The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1961-06-23
DOWN
TO
EARTH
ABOUT BOYS CHASING
RABBITS AT SHUTDOWN
By
CARLTON
MORRIS

A working man worries little
about the affairs of the world,
for he is too busy to pay atten-
ton to all the news. But with a
loafer it is another story, for
he has time to read all the
papers and watch all telcasts. And
lately the affairs of men appear
to have reached bad state of re-
pair in the eyes of we loafers.
However, l am glad to report
that they are not as bad as we
think. For on these long after
moons l have seen things that con-
vince me that God is still in his
heaven and, with little effort on
the part of mankind, Pm sure that
all would be we'll with the world.
After a saturation of world news
l like to sit out on the steps and
watch the sun go down. On a June
day l can see the sun as it sets
squarely on top of the far wood
lands on this gentle, rolling land
where l live. In a matter of min
utes, the large red ball will slip be-
hind the trees and leave the whole
world bathed in shadows. l always
get the feeling that darkness comes
from the sun, for l am always
looking toward it as the long
shadows walk across the world.
Yesterday sat on the steps and
watched the sun going down. A
slight movement on the far side o.
the field in front of my house at
tracted my attention, For a NOM
emit l looked away from the rec
ball of the sun and l saw foul
rabbits playing across the end o.
the field. Back and forth the!
chased each other, ducking ant
lodging in all directions. l grew
so interested in their antics tina
forgot the giant red ball of Sun
light.
Then on the far side Of the fielt
l saw boy walking along. H
had taken a shortcut across tn,
field on his way home to supper
Pretty soon another kid came alon,
the street on his bike and he saw
the lad walking along the fielt
path and he called to him AM
started down the field, pedalinl
as hard as he could.
Just before he reached him, the
walking lad took off across thu
field as hard as he could run. The
second boy got off his bicycle ano
ran after him. =
"Where are you going?" the
second boy shouted.
"I'm going to catch a rabbit"
shouted the first boy.
Both youngsters ran across the
field to a growth of bushes and
ran back and forth and looked to
the right and to the left. Sitting
on my steps l had a good view
of the whole scene and l was not
worried about the rabbit, for l
know boys have chased them since
the beginning of time and it is a
rare occasion indeed when one is
caught. The four rabbits chasing
back and forth at the end of the
bean rows were not worried, for
they kept up their running game
even when the boys shouted back
and forth not SO yards away.
After while the two boys gave
up their futile efforts to catch a
rabbit and returned to the field
path.
Then began to wonder if Khru-
shchev had ever chased a rabbit
when he was a boy and l decided
against it; for, with his great belly,
couldn't summon up enough I'M
agination to think of him as ever
having been a country boy. And
President Kennedy had no need to
chase a rabbit in his youth. For
if he had wanted it, he could have