An oldie but goodie.
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Dear Mom and Dad,
We’re having a great time here at Lake Typhoid! Scoutmaster Webb is making us all write to our parents in case you saw the flood on TV and got worried. We are okay. Only 1 of our tents and 2 sleeping bags got washed away. Luckily, none of us got drowned because we were all up on the mountain looking for Chad when it happened. Please call Chad’s parents and tell them he’s okay. He can’t write to them because of the cast.
We never would have found him in the dark if it hadn’t been for all the lightning. Scoutmaster Webb got mad at Chad for going on a hike alone without telling anyone. Chad said he did tell him, but it was during the fire so he probably didn’t hear him. Did you know that if you put gas on a fire, the gas can will blow up? The wet wood still didn’t burn, but one of our tents did. Also some of our clothes. John is going to look weird until his hair grows back.
We’ll be home on Saturday if Scoutmaster Webb gets the car fixed. It wasn’t his fault about the wreck. The brakes worked okay when we left. Scoutmaster Webb said with a car that old you have to expect things to break down. That’s probably why he can’t get insurance on it. We think it’s a neat car. He doesn’t care if we get it dirty, and if it’s hot, he lets us ride on the tailgate. Don’t worry, he’s a good driver. He’s even teaching Terry how to drive. But he only lets him drive on the mountain roads where there isn’t any traffic. All we ever see up there are logging trucks.
This morning all of the guys were diving off the rocks and swimming in the lake. I didn’t go because I can’t swim, and Chad was afraid he would sink because of his cast, so Scoutmaster Webb let us take the canoe across the lake. It was great. Scoutmaster Webb isn’t crabby like some scoutmasters. He didn’t even get mad that we didn’t wear life jackets.
Guess what? We all passed our first aid merit badges! When Dave jumped in the lake and cut his arm on the rocks, we got to see how a tourniquet works. Wade and I threw up, but Scoutmaster Webb said it probably was just food poisoning from the leftover chicken. He said they got sick that way with food they ate in prison.
I have to go now. We’re going into town to mail our letters and buy bullets. Don’t worry about anything. We are fine.
Love,
Billy
P.S. How long has it been since I had a tetanus shot?
bluebird of bitterness 
Hah!! A scarier version of the Camp Granada song!
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What I like about this version is Billy’s positive, upbeat attitude toward all the natural (and unnatural) disasters — seeing them as opportunities for fun and adventure, rather than something to whine and complain about.
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Yes indeed!
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“Camp is very…entertaining,
and they say we’ll have some fun if it stop raining…”
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I notice Billy was discreet enough to not mention when Scoutmaster Webb’s “sister” came to visit. 😮
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I hadn’t read that before, love it.
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A summer camp to remember!
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“Hello, mudda, hello, fadda, here I am at camp Granada…”
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Always loved that song – “Hello mudda, hello fadda.” Thanks for the laughs!
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