Drabble by Kevin Fagan for July 23, 2023

You have to remember, Echo…Norm is not most people…

Let’s hope Norm is not the norm.

Is that a snake next to the branch that Norm’s going to fall on?

I read something like this many years ago, when two Boy Scouts were hiking, and one mistook a root for a snake.

Wad it the root or the shoelace?

He’d probably wind up picking up a snake to kill a stick with.

The woods are a lot thicker here. I hate stepping on a stick or a vine that “feels” like a snake.

Reminded me of this Golden Oldie:

“Why are you running?”

“I saw a snake but it turned out to be a stick.”

“So why are you running?”

“Because the stick I picked up to hit it with turned out to be a snake.”

But then most people know how to tie their shoe laces.