PRE-CAMP MORNING WATCH
A SPRINGTIME FAIRY TALE
Once upon a
time, a long, long time ago, in a land not too far away,
a bulb and a seed lay in the ground side
by side.
It was dark
and cold, and they had been there all winter.
Both of
them wished with all their might to get out of there!
Both
dreamed of a life in the sunshine where they could
get out of
what they felt was a bad experience.
They
dreamed and they dreamed. Still they were there.
The bulb
said to the seed,
”You know,
we are being foolish.
Why in the
world did we ever think that we could ever be different than what we are?”
I am a bulb, and you are a seed, and that is
all we ever will be.
We can dream
on forever, but it is time to face facts.”
One day
they realized that it was even wetter than usual,
but somehow
the ground began to feel warmer!
The seed
said to the bulb, “This is our chance!
We must be
ready!” but the bulb, still discouraged and down in the dumps, replied,
“You are just a dreamer. We are never going to
get out of here!”
“Just watch
me!” said the seed,
and as she began
to stretch herself, something happened!
It was as
though she could not contain herself,
and little
sprouts began to appear,
and she began to push up through the soil.
“Come-on! let’s
go!”, she called back to her friend.
But he
replied,” Nah, you go on. I’ll just stay here and
wait for my
time...(If that is ever to be.)”
“No! Come
on!, she said”, but just then she popped
through the
surface and the bulb could no longer hear her.
But the
sunshine was sooo wonderful!,
and it no
longer was dark and cold!
“I’ve got
to help my friend,” she thought. “HOW?”
“I think
I’ll try this”, and she stretched out her roots till
they
tickled her friend the bulb.
“Come on!” they seemed to say. You will not
believe what it is like up here!”
And she
just kept it up.
She was not
about to just let her friend rot in the ground!
But that is
exactly what began to happen, and finally he realized that maybe she was right,
and he began
to believe that he could be something more than just a bulb about to rot.
---and be
began to stretch till he broke away all of the slimy outside,
and he began
to grow and push upward!
And he went
up---and up! until he broke into the sunshine!
AND he
actually began to BLOOM!
He looked
around and there to his dismay was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen—
It was a
wildflower, but somehow he recognized her.
She was
the seed—Now a beautiful blooming thing!
And the flower looked at him and
realized that he was her friend,
the bulb--now
a handsome blooming tulip!
Don’t get
stuck in your dreams, or you will begin to rot!
DARE TO DREAM ,
BUT GO FOR THE GOAL!
