodded and crept up the ravine next to the swamp. I watched him from where I was to cover him in case we had un-friendly's. I waited for a while then headed straight to where he was and felt something whizz right by my head. Holy shit! I thought. That was too close. I made it finally to the pine tree's. We called these the pine tree plantation , cause they were planted in rows and were close together. We climbed up the tree's and when we got to the top we faced the opposite direction to watch for movement. We never talked, just used sign language and pointing with our lips(Which Kunu Fresca's were a little too big.(thought I heard flapping noises) of course we teased one another. Kind of a show of respect) I started to rock the tree back and forth and was almost touching my cousin's tree and he was not watching me, so I got so close to him I flicked his ear. My cousin damn near fell out of the tree. I had the tree going at a good pace i decided to jump from my tree to another. My heart was singing and as the wind rushed by my face, I made it! I quickly turned to face my cousin and he was already watching me. I waved him on to follow me. With out turning back I headed towards the creek. I had just found a new way to hunt. When my Tree started to stop moving I could see the whole valley and my enemy crawling right below me. We jumped out of the tree and tied up our prisoners. I motioned to my cousin to stay put and watch. I will take the riff-raff back to camp. When I got back Kunu Fresca had the rest all tied and bound! We had won! Our enemy never knew what hit them. Our secret was good till the end of the summer. We honed our skills to the bone! When we went up to other villages we were un-beatable! True story!

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