― Will Rogers
What farm kid hasn't known the sting of the electric fence. Dad said it was to keep the animals in. I think perhaps it was to keep the kids out. I remember once when I was intent in getting from the south field to the back lane. I picked up a damp stick and pushed up the electric fence, so I could wiggle my way beneath it. Dad didn't tell me that the stick would carry the electric pulse. I can still feel the tingle in my fingers from that one of a kind jolt.
All kids want to discover things for themselves. That rebellion that takes place when a parent warns a child not to do something making it irresistible to the youth. I remember the story of my dad eating a leaf of poison ivy because someone told him he would never get it again if he did. Well, that certainly back fired. He never got poison ivy again and was lucky to live through it.


Indeed that electric jolt has met with many a country kid. I did learn lessons the hard way. I learned to read and to observe. I learned that an event that strikes one can carry over into the life of another. I learned that one should never pee on an electric fence.
On A Grandparent's Voice: An Extraordinary Life
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