Article June 12, 1978 Issue

What's really happening?

Kevin G. Graunke

It was the first day of summer vacation. School was out, and Karl and Dennis planned to spend the morning playing their favorite game—explorer. It was a game they played often, and this day the two sixth-grade classmates headed for the creek that ran near Karl's house.

Many times before, they had seen the old tree house in the giant willow tree that stood near the water's edge, but neither of them had ever explored it. So they decided the perfect way to begin their game was to climb up, and Dennis was soon scrambling into the leafy branches with Karl close behind.

When they reached the wooden platform, Karl suddenly wished he had stayed on the ground. The tree house was much higher than he thought! Soon Dennis decided it was time to explore someplace else, and he swung back down to earth as easily as he had gone up.

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