THE BAIL OUT

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THERE WERE SEVERAL SWINGS ON THE PLAYGROUND AT MEDINA SCHOOL . THE SWINGS CONSISTED OF TWO A - FRAMES CONNECTED BY A CROSSBAR . CHAINS FROM THE CROSSBAR DOWN TO A BOARD FOR A SEAT .

THE CROSSBAR WAS ABOUT EIGHT FEET HIGH ALTHOUGH IT LOOKED LIKE 25 FEET TO A THIRD GRADER . YOU COULD GO AS HIGH AS THE LENGTH OF THE CHAINS AND GRAVITY WOULD ALLOW .

WHEN YOU GOT GOING YOU WOULD SWING IN A BIG U - SHAPED ARCH .YOU WOULD GO FORWARD TILL THE CHAINS & GRAVITY STOPPED YOU . THEN AFTER A SLIGHT PAUSE YOU WOULD GO INTO A BACK -SWING UNTIL THE PROCESS REVERSED AGAIN .

YOU WOULD GO BACK & FORTH IN THE BIG ARC , RISING HIGH ABOVE THE CROSSBAR ON BOTH THE SWING & THE BACK - SWING .

THIS LEAD TO THE BAIL OUT . WHEN YOU COMPLETED THE BACK - SWING ,BEGAN THE FRONT SWING AT THE BOTTOM ON THE U - SHAPE YOU LEAPED OUT OF THE SWING .

THE SPEED OF THE SWING WOULD PROPEL YOUR BODY TO TUMBLE OUT OF CONTROL ACROSS THE PLAYGROUND . YOUR ARMS AND LEGS WOULD BE MOVING AT SPEEDS YOU COULD NOT CONTROL .

YOU WOULD GO SPINNING OUT HEAD OVER HEELS , ROLLING , STIRRING UP A DUST DEVIL WEST TEXAS WOULD BE PROUD OF.

SOMETIMES YOUR PANTS WOULD BE TURNED BACKWARDS . OH , THIS WAS GREAT FUN . YOU WOULD DUST OFF , JUMP IN LINE TO GO AGAIN .

BEING A MUCH DEEPER THINKER THAN MOST THIRD GRADERS THIS VELOCITY & MOMENTUM WAS A PUZZLEMENT TO ME .

I CONCLUDE IT WAS THE SPEED OF THE SWING THAT CAUSED THESE FACTORS WHEN ONE BAILED OUT . I THEN REASONED THAT IF ONE BAILED WHEN THERE WAS NO SPEED , THE VELOCITY & MOMENTUM WOULD NOT OCCUR .

IT SEEMED SIMPLE TO ME , JUST BAIL DURING THE PAUSE WHEN THE SWING WAS OVER THE BAR . WITH NO VELOCITY TO PROPEL YOU ,YOU WOULD JUST FLOAT TO THE GROUND .

SO I ANNOUNCED MY PLAN . I WAS GOING TO BAIL OUT OVER THE BAR . THE NEWS SPREAD LIKE WILDFIRE . JOE DAVID WAS GOING TO BAIL OUT OVER THE BAR .

THE ENTIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GATHERED AT RECESS TO WATCH . EVEN THE SIXTH GRADERS WERE CAPTIVATED .

I BEGAN TO SWING & GAZE OUT OVER THE ASSEMBLED MULTITUDES . WHEN THE BELL RANG TO END RECESS I WAS GOING TO BAIL .

AS I REACHED THE TOP OF THE FRONT SWING WHEN THE PAUSE OCCURRED I JUMPED OUT OF THE SWING .

I SEEMED TO DROP MUCH FASTER THAN I ANTICIPATED . I HIT LIKE A SPEAR THROWN INTO THE GROUND .

THE GROUND WAS A MORE SUDDEN STOP THAN THE OTHER RUNNING BAIL OUT. I HIT FEET FIRST , & FELL IN A HEAP TO THE LEFT .

MY HIP JOINTS FELT LIKE THEY WERE UP AROUND MY EARS . MY LITTLE BEHIND WAS IN LINE WITH MY ANKLES . I WOULD HAVE TO ROLL DOWN MY SOCKS TO ANSWER NATURE'S CALL .

MY BUDDIES HELPED ME INSIDE , WHERE I SPENT THE REST OF THE DAY PONDERING THE MYSTERY OF VELOCITY & MOMENTUM .

THOUGH I CONTINUED TO THINK ABOUT THESE THINGS I DID NOT CONDUCT ANY MORE EXPERIMENTS .

TO MY KNOWLEDGE NO ONE ELSE HAS BAILED OUT OVER THE BAR AT MEDINA .


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