How a Stranger Saved My Life
How a Stranger Saved My Life
When I was a young boy one Sunday after church, I went out with two of my friends down to the frozen river at the bottom of the hill where I lived. One of the boys saw a hole in the ice. He said, "Let's see who can be the first one to go out on the ice and touch that hole." We all took the dare.
The ice was thin. We could see the water flowing underneath. It was moving to our right where a stone dam and a frozen waterfall were. This was definitely not a place to go exploring.
As we started walking on the ice, it began creaking like we were going to break it and fall through. Somehow, we had enough sense to lie down flat and spread our weight around.
The boy who spotted the hole was the leader. He was the craziest of us. I was in second place. I always thought that made me half-crazy. And the other friend was in third or last place. We would call him a coward for that. He was very scared, yet he still went on the ice.
As we were crawling out on the frozen river, a car stopped on the street and a man jumped out and yelled at us. "Hey you kids! Get off the ice! I'm going to call the cops on you!" We immediately began crawling back to safety.
I have no idea who that man was, but I am certain he saved all of our lives. If we kept going, the ice almost certainly would have broken, and we would have all gone through. I doubt anyone could have rescued us because the river would have pushed us along under the ice.
Here is what I learned from that day: 1. I owe my life to a stranger, so I must pass it on by helping others. 2. The brains of kids are really whacked. 3. Being only half-crazy has made my life pretty interesting.
When I was a young boy one Sunday after church, I went out with two of my friends down to the frozen river at the bottom of the hill where I lived. One of the boys saw a hole in the ice. He said, "Let's see who can be the first one to go out on the ice and touch that hole." We all took the dare.
The ice was thin. We could see the water flowing underneath. It was moving to our right where a stone dam and a frozen waterfall were. This was definitely not a place to go exploring.
As we started walking on the ice, it began creaking like we were going to break it and fall through. Somehow, we had enough sense to lie down flat and spread our weight around.
The boy who spotted the hole was the leader. He was the craziest of us. I was in second place. I always thought that made me half-crazy. And the other friend was in third or last place. We would call him a coward for that. He was very scared, yet he still went on the ice.
As we were crawling out on the frozen river, a car stopped on the street and a man jumped out and yelled at us. "Hey you kids! Get off the ice! I'm going to call the cops on you!" We immediately began crawling back to safety.
I have no idea who that man was, but I am certain he saved all of our lives. If we kept going, the ice almost certainly would have broken, and we would have all gone through. I doubt anyone could have rescued us because the river would have pushed us along under the ice.
Here is what I learned from that day: 1. I owe my life to a stranger, so I must pass it on by helping others. 2. The brains of kids are really whacked. 3. Being only half-crazy has made my life pretty interesting.
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Poppy
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Jan 28, 2019 11:11AM
That's what I tell all the scam callers that abuse my patience daily: "If you call me again, I will have you arrested." Very useful phrase, indeed!!!
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