Children's Story One Beginnings

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His path was one that would eventually lead to unfamiliar places. He had explored some of the hills just beyond a cow pasture but not farther. It would all be new and surely exciting. There were always so many new things to see--plants, animals, trees, streams, waterfalls and much more. So many little things that become big if you take the time to look at them closely.

Leaving the pasture was always a problem. Poison oak ringed the edge thickly and he had to find a recent cow trail through it. There were only a couple of times when he had blister rashes bad; the itching became like a strange burning sensation allover his arms and legs. That was more than enough for him! At last he saw a neat, trampeled tunnel. He went through it and down a long bank that tapered to a small stream. He had played in the stream often, especially when the rains caused it to swell like a small river. He had to watch his steps avoiding the stinging nettles and a muddy area caused by a spring draining from just under the edge of the pasture.

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