They Called Him A Coward

Wario of the Woodland, struggling against extreme odds, traveling dangerous trails, fighting the many enemies of nature. This is the job of the Guardian of the Forest, Ranger Bill, pouring rain, freezing cold, blistering heat, snow, floods, bears, rattlesnakes, mountain lions.

Yes, all this in exchange for the satisfaction and pride of a job well done. Hello boys and girls. I'm sure you recognize that sound you just heard. Back to you can still hear it a little bit I guess. It's thunder. And you know what that means? Rain.

Well, rain has a great deal to do with the adventure we're going to tell you about today. Rain and what happened after. As you know, I'm a forest ranger out here in the west. My job is an interesting one.

Sometimes I'm called a natural resources conservationist. Those big words just mean I look after the trees, the meadows, and the animals. And my territory is in what people used to call the Wild West. Of course, it isn't too wild anymore, except when nature goes on a rampage, which is exactly what happened in today's story.

It seems it rained and rained and rained until, but I see I'm getting ahead of myself. The name of the story is, they called him a coward. Take a look high in trees, that red-headed woodpecker.

Not see too many like this around here, they come up north and early spring. Oh, I would like you to have, grey will take us on these nature heights. Yeah, well, getting out of school.

How little school building out in the woods? Yeah, well, yeah, it's still part of our school, aren't you? Yeah. Well, it blows everything you really just know about the woods. Uh-huh. Say, what's the matter?