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Mama And The Skinny Dippers

June 22, 2015 By Linda H. Todd 10 Comments

Linda Hebert Todd, Author - Westlake, LA
My mother was upstairs cleaning hers and my dad’s bedroom one afternoon in July or August, which can be brutal in southwest Louisiana. The baritone shouts coming from the river told her it was a gang of boys trying to stay cool. She walked to the window and looked out. Water splashed up as someone dropped off the rope.

Someone else started the climb up the tree. No rope for this one. He was going all the way to the top, grabbing the short horizontal planks nailed at intervals of twelve inches or so. He got to the top and raised his hands in a victory salute. The other thing she noticed was he had on exactly what he came into this world wearing—nothing. Nada. Zilch.

It took her about ten seconds to get down the stairs and out the back door. The dog joined her along the way and ran on ahead. She could hear them shouting at the hapless jumper.

“Jump. Jump. That’s the Hebert’s dog. Someone’s coming.”

“Hurry. Hurry.”

“I can’t. It’s too high. I’m going back down,” the jumper—I’ll call him E—said.

“No. You gotta go now. It’s Miz Hebert and she’s almost here.”

Mama stepped into the clearing just as E went flying from the top of a forty foot tree. What followed was a dressing down only my mother could administer when one of her own was threatened.

She turned to leave and heard a collective groan go up from the heads bobbing around like so many corks in the murky water. She watched the dog go from one pile of clothes on the ground to the next until all had been marked as his territory.

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  1. Mollie says

    June 22, 2015 at 1:53 pm

    Funny, Mama.

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  2. Donna says

    June 22, 2015 at 5:54 pm

    Haha I could see Grandma doing that!

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  3. Samantha says

    June 22, 2015 at 5:57 pm

    Love it

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    • Linda H. Todd says

      June 23, 2015 at 2:16 pm

      Thanks, Sam

      Reply
  4. Micki Todd says

    June 22, 2015 at 10:03 pm

    Too funny! Grandma would do that as no one else could 🙂

    Reply
  5. Judy H. Cagle says

    June 23, 2015 at 6:08 am

    That’ll teach ’em, King. (Hillene said you guys always had a dog and his name was always King). Go, King!

    Enjoyed this story . . . can actually see it taking place!

    Love ya,

    Judy

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    • Linda H. Todd says

      June 23, 2015 at 2:19 pm

      We had a couple named Tex, too. They were always retrievers of some kind. And, of course, we had the pit bulls named Missy and Cougar, featured in the watermelon heist.

      Reply
  6. Judy H. Cagle says

    June 23, 2015 at 6:09 am

    Thanks, Linda. This story is a breath of fresh air . . . and we really can actually see it all happening!

    Love ya,

    Judy

    Reply
  7. Sadie smith says

    June 23, 2015 at 2:05 pm

    I enjoy your blog. Thanks for sharing.

    Reply
    • Linda H. Todd says

      June 23, 2015 at 2:20 pm

      Hi Sadie
      Thanks for stopping by.

      Reply

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