|
It was before Big War Two, down there in bayou country, Orange, Texas. Plenty of gators around, and water mosecon’s and gar fish, and cars of every kind. Long’s they were Fords and Chevy’s. A decent place to grow up and look every morning for whiskers and sneak some white makin’s and keep falling off bikes with those hard rubber tires. And for finding vacant lots for playing make-up baseball games, and having war games, and playing cars.
Yep, sure ‘nuff make believe car stuff. Didn’t need no money, just a good flat digging stick, and a few blocks of wood.
Whatcha wanna do is find a lot with some dug out holes, or ditches, already in place. Then, you start carving out roads. Everywhere roads, especially on the walls of that hole. If you find an old wooden matchbox the tray makes a very useful dumptruck, and you even dig holes into the cliff alongside your “mountain roadway” and think of them as garages. Big old tree leaves and sticks make houses and such. For vehicles, all you need are small pieces of wood. Even small broken tree limbs work in a pinch
|
