Article: Billy and the Kid - Chapter 21 through 24

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Thank You very Much, the joys of this story "as I think More on it" outway the tears, reminds me of my father whom also has passed, Sorry for Your Loss! A great way to relay shared feelings, makes me wanna run out and adopt a best friend, and get out there fishin', heaven knows kids today need to get out of the house and into the great outdoors, we all need to get unwired from the TV, intrernet and texts. Great Story!!!!

Thank you for this story. I'm guessing many of us had Mr Baker types in our childhood that introduced us to fishing. My Mr Baker is 80 now and not able to fish all-day like he use to, but he still out fishes me every time.

great story! loved it to the end!! I miss my grampa's. thanks.

Great read from the beginning to the end. Makes me thing back to spending a month with my Grandpa every summer, and spending evenings fishing.

Wow that was a great story. I always found myself waiting on the next 4 chapters. Thanks for sharing.

I get it! Thank You for sharing this story. In Oct. this year I lost my life long fishing buddy (my dad). His boat is setting in my driveway.

This was a great story. Thank u !

Thanks everyone for the kind words.

Wannabe...

WOW and WOW again. Wannabe, that is one of the best storys I have ever read. You definately should look into makeing this a book. You do have the talent to be a great writer so PLEASE look further into writing my friend. AGain thank you so much for such a great story. Very inspiring.

Very good wannabe! never new ya had that kind of talent in ya. Congrats on a job well done.

Great read. Great memories and a tribute to your Dad.

thanks, maybe you'll write some more Gary

Thank you for such a deeply moving story. I am at the stage of my life where I am mentoring children to introduce them to hunting and fishing. Don't stop writing.

So many things rang true and familar to me.

It's the people in our lives that make it so much richer.
Thank you for reminding me.

A very good story. I found myself wiping my eyes before I finished the last chapter. Thank you!!!

this was an awesome story ty for shareing

I have nothing new to add to the above comments except thanks for a story that has touched me deeply.

GREAT are you going to do a another 1 ??? i know it will be jush as good

Best story I have read in a long time. I am going to put a few things off and see if I can get my dad to go fishing sometime this week.

Thanks.

Awesome...

This story really hits home with me.My grandfather lived in Alabama and me in N.C.He,s the one who got me in to hunting and fishing,working,praying and about everything good thats in me.Well as I grew older I got there less and less untill we just went at Christmas.When my son was born he had become verry Ill just like Mr.Baker.My grandfather was in home hospice care when I was called in to see him before he died.But when he found out we were coming and my son who was three at the time was coming in he told me to bring an old 22 rifle he gave me and have the hammer back because we were going squirrel hunting.When I arrived in Hamilton Alabama his hospice nurse was there and couldn't believe what she saw.He was up ready to go,we walked those hills all day and treed 11 squirrels,my son shot every one of them with his great grandfathers help.Thank you for bringing back that memeory with Billy and the Kid!I wonder who helped who the most?

I feel the we are the sum of those that we bring into our lives not those we keep out. That was a great story wannbe, thanks for writing it and having Slab publish it here. It's a story that touches our hearts and brings many of us back to our younger years and gives us some direction on where to head in our coming years. It's a joyful story touched with sadness, but isn't that what life is all about. Sorry about your Dad's passing and makes me think of mine. With he and I it was just the opposite of most father and son stories. It was I who brought him to fishing and then to watch him in his retirement enjoy it to the fullest. I've passed on what I know to my sons and daughters and now they enjoy the sport of fishing as much as I do. I'll be working on my grandsons and I hope to be successful with them also. Take care and blessings to you and may your pen soon come alive again.
"gene"

Great story, you surely have a gift. Thank you for sharing!