THE RIDE
“Mitchell Jonathan Cartwright!”, Adam Cartwright yelled.
The boy who listened to that name looked up. But he wasn’t the only
one.
The
father of Adam, Ben Cartwright, let his work for what it was for a
second.
“What is the matter?”, Ben asked amazed.
“My son is enormously pestering me all the time” , Adam
explained.
“How do you mean?”, asked the rancher.
“He asks for attention which I cannot give him now. That’s why he
keeps on
walking in my way”, answered Adam.
Mitch looked at the ground and knew that he would get punishment.
Hoss, the
younger brother of Adam, came to stand by them and looked at his
nephew.
“Adam, I will go and ride with your son”, Hoss offered.
Adam gesticulated that it was alright by him and continued with his
work,
Uncle and nephew mounted on and left the yard.
After having rode a while Hoss said, “Mitchy, I must tell you
something.”
“What then?”, asked the boy.
“Before you were born here in the area I have fought with a dragon.
He was
seventen meters high and spit fire. But I came riding on Chub and
he
blocked
the road. I asked kindly if he wanted to go away but he refused to.
So I
had
to fight him. He hit me hard but I perforated him with my striong
fists.
This hurt him so much that he started to run and disappeared
trackless”,
said Hoss.
“That cannot”, said Mitch.
“What cannot?”, his Uncle asked amazed.
“That you have fought with a dragon because they don’t even exsist
here.
Daddy has told me himself”, replied the boy.
Hoss looked at his nephew amazed.
“Are you doubting the truth of my adventure?”, he asked.
Mitch nodded.
“Let me tell you then of that one time that I saved a princess out
of the
water”, said Hoss.
Mitch looked at him with a look like he saw
Hoss began to tell, “On a sunny spring morning I rode way past the
jumped from my horse to rescue the young lady. She was me very
thankfull
and
asked me to marry her. She turned out ot be princess Sheila the
second of a
country far away from here named Washolski. But yes, your grandpa
was
against it and your father and Uncle made sure that she stayed away
for
good
”
“It might be so”, Mitch said dry.
When Hoss and Mitch came home the youngest went straight to his
father.
“Daddy, I must tell you something”, said the boy.
Adam sat down and pulled his son near him.
“Do dragons exsist in this area?”, asked Mitch.
“No, why?”, Adam asked amazed.
“Does a country with a name like Washolski exsist?”, was the
following
question.
Again Adam gavea negative answer. Suddenly he saw the light.
“Kid, has your Uncle make you believe that??”, asked Adam.
“Yes, he also told thathe has rescued a princess out of the
She wanted to marry him but grandpa was against it. You and
Uncle Joe
made
sure that she disappeared for good”, said Mitch.
“Your Uncle has just told you something. Go and wash yourself
because we
can
eat so. I am gonna give your Uncle a treatment”, said Adam.
They got up. Mitch went inside and Adam went to look for his
brother. Hoss
was in the stable busy with the horses.
“What have you made my son believe about dragons being in the area
and and
that you ever rescued a princess from Washolski out of the Washoe
lake?”,
Adam asked at a furiously tone.
Hoss looked at his brother amazed.
“Because you happen to have no time for your son I have done that
for you.
I
just wanted to cheer him up. You always tell him stories too”,
reacted
Hoss.
“Stories yes, but no bullshit like you have told him this
afternoon. If
Mitch gets nightmares tonight about firespitting dragons you may
comfort
him”, replied his brother.
“Adam Poindexter Cartwright, this afternoon you agreed yourself
that I took
Mitchy along. And now you don’t. Apperantly it is never good. From
now on
you go and take him for a ride yourself”, Hoss said insulted.
Adam groaned something unhearable. He realised that he had gone too
far and
had to make his apology with his brother.
“I am sorry that I fell out against you”, said Adam.
“I am sorry too. I can notice that Mitchy is your son because he
didn’t
believe me for a yard”, said Hoss.
“That doesn’t surprise me because I raise him as good as possible”,
reacted
Adam.
They left the stable as best friends but Hoss now also knew that
Mitch
would
never believe his stories.
Heidi