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And we return to our American stories. And up next, a story from Scott Jones. Scott is the author of Growing Up Rural: Lessons Learned for a Lifetime. And today he shares with us a story from his childhood about the importance of truth. entitled Dangling Feet.
Take it away, Scott. Uh Straight north of our two-story stucco house. is a large timbered area known as Illinois Grove. The lower Minerva Creek runs through the extensive timber. winding and turning until it reaches the Iowa River.
This timbered area was my playground growing up with beautiful oak and walnut trees that seemed to reach to the heavens. I would oftentimes go down to the creek in the summer and skip rocks over the water. This particular winter day found the sky grey with intermediate snow flurries. over a freshly fallen layer of beautiful snow from the night before. I asked my dad if I could go down into the timber.
and just play around in the snow. throw sticks, and maybe see some squirrels and red-headed woodpeckers. He didn't have a problem with that. but under one condition. that I would stay off the ice that covered the creek during the winter months.
We had had a lot of rain that fall. and the Laura Minerva was higher than usual for this winter season.
So I put on my long underwear, pants, flannel shirt, and rubber buckle boots, and headed into my playground. I followed the road zigzagging between fallen trees and branches until I reached the creek. It was covered with a crystal smooth layer of beautiful ice. I didn't own a pair of ice skates, but my rubber boots would work fine to slip and slide on the ice. pretending to be a star hockey player.
When you play against yourself, you can never lose. I made my way onto the ice and was having the time of my life. I had found a nice stick and a piece of tree bark to play with. Back and forth I would go, yelling, Goal! Goal.
And then all of a sudden, as I had gotten out on to the middle of the frozen creek, I heard some cracking and creaking. Before I knew it, The ice broke under my feet. and my body went straight down through the ice and into the water underneath. My weight made a hole slightly larger than my body as I caught myself by my arms and elbows. Under the ice The water was running at a very swift speed.
I knew that if I went under, that would be it for me. As I hung on for dear life, my hopes were that the ice would stay intact around me. and to pull myself up and somehow roll over the ice to the creek's edge. but with the water so powerful, and my clothes wet and heavy. I found it nearly impossible to gather the strength I needed to pull myself up.
And then the ice around me started to crack in every direction the more I tried to lift myself out. I thought one last attempt to pull myself out or else I'm going to meet my Maker. I took some deep breaths. and gathered my strength. and strenuously put pressure down on my elbows.
to pull my body up and out of the fast-running, freezing water in hopes the ice would not break. throwing me back in and under. I kept pulling. grunting and yelling out for dear life until I was able to pull myself out. And I rolled my body over and over toward the edge with ice breaking.
cracking all around me until I reached the bank of the creek.
Now I thought. I have to get up and get home before I freeze to death. How would I explain to my Dad, as he had made it clear? that I was not to go on to the ice covered creek. Maybe I can sneak into the house and neither of my parents will see me.
So I came up with a genius plan. I will roll around in the snow and make it look like I'd been playing in the wet snow. Oh, how we can make up a story to avoid telling the truth. for fear of the negative consequences.
Well, that was what I did. since the snow was fairly deep, I just threw myself into it and rolled around for a bit. though my clothes were becoming heavier and heavier. I made my way up from the creek to the house. which is about a quarter of a mile.
My clothes were completely frozen and stiff, and my teeth chattering from the freezing cold. As I got closer to the house, I looked up and saw my dad standing out in the front yard waiting for me. As I got close to him. He stared at me and asked, What have you been doing all this time in the timber? And how did you get your clothes so wet and frozen?
I said, I was just playing in the wet snow, rolling around and having fun. Immediately he responded. You fell into the creek, didn't you? It was like an arrow had pierced my heart. I replied, Yes.
and I will never forget how he responded to my shenanigans. He looked down at me with a tear coming down his cheek, and said, I am upset because you disobeyed me. by going on to the ice. but I am more upset and hurt because you lied to me. My actions and my lies had pierced his heart, as he had expected better from me.
He said abruptly, get into the house. Take off those clothes. and take a hot bath before you freeze to death. I do not remember him bringing up the subject again. I never did tell him the whole extent of what happened that day.
I disobeyed my dad's wise counsel that day. He knew what the ice on the creek was like in the winter. He knew the dangers. and yet he trusted me to obey him. Growing up I do not remember my dad ever asking me to do anything that was simply out of reach to accomplish.
We worked hard on the farm. raising hogs, cattle, chickens. and planting grain crops. I am truly grateful for those years. And in that one act of disobedience, I almost lost my life.
I'm not proud of that moment. but it taught me the value of parental wisdom based on their experience. And it taught me that to tell the truth is always the best thing to do, even if it seems difficult at the moment. Today I am glad that my dad called me out on it. If he had let it go, It would have made it easier for me to do something like it again.
though was less guilt. It's like cheating on a test. run our income taxes. You do it the first time and don't get caught.
So the second time you are tempted to fudge. it becomes much easier. I wounded my dad and myself that day. and broke my dad's trust in me. Not forever.
But for a while. That trust takes time. Effort? and accountability to win back. Good, healthy relationships are founded upon trust.
Honesty. and forgiveness. And a great job on that piece by Monty. And a special thanks to Scott Jones. His book, Growing Up Rural, Lessons Learned for a Lifetime.
is available on Amazon and the usual suspects. And he's also a listener. On our station, In Des Moines, Iowa, WHO, a big iHeart station right smack in the middle of our great country. The story of Scott Jones' dangling feet. Here.
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