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Ramblin' Roses and Flyin' Bricks
Some of you people think that goofy thing to do and maybe you'll say, "Why, the very idea of staging an affair like that for a horse!" Actually, if the truth were known, the parade wasn't for the horse at all. The people in that city had done a kind of humane thing and, although they maybe didn't realize it, they were so filled with emotion over what they had done that they had to have a celebration to kind of pop-off steam. Why They Did It If you'll look back over your life and remember the kind things you've done - the real nice things - you'll recall how good it made you feel inside. You wanted an outlet for your neighbors what you'd done and maybe you exaggerated it a little, which certainly wasn't wrong. It satisfied a natural, human desire. Now, those people who had helped feed Elijah felt mighty good. These who led him down felt mighty good. Even those who didn't do anything but worry about Elijah being up there felt like they were sort of in on it, so everybody joined in the celebration. Elijah didn't have anything to do with it. In fact, after listening to all that band music and shouting and speech-making I wouldn't be surprised at al if Elijah didn't wish he could be back on that mountain, where it was quiet and peaceful, with airplanes dropping hay and oats everyday. In fact, I wouldn't mind being on a mountain myself if somebody would fly over everyday and drop crackling bread, chitterlings, catfish, chicken pie, coconut cake and bicarbonate of soda. There would be no telephones to answer, no bills to pay and no income tax, politicians, vacations and mothers-in-law to worry about. There wouldn't even be any rock-and-roll music. Used to Wonder It makes us all feel good to do nice things. On the other hand, it makes us feel mighty uncomfortable when we do little mean things. We don't want to celebrate and we don't want to be in a parade. We just want to go off someplace where we can hide and throw a good mad at ourselves. I used to wonder why we do mean things and then worry because we've done them, but I've come to the conclusion that the Good Lord fixed us where we would be punished a little on earth just in case we got real good in our last years and He had to forgive us and let us in Heaven. Now if Elijah has any horse sense at all and wants to make the people of Buena Vista happy he'll go back up that mountain next year and get marooned all over again so they can have another parade and celebration and let the local politicians make themselves a speech. Old Proverb (?) There is an old Chinese Proverb that says, "If you would make people happy, let them do you a favor." (Editor's Note: Actually, there isn't any such old Chinese Proverb, but people are always quoting me old Chinese Proverbs to prove a point and nobody knows whether it is really a Proverb or not, so I just made up one like they're always doing. Sometimes I wonder if the Chinese people really have any Proverbs at all, and if they do, why they don't use some of 'em.)
Well, now that the celebration is over I reckon Elijah has a lot to be happy about. He can be proud that he's probably the only horse that ever had a parade staged in his honor. He can be glad that he's down off the mountain and he can also be glad that he's not a mule. A mule never would have appreciated a thing like that.
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