Billy and his cousin Jeff went camping the first weekend after school let out for the summer. This was kind of a tradition the boys had started a few years ago. The boys always went out to Grandpas farm to camp out. Grandpa would haul them out some fire wood so they could keep a fire all night. Grandma would fix home made rolls and a dozen other things so the boys wouldnt starve to death over night. The only rough part was- they had to set up their own tent.
After it got dark the boys decided to walk around for a while and talk before building their camp fire. They walked across the hay field to where Grandpas hay wagon was parked. It was a great place to just stop, look up at all the stars and talk about anything that came to mind. The first thing that came to mind was girls.
Billy said he met a really nice girl that he liked alot, but she went to church and she might want him to go with her to church sometime. Jeff said; Well whats wrong with that? Billy said; Ive never been to church- I dont know what your suppose to do in church. Do you know? Jeff said; How would I know, Ive never been to church either.
But I did see the last few minutes of a church show on TV once. I was waiting for a movie I wanted to watch and I turn the TV on early so I wouldnt miss any of it. Billy said; What kind of stuff did they do? Jeff said; A guy was up front talking and everyone else was just sitting there. He talked about everyone needing to pay money to the church, then he started talking in another language of some kind.
It wasnt German- French- Spanish or anything like that, it sounded to me like he was just making it up as he went along. Then I guess they had all the people that wouldnt pay, to come up front and stand in line side by side. Two real big men got behind each person while the man with the microphone got in front of them. He would say something to them, then he hit them on the forehead & knocked them out. He must have been wearing brass knuckles or something.
After he knocked them out, they fell backwards and the two big men would drag them off and lay them on the floor. I think they probably hit & kicked them a few more times because they rolled around on the floor crying for the rest of the show and never did get back up.
There was probably fifty people rolling around on the floor before they brought out this old man in a wheel chair and they told him to walk. The old man didnt get up and walk until they smacked him in the head a couple of times. Afterwards, the man doing all the hitting was trying to sell some kind of a book he wrote for $39.95. I guess if you didnt buy one of these books, theyd beat you up again for that too.
Bobby said; Well, if anyone asks me if I want to go with them to church, Im going to tell them to get lost. Jeff said; Yeah, me too.
