Broken Bootstraps

The Warrior of the Woodland! Ranger Bill, Warrior of the Woodland, struggling against extreme odds, traveling dangerous trails, showing rare courage in the face of disaster. In the air, on horseback, or in a screaming squad cover.

Ranger Bill, his mind alert, a ready smile, unswerving, loyal to his mission. And all this in exchange for the satisfaction and pride of a job well done Do you know what this gadget is? Of course I do, Maureen. That's a plow That's right and which way do you have to look when you're plowing son?

Well, you have to keep your eyes ahead of you all the time to make a straight fur And when a man's plowing he got any time for looking back What if you made a mistake like, say for instance you made a bad turn and started the next for a too far over or something like that?

I made a lot of mistakes, Ploughing, but I can't correct them. I just keep right on it going and learning by my mistakes. Every time I come around I see where I made the mistake and I remember it and learn how not to make the same mistake again.

Gradually as I plow out more of the field and move farther away from the mistake, I forget about it. Don't furl it. Pretty soon I can't even see it. But I never forget the lesson it taught me.

Well, why not go back and try to correct the mistake right after you make it? Son, you'd make a bigger mess of it than if you left it long. Those are the words of a wise man to a younger man.