there is a camp fire at hi hill every thursday. after a raucous beginning, the silly songs and funny skits segue into the more somber storytelling time--a denouement, if you will. the featured story is always some sort of morality tale or character lesson. by the end of the story, the kids are usually pensive, introspective even. some may even tear up if the story is sad enough...
according to one of the trail teachers, a student with tourette's listened to one such tale about an unlucky chipmunk who died a poignant death. the tale was very dramatic, and the storyteller openly wept at the end. after a moment of contemplation, as a few 5th grade students silently sobbed and others quietly pondered the chipmunk's untimely ending, the boy with tourette's suddenly offered his heart-felt eulogy...
"poor, f*ckin' chipmunk..."
true f'n story! :>
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