ep063 One Mile Down

War year 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. Say, listen to this. You hear that music? Sure isn't much like what we call music, is it? We had to travel many as strange and dangerous path until finally one day we heard it. And what happened then? I'll tell you about right now. In the

The story I call, One Mile Down. Hey, sorry, talker. Sire? Is this the day? This is the day, Sire. Have you kept count?

Each time the sand clock has run out, I have placed one small pebble in the clay bowl. I have counted carefully. Each day I have counted. Every time the bow was filled, filled with 365 pebbles, then I put it on the ledge with the other bowels.

The bowels already filled with pebbles. How many fill bowls are there, Dr. Tarah? Sire, there are 40 bowls. 40? 40 bowls? 40 years? I have been here for forty years. The world has forgotten me.

And I have almost forgotten the world. Is that the top? Sir? You put the fortieth bow up on the ledge yesterday. Yes, sir, I have. Good. I start my 41st year hidden from all the evils of the outside world. The pebble soccer topple, drop the 14,600 and first pebble into the new bowl.

You want to hear radio bill? News report be about over by an Andre Wolf. Turn it on though, I like to compare there with the reports with ours. Cars' recent reigns have kept the forest fire hazard as a minimal.