Blind Leading The Blind
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
Grandpa’s 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 wouldn’t
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 Grandpa’s 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; I’ve never
been to church- I don’t know what your suppose to do in church. Do you know? Jeff said; How
would I know, I’ve 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 wouldn’t 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 wasn’t 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 wouldn’t 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 didn’t 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 didn’t buy one of these books, they’d beat you
up again for that too.
Bobby said; Well, if anyone asks me if I want to go with them to church, I’m going to tell them to
get lost. Jeff said; Yeah, me too.
The blind has to lead the blind, when those that are suppose to have true sight won’t.