I dont remember the year ,I was a youngster maybe early teen back then, my uncle from moms side came to me HEY im taking off work gonna be going west Im goin to a Fella named Archie Kehr ,heading down to get a trio of kelsos ,can you stay here at my house and take care of all my fowl ? WHOA that sounded great but that would mean i would be in a house ALONE ALL BY MYSELF, i didnt say no because i wanted to be looked at as if i was a man ,but really i was scared sh^^;"/tless ,if i screwed up the feeding he would know,if i heard the boogeyman up stairs i had no where to run ,if a stranger came to thieve chickens i was the only one there to protect the place ,When he left i knew it was all on me now ,as promptly as he drove away i started laying guns in every corner ,GUNS evened the playing field and made me feel like a MAN let the theives come here and try. This was the days before cell phones and my uncle had no tv Hell he didnt even have a damn phone , as every night fell i read books and listened to the imaginary boogieman i always fell asleep with a rifle in hand ,SCARED i was , My uncle gave me a big chore back then the Responsibility of feeding all his stock and fowl and myself ,his trust in me and way back in those 3 days i went from a Kid TO A MAN ,i think that is when i became a Real Man ,too this Day i can remember his trip to go pick up Archie Kehr Kelsos .
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