| I don't know when the hunting season is in your | | | | case of an emergency.My hunting license leads |
| part of the country, but in my house it is every | | | | me to the basement. I creep down the stairs, full |
| school day from August through June. Why else | | | | of anxiety, looking to paper "bag" school books |
| am I hunting through old purses at 6:00 a.m. trying | | | | with serviceable covers. (I have three school-age |
| to stalk a quarter for my son's milk money? The | | | | kids). One year my daughter covered her books |
| only thing I trap are lint-covered lifesavers, an | | | | with a roll of $10.50 wallpaper. Our bathroom is |
| Eisenhower button, and a grocery list of strained | | | | the only one in the neighborhood with one bare |
| vegetables (my youngest is eight years old). It is | | | | wall.The White Huntress still has to enter three |
| about as exciting as spending 12 hours in a duck | | | | bedrooms (It's a jungle in there) to snare one |
| blind.I must remember to give my child some | | | | overdue library book, one glasses case, one |
| dollar bills tomorrow so he can purchase "The Lion | | | | raincoat, and two pairs of sneakers. (My |
| And The Alligator" and "Mindy And the Moose" at | | | | experienced nose led me to the last items quicker |
| the school book fair. Once the hunting season | | | | than a hound dog on a scent). I am surprised I |
| starts he suddenly develops a serious case of | | | | don't get bagged for exceeding the legal limit.On |
| buck fever.My next aim is to locate a black ink | | | | the trail I am surprised to come upon a wild |
| pen to record the emergency information the | | | | animal (my youngest son). And I wasn't even |
| school requires. How are they to know what | | | | dear hunting.Ms. Adams is a freelance writer for |
| doctor to call if he should have a sudden attack | | | | newspapers, magazines, and books. She also |
| of gout, or come down with velocipede of the | | | | wrote jokes for Phyllis Diller which she told on tv. |
| chest? I am supposed to also list the telephone | | | | You can see her own page at SQUIDOOand her |
| number of a relative or neighbor who sits by the | | | | blog at CAN WE WRITE? |
| phone eight hours a day waiting to be called in | | | | |