Thursday, March 28, 2013

Level Two

Today after lunch I collected my tools,  three sacks and two dogs and made my way to the back of the golf course. This is through my back gate and is part of four hundred and fifty hectares of open land. I am in the process of clearing eight large pine trees and the ensuing foliage, cones an associated debris.

I had intended to just full the sacks with kindling wood and return home but got sidetracked with collecting pine cones so I was away from home much longer than expected.

When I returned I found we had visitors a friend and her three children. The friend was sitting outside with Sally drinking coffee and the three children where to my amazement seated in the lounge frowning at our television.
Hi i inquired how are you guys? The three looked a teenage boy possibly thirteen  a  girl of ten and a boy of six. the teenager grunted, and the ten year old spoke hay your TV is broken.
 Is it,
yep you cant get Sky.
 oh I see that's because we don't have Sky.
 Yea sure spoke the grunter.
 No we don't,
 then what do you watch, asked the ten year old.
 Well to be honest I haven't watched TV this summer. The six year old laughed and his look of disbelief was real.
I bet you play PS don't you the teenager asked, what you know play station two or Xbox?.
 Oh yes I said and I've got a version of Play station you have never seen.

Jumping up the ten year old was now animated can we have a go? sure follow me. I walked to the kitchen the teenager blew past me like an Olympic sprinter  from chair to kitchen in a split second.
It has two levels i said the first level is just a lead in but needs to be completed before you can progress to level two,
 not if you have the cheat keys said the six year old.
 Ok so here it is. You need to go into a yard and first travel all the paths they are straight forward but two are a bit hard to find. You have to count the fish in the pond but it is hard to find, you have to be careful because at this time of  day the sun will show you to the fish and they will swim away if you scare them.You need to find a tree with a climbing rope tied to a branch and pull yourself to the top. From there you will see two things, one is a view you need to remember what it is I will ask you later to check.
The second thing? asked the 10 year old jumping up and down is  it a dragon?
No it is the path to level two.
Level two is a gate and beyond that is wilderness you have to complete an exploration. I haven't finished this level yet do you want to know what I've found?  yes three voices in unison.
Well there is a stream to cross or you can walk down it. It leads to a swamp and then finally a pond, in the pond are ells. There are a lot of trails I've  found them all but it took a year. There is a lot of water on two side an ocean in fact I've been in it and always got out and home safely, wow times three.
 There is a lot of bush you need to get to it and explore it in the bush are birds and rabbits, but again if you are too fast they wont show themselves to you. In one large tree a harrier hawk has a nest you have to count the chicks I know the answer. On the edges of the golf course is long grass in this you will find golf balls you have to collect them and return them home with you or to get bonus points you have to find golfers and give them the balls.
Do you want to have a go I asked  yes Yes yep.
Well here goes I stepped out side and pointed to my back yard and said here its is go.......

They left not long after and from my drive I'm sure the teenager said to his mother "fucking weirdo".

Still I don't mind I'm just about to set off with my dogs to complete the next section of level two.


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