One day, Koobert, and his big sister Kootie found themselves exploring one of the most majestic recreation areas in the United States – Yellowstone National Park. Nestled high in the Rocky Mountains, they were surrounded by breathtaking views of high vistas, shimmering pools, deep and rugged canyons, and other signs of God’s splendor.
“Look at this big thing!” cried Koobert excitedly, “have you ever seen anything so big in your life?”
“I think that’s a tree,” explained Kootie, craning her neck to try and see the top. “It sure is big, Koobie!”
“And sticky”, added Koobert, touching the rough bark of the tree trunk, and coming back with a handful of the tree’s fragrant resin.
Well, of course, this is how many of Kootie and Koobert’s best adventures start out. Barely another word was said before both brave adventurers were hopping up through the lowest branches of the stately pine to see where the very top would lead them. The tree seemed to shake in eager anticipation of Kootie’s next discovery.
“Koobie!, I don’t think we’re alone in this tree”, Kootie called out to her brother, who was sprinting ahead to higher branches. Sure enough, two curious brown eyes, followed by a little fuzzy body and a long fluffy tail moved down the branch toward the eager explorers. It was a squirrel!
Now normally, Kootie would have stopped to make friends, but today the top of the tree seemed to be a more important goal, so she continued steadily upward. In her haste to catch up with Koobert, she did not notice that the first squirrel was soon joined by a second, third, and even a fourth. In fact, a whole community of squirrels seemed mysteriously drawn to Kootie and Koobert as they climbed higher and higher in the tree. What could possibly be attracting the squirrels like that?
Well, after almost an hour of steady climbing, the tree branches thinned out, and there before Koobert and Kootie opened up a vast panorama of tree-covered slopes, giving way to snow-capped peaks.
“Ooooo!”
But the tree was very unsteady at this height, and seemed to be swaying even more than you might think was normal. Sure enough, more than 50 of the curious squirrels were immediately below Kootie, and following them both up to the very thinnest part of the tree trunk at the tippy-top.
“Look Koobie,” said Kootie, “The squirrels want to see Gods handiwork too! Scoot up to make room for them…”
As the squirrels got closer, the tree swayed even more violently, and finally the top began to bend down under the weight of Kootie, Koobert, and the curious company. Some of the very closest squirrels began to loose their grip as the sagging top suspended them upside-down, suddenly above their quarry.
“Good thing God made this tree so sticky”, said Koobert, hanging upside down from the tree top, “It’s getting hard to hang on.”
A sudden gust of wind whipped the heavy-laden top in one mighty final swing, casting squirrels off to lower branches. The sudden absence of the troup of hungry squirrels allowed the tree-top to snap back upright, and no amount of pine tar would have kept Kootie and Koobert from getting flipped into the air.
As they sailed across the afternoon sky, Kootie said, “Let’s find a soft place to land”, and Koobert heartily agreed.
Ooooo…. I can’t wait to read what happens next! I hope there are sound effects… 😉
When’s the next installation??? I wanna know what happens.
You ladies bless my socks off! Part two just posted…