Why Moms Worry

        

A DEAR MOM LETTER 
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Dear Mom, 

Our Scoutmaster told us all to write to our parents in 
case you saw the flood on TV and worried. We are OK. Only 
one of our tents and two sleeping bags got washed away. 
Luckily, none of us got drowned because we were all up 
on the mountain looking for Chad when it happened. Oh
yes, please call Chad's mother and tell her that he's OK. 
He can't write because of the cast. I got to ride on one 
of the search and rescue jeeps. It was neat. We never would 
have found him in the dark if it hadn't been for the 
lightning. 

Scoutmaster Webb got mad at Chad for going on a hike alone 
without telling anyone. Chad said he did tell him, but it 
was during the fire so he probably didn't hear him. 

Did you know that if you put a gas can on a fire, the gas 
can will blow up? Billy is going to look weird until his 
hair grows back. We will be home on Saturday if Scoutmaster 
Webb gets the car fixed. It wasn't his fault about the 
wreck. The brakes worked OK when we left. Scoutmaster Webb 
said that with a car that old you to have to expect something 
to break down; that's probably why he can't get insurance on 
it. We think it's a neat car. He doesn't care if we get it 
dirty, and if it's hot, sometimes he lets us ride in the 
tailgate. It gets pretty hot with ten people in a car. 

Scoutmaster Webb is a neat guy. Don't worry, he is a good 
driver. In fact, he is teaching Terry how to drive. But he 
only lets him drive on the mountain roads where there isn't 
any traffic. All we ever see up there are logging trucks. 

Guess what? We have all passed our first aid merit badges. 
When Dave dove in the lake and cut his arm, we got to see 
how a tourniquet works. Also, Wade and I threw up. 
Scoutmaster Webb said it probably was just food poisoning 
from the leftover chicken. He said they got sick that way
with the food they ate in prison. 

I'm so glad he got out and became our scoutmaster. He 
said he sure figured out how to get things done better while 
he was doing his time. I have to go now. We are going into 
town to mail our letters and buy bullets. 

Don't worry about anything. We are fine. 

Love, 

Johnny 

P. S. How long has it been since I had a tetanus shot?