Bird Hunters
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By Chris Robinson
Anyone who has had a Judeo-Christian upbringing has no doubt read Genesis and knows the story of the Creation. But what the Old Testament chroniclers didn’t mention was this: That in the beginning, after creating the heavens and the earth along with all the creatures that inhabit it, after resting for awhile from his arduous work, God’s creative juices again began to flow. And, so after He created a number of other things, when he reached for a fist full of good sense for His next project, He’d run out of it. But, no matter. Rather than wait until more could be made, God simply created bird hunters instead.
Then, because He had given mankind dominion over all the animals and He knew of the briar patches, the marsh muck, the fields of tanglefoot and the muddy wheat fields that awaited his newest creation, because He was a merciful god who loved all His children no matter how wayward and brainless they seemed at times, He created gun dogs. Once God saw that the dog creation was good, He gathered the dogs to Him and whispered in their ears, “I gave you My name in altered form for a reason. You must take a solemn oath to take care of bird hunters because I was unable to give them good sense. You must use the abilities I’ve given you to help them in their quests, be willing to share with them the torments of the damned and then, at the end of the day, provide them comfort and unconditional love.”
The dogs wagged their tails, the canine version of “Aye, aye, sir,” meaning that they understood the order and would obey it, at least most of the time. However, their assent carried the stipulation that obedience to the orders was not applicable if the weather or the terrain was particularly vicious. Or, if their bird hunter hadn’t been able to shoot their way out of a paper bag or hit the side of a barn from three feet away all day. Or, the only bird visible after hours and dozens of miles of walking had been a turkey buzzard, presumably circling in wait for either the dog or the hunter to drop over from exhaustion so it could pick its bones clean.
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