"The Hike"

               Once upon a time, one cool spring morning, three very adventurous girls decided to go on a hike.  The three young maidens were quite beautiful to look upon, so they felt they should protect their beauty by wearing protection in the form of:  jackets, hats, bandanas, boots, glasses holders, and of course the ever-important Ninja Turtle fanny packs.  The three girls set out on their journey with out any major catastrophes, quite a surprise for these three.
                 As they ascended the first hill, the oldest, Chrystal, felt her feet slide from underneath her slim figure, and found herself at the bottom of a muddy grassy knoll.  Upon realizing the mud caked on her buttocks, Chrystal became very ashamed, she did not want the other two fair maidens, Laurie and Michelle to see the predicament she had gotten herself into.  Fortunately, as Michelle tried to make her way through the greenery, she also found herself laying on her backside in the muddy grassy knoll.  As Laurie looked down upon the two other maidens and the fate in which they had been so unfortunate to come, she found a better way down the hill and met her two, now very muddy and very exhausted friends in the muddy grassy knoll.

                After noticing how famished her partners were, Michelle was very glad to see that the contents of her Ninja Turtle fanny pack was still in tack, and was able to treat herself and her friends to a small snack of  water, chocolate, crackers, peanut butter, fruit roll ups, pizza, sprite (because the young Chrystal was allergic to such things as cola between the very hours for which the journey ensued), bubble tape, pop quiz popcorn from pop secret, Ouch bubble gum, and many other tasty provisions.

            Once the girls had their fill, they were ready to resume their adventure.  All along the way, they found many interesting land forms, and took many many many pictures of them, in order to always remember the day.  As they were walking through a creek bed, the girls came upon a very large mountain and decided to take a chance and scale it.  Once they reached the summit, Chrystal became overly excited and began to dance around singing and gyrating her arms about in strange movements never seen before by Michelle or Laurie.  Laurie was so upset that she had to hide behind a tree while Michelle tried to coax Chrystal out from on top of the mountain.
            After what seemed to be 10 hours, they finally could resume their journey.  The girls hiked along dancing and singing until they heard a very loud "BANG!"   They did not know what the sound could be, and were very much afraid that it would happen again.  "BANG!"  "BANG!"  "BANG!"  "BANG!"  Again and again they heard the strange noise, they did not know what to do.  Michelle and Laurie began crying while Chrystal began formulating a plan.  Chrystal decided (with factors such as wind velocity and the earth's gravitational pull) that the shots were directly southeast from the very rock upon which they were standing, and if they continued in the same pattern, whatever strange monster was making the noise would be upon them in no less than 4.25 minutes.    She decided to be brave and yell at the beast, "Stop, there are three beautiful young maidens down in the muddy grassy knoll who are very afraid of the noises which you are making, please stop."  To which they heard a reply, "Get off of my property!"  The girls began screaming and running until they realized there was no way out.   Laurie and Michelle began talking... "property... property... property"  The word sounded so familiar to them... what could it be? they pondered... some sort of special president or governor?  Or just another nonsense word??  Alas, they remembered, it was the name of a dictator in some far off country, one with a very bad temper.. one that could only be calmed by the singing of one particular song....  Unfortunately Laurie and Michelle had forgotten the song!   What would become of the three girls?   They knew they had to think fast....  so they bowed their heads and began meditating....

                    "EUREKA! I remember the song!  It was sung by a wonderful group...  ALL 4 ONE" ... Michelle began screaming in hysterics... "what's the song??  what's the song???" Chrystal and Laurie questioned simultaneously.
 "I SWEAR!!!!!" Was the brave Michelle's reply.  So they all began singing the song...  "I swear, by the moon and the stars and the sky.. I'll be there...."  On and on they went... singing and walking, singing and walking....  it seemed to be getting darker out.. but the bangs had stopped.. they had succeeded in calming the beast!  Now their only problem was getting out of the muddy grassy knoll!  As they pondered their fate, the youngest maiden, Laurie came up with an ingenious plan... "Why don't we just go back the way we came?"

                And so the three young beauties did...  climbing out of the muddy grassy knoll, crossing the highway and running all the way back to the safety of the castle.  The girls decided right then and there that they would never go on a journey again, at least not without a map!  And so they lived happily ever after!

Ya quessed it.. I was just a bit bored! :)  Acutally, Chrystal.. I was on here for 2 hours looking for just the right card to send you, but I never found it.. so ya got this instead.. thrilled yet???? :)  Love you two!  oh yeah, and don't show this to another soul.. k? not like ya would anyway.. LOL... I crack myself up... :P