Tales Of Pete: The Weird Road Trip (Part 28)

Do you know something awesome I found out? This area has beavers. We didn’t see them before so they must’ve migrated. We saw a colony of them while we were out on a walk on Tuesday. We didn’t want to scare them so we decided to simply keep quiet and observe.

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Yes, it was neat to watch the beaver friends working together. Although, it did get kind of awkward when a pair of them began mating.

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Speaking of friendship, sometimes it gets tested. One such test occurs when one friend tries killing another because they mistake them for a threat. This situation in particular was one I was finding myself in. Carl’s punch left me momentarily dazed. I managed to shake it off in time to see him drawing his machete.

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“Carl,” I said softly, trying to de-escalate his mood. “I’m not sure what’s going on with you, but if you just put your weapon away we can move on and forget about this.”

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“You aren’t fooling me again you bastard.”

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With a yell, he charged forward. My strategy then was to keep out of his range. I didn’t want to fight him for two…