Crazy Man Jumping Off the Mountain Long Stretch
Don't say that. Running in the park. Henry the damn fool! He's gonna jump down there and hit that ledge. He drank one too many. He has a bottle in his hand. He's drinking whiskey out of that bottle and drank too much. (R just shakes his head.) He can't walk so he's jumping. He saw a girl down there. He's trying to get to one spot to another. He's going from one island to another It's fall of the year. It's cool because he has a jacket on. Or summer - kinda warm. In the 80's at least. Could be summer or fall.
Putting the writer to work. Just kidding. We gotta have a plot.
There's a pretty girl at the bottom. I don't know the girl. Marissa Florence. One pretty girl to another. She might be his wife. He's really running but he's jumping. Don't think he's gonna make it. I kinda doubt it. I think he might be a little short. If he doesn't, he's gonna be sunk.
I think he's got a horse to ride. Where do you see a horse? A team of horses. He tied em up and climbed up the other side of the mountain. He could have brought them up by wagon.
They're in a state park in Hawaii, Utah, Colorado or California. Gonna have supper. He's gonna kiss a pretty girl on the other side. Well I think he's gambling one way or another. Sounds good to me. Now that's an idea. Pick up the pieces. Scrape him off the bottom. Rangers think he's nuts. The Rangers would say get out of the park. He's a damn fool. There's a stream of water at the bottom. See the ball right down there. Cut it off. To be continued next week!
September 28, 2006 Written by: George, Willard, Bob, Doris, Faye, Bob, Hal. Staff who assisted: Kathy, Marlys, Noreen, Melissa, Liz, Renee. The Malloy 3North Storytellers are from the Iowa Veterans Home in Marshalltown.
