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I've been known to pull some pranks on close friends through out the years. All have been harmless to those who were chosen for some fun. Perhaps one of the best pranks was with some little bells like kids tied on their shoes or people placed around their pet's neck.
A neighbor's oldest son had arrived back home from his stint in the Air Force. He soon fell in love with a young woman in a near by town. Once they were married her parents gave her and her new husband 5 acres of land next door to them. I was a home builder and was contracted to built their new home in the middle of a corn field. They both were very excited with the construction of their dream home. They were great to work for because they knew what they wanted.
The house was finally completed all but a few odds and ends . I agreed to let them go ahead and move in and I would complete the remaining punch list. The stage was set once they moved into their new home for my prank. They had one of those beds with the metal springs under a mattress and I had these bells, that gave off a little ringing sound when hit together. I tied these bells under the bed to the metal springs and when the bed moved with motion the bells would give off a faint ringing sound.
Weeks later my wife and I meet the couple for a night out at a local restaurant and we all got a big laugh out of what they told us happened with those bells. Sue kept asking Charles, while they were in bed, do you hear bells ringing??? Charles was hard of hearing and didn't hear the bells Sue was hearing. They say when you are in love sometimes one hears bells??? Poor old Charles wasn't hearing bells but Sue was!!LOL!! After several weeks the mystery of the bells was finally over thanks to a new kitten Sue had in the house. The kitten found those bells under the bed and was ringing them a lot more than Charles and Sue where????
One of my granddaughters at age 5 couldn't find her kitten. She had looked in all the kittens favorite places to hid from her. She became very upset and asked her dad, "Daddy have you seen my kittie cat??" Her dad told her, " Leslie, your kittie cat died and went to heaven." This seemed to put her at ease.
The next day she couldn't wait to tell the little boy who lived next door about her kittie cat. " Did you know that my kittie cat died and went to heaven??" NO, said Johnny your kittie cat didn't die and go to heaven. Your daddy backed over it with his truck and threw it up in the back of his pick-up. I saw him through my window.
About a month ago I did a blog on the squirrels that were taking our peaches off the trees and only eating a few bites off them. I decided to try some music to deter the little thieves. The old car radio placed into a five gallon bucket with it's speaker outside attached to the bucket and powered by a 12 volt car battery playing gospel music.
This music worked for a few days and the squirrels decided to feast on the pears. OK, you can have all the pears you want but stay away from the peaches. Squirrels are like kids, they don't listen.
The squirrel ring leader decided they were going to go for the peaches a few days later. Ring leader, " Hey guys we will get up early, about day break and go get some peaches for breakfast." What about that loud noise at the peach trees ask one low ranking cousin??
Leader, " Don't worry about that, I don't think it will hurt us." " I love to hear that noise said top squirrel.
Early the next morning Top squirrel assembled his troops high in the trees near the orchard with his plan of attack. Help guys follow me down and to the peach trees. I don't see any problems. The old man with a gun is still sawing logs.ZZZZZZZZZZZ's. Hey, look at those peaches laying on the ground!!!
BOOM,BOOM, BOOM, BOOM!!!!!! Retreat, retreat we been ambushed cried Old know it all??? Some of his troops didn't made it, four died of lead posioning. The remaining troops with the leader retreated deep into the woods and weren't seen for several days. Prehaps they are planning another mission to the orchard. In a few days it will be time to pick those peaches.
TRAVEL AGENCY
This raccoon ordeal is getting way out of hand!
Yesterday I trapped my second varmint. He was so cute when I went to check the trap, he was sleeping on his back with his feet up in the air. He was waiting for the release and relocate part of my program. This is what might be going on in Raccoon-ville, a community located deep in the woods near our house from a raccoon's point of view?
Rocky, "did you coons hear about that guy up near the road and his travel agency. Yeah, he's got a travel agency for us!!." What does it cost? It's free and the perks are wonderful. He offers a cat food buffet in a nice cage, air conditioned, view you can't believe. After the outstanding meal you get to stay overnight in a 5 star cage, it's almost like being outside, there are many windows in the room. The next morning the man comes to pick up your cage and places you in the back of this vehicle that speeds off to a resort. They say the ride is very thrilling with the wind blowing in your face. Several miles down the road it's time to see where your vacation starts. Once at the resort you are let out and guys I hear it's paradise. The woods are huge and a lake is nearby. It's water as far as you can see!! That's sure sound inviting doesn't it? I'm thinking tonight I will slip up and take a cage and take the trip. Mother coon, " Rocky you be careful, don't get out in the road and wear your best fur coat. Send word when you arrive via the coon-network. Be very careful about those hunters and coon dogs, you know what happen to your dad?" 
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