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It all began that one day John Clements was 

wandering away from camp to follow a little 

river near blind man's bluff. Ha ha! That 

Clements was more curious then a kitten past 

lunch hour. Like they always say, curiosity kill 

the cat. Well in this case, it was curiosity kill 

the kid!

John was walking along a windy river in the 

middle of noon day. The sun was high and 

bright in the sky and little critters were 

searching for dug outs to avoid the rampant 

heat.

That poor old johnny kept walking for miles 

until he finally came to the end of the river. it 

was flowing into a large lake which seemed to 

have a herd of cattle drinking from it at the 

moment. He was dismayed at the sight of the 

sign near the river mouth. It read: Danger! 

Do not go beyond this sign! In real dark 

letters too. Who ever wrote this, surely meant 

for whoever saw it, to take the utterly smart 

advice. What little johnny didn't know about, 

was that once you went into rattlesnake 

canyon, there was a high chance that you 

wouldn't come out. That's exactly what lay 

ahead, Rattlesnake Canyon. But johnny 

disregarded the sign, and continued his 

expedition. 

By the time Johnny got to the entrance of 

Rattlesnake Canyon, it was dusk. He was a 

long ways from camp, and if he was lucky, he 

could make it to camp before nightfall if he 

turned around. But as we all know, he had no 

intentions of turning back now.

He looked ahead and realized he had nowhere 

to stay. He was about to take a nap on the 

bare ground, until an young man with a real 

ten gallon hat came up to him. "Hey sonny! 

What are you doing all by yourself out here!" 

John greeted him and then the man invited 

him to sleep in the barn if he wanted. 

The nice man even invited John inside his 

cabin home. In his house, lived his wife Ellie, 

and their small baby. "Welcome!" Ellie smiled 

as she fixed up the rug on the floor as John 

and the man (Who's name was Oliver) walked 

inside. "Oliver where have you been!" Ellie 

asked sternly. "I was out a huntin' again...still 

no catch..." He replied solemnly. "Ellie this is 

Johnny! Johnny meet Ellie and our newest little 

bundle of joy, Wilson. John smiled as he saw 

the family together, but then he became a bit 

sad when he realized that he had no family. 

And how he had tragically lost his family when 

their wagon rolled off a cliff into ferngully 

canyon.   

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