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There once was a large, shiny pond.   All types of animals would go 

drink at the pond like rabbits, cats, birds, and dogs.   Not far from the 

pond there was a house.   The house's backyard led straight to the 

pond.   Everyday the dogs would pass through the yard to get to the 

pond.   The people that lived in the house didn't mind the dogs 

crossing their yard.

One day, a new family moved into the 

house. One of the kids in the family, named 

Caleb, didn't like the dogs crossing his yard.  

So, whenever he saw the dogs, he would 

throw pine cones at them.

One day, Caleb's sister, Chenoa, came to talk to him.     

"Caleb," she said, "don't you think those dogs are 

tired of you throwing pine cones at them?" "Well," 

said Caleb, "I guess.   But I'm only doing it because I 

don't like them crossing our yard.   They poop 

everywhere." "They can't help that." said Chenoa, 

"But imagine if it was switched around.   Would you 

like it if dogs or anybody threw pine cones at you?" 

"Of course not." Caleb answered,"But that's the good 

thing about being human.   There is no reason why 

anyone would throw pine cones at a human."

Soon summer passed and Caleb went to school.   When 

Caleb was walking home from school, he got lost.   Caleb 

walked around for a while trying to figure out where he was.  

Soon he came upon a field. Behind the field he could see the 

pond behind his yard.   "Good" he thought,"I'm not far from 

my house.   All I have to do is cross this field and then I'll be 

home!"   Caleb then started to walk through the field.

Caleb had only walked for a little while before he saw a 

boy standing in the field.   "Hello." said the boy, "I'm 

Chase.   What are you doing here?"   "I'm walking home." 

replied Caleb.   "Do you know that this is my father's field?" 

asked Chase.    "No," answered Caleb,"But I have to cross 

through here in order to get to my house."   "What do you 

do when something walks through your yard without 

permission?" asked Chase.   "I throw pine cones at it." said 

Caleb.   "Well guess what, I do the same thing." said Chase 

as he held up a pine cone.

"Wait." said Caleb,"You wouldn't throw pine cones at me 

would you?"   " Why wouldn't I?" asked Chase.   "Because," 

said Caleb incredulously,"it's not like I'm a dog, I'm a 

human being!"   " It doesn't make a difference whether 

you're a dog or a human.   What matters is that you 

trespassed."   said Chase, and he started throwing pine 

cones at Caleb.

Caleb ran as fast as he could to try avoid the pine 

cones At first he wasn't getting hit, but soon he started 

feeling the pine cones.   Caleb started crying, not only 

because the pine cones hurt, but also because he was 

scared of Chase trying to drive him off the field.   Caleb 

started to   think of what he could do to escape the pine 

cones and Chase.   Then he saw a tree and decide to 

climb it as   quickly as he could. 

Chase tried to climb after him 

but he couldn't get up the 

tree. "Fine!" said Chase, " I'll 

just wait here until you come 

down!"   Caleb was terrified.  

He didn't know what to do.  

Finally he decided there was 

only one thing he could do. 

"Chase!"   he yelled from the 

tree.   "What?" Chase 

answered.   "I know you aren't 

gonna let me go free without 

a fight," said Caleb,"so I 

challenge you to a pine cone 

war."   "Fine." said Chase,  

"Whoever wins gets to walk in 

this field freely.   Agreed?"

"Agreed." said Caleb as he 

climbed down the tree.   Both 

boys then picked up a pine 

cone.

Each boy threw as many pine cones as he could.   Caleb and 

Chase must have thrown hundreds of pine cones before the 

war was over.   As time went by both boys became very 

tired. Still, they kept throwing their pine cones.   They were 

both driven to win.   But Caleb had a little extra drive in him 

because of his fear of Chase.

In the end, Chase ended up with 

a bloody nose, and Caleb ended 

up walking home freely with only 

a few bruises.   When he got to 

his backyard he happily greeted 

the dogs passing through.   For 

he learned if you live by violence 

you can get hurt by violence.

The End

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