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Tom Ford : 37 - Cowboys and Indians (m+/f, fff/m+)

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37 - Cowboys and Indians
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By Tom Ford

Friday, August 23rd 2002 - 01:28:36 AM

Summer - 1966
Cowboys and Indians


Last time, Donald, Andrew and I played a tie up game with our Dads during Father's Day. Well, at our request, they tied us up, and while we were tied up, they told us one of their stories when they were young.

It was Monday, the day after. We spent the morning playing, although Andrew boasted about his win at the tie up competition we had at the fishing boat and teased me for my poor performance. I countered by telling everyone how he made a fool of himself by jumping around the pole, coiling his leash and further restricting him. We all had a laugh. Anyway, soon after lunch, we had nothing to do, and we decided to explore the farm.

Well, the younger kids thought it wasn't such a good idea, while us older kids thought it was. So Andrew, David, Frank, Donald, Robert, Jerry and I were left to explore the farm. Angela wanted to go with us, but Andrew doesn't want her part of our exploring party, so he skillfully maneuvered us to sneak out of the house without Angela knowing. So all seven of us went exploring on the farm.

We soon saw a wooden stake on the ground about ten yards from a barn we were in. We wouldn't have paid much attention to it had not Jerry brought the matter up.

"See that stake?" Jerry said as he pointed to it. "It reminded me of the movie Robert and I saw where a woman was tied to a stake, and Indians kept dancing around her! Right Robert?"

"Yeah! And there were lots of wood around her too. Then, after dancing, they burned her at the stake, dancing while she was screaming on her gag because of the flames!" Robert added.

"Wouldn't it be nice to a girl on that stake?" Frank suddenly said. "I wish Angela was here, if only to tie her up on that stake and we can act like crazy Indians!" Frank then began to holler and dance like an Indian.

"Will you quit it Frank!" Andrew shouted. "You're making a fool out of yourself. But come to think of it, you're right. I do wish we brought Angela over. We could pretend to be vicious Indians, gang up on her and tie her to the stake, then we could burn her, and we would have no trouble in life ever again!" We all laughed at that.

Well, as if providence itself intervened in our favor, the opportunity quickly presented itself.

"Hey guys, Angela is coming to this barn alone!" Donald shouted a little later, who was in the second floor of the barn, looking out on the window at the back part. Angela, apparently not discouraged by our taking off without her, seemed to take it upon herself to find us.

"Perfect!" Andrew said. "David, Donald, come down here. I've got a plan!"

We gathered together, and Andrew laid out our plan of action. Basically it's simple. We would gang up on her, gag her first so she can't say no, tie her then tie her to the stake, all the while pretending to be Indians. Then we would dance around in a war dance around her, then pile wood around her feet. Well, try to imagine seven boys, three of them ten years old and the other four nine, ganging up on a poor, helpless, little nine year old girl and tying her up. That would seem like a little cruel, but when that little girl is Angela, it's a whole new ball game. We all know that she could take it and would in fact enjoy it. Besides, she had it coming to her. Any girl who tries to infiltrate a boys' activity even though she clearly was uninvited would half-expect what we had in store for her.

We closed the barn door, and took our positions. Soon, the barn door opened, and a red headed girl with brown eyes entered. It was unmistakably Angela.

"Boys! Where are you? Andy, Tom, Frank, come out, come out wherever you are! I know you're in here. Donald, David, Robert, and Jerry, come out!" She bellowed.

We immediately attacked. Andrew grabbed her from behind and immediately shoved a sock into her mouth, while Frank tied a bandana over her mouth to hold the sock. He then tied another scarf over her head, which secured her gag. I soon joined them. Andrew then pulled her arms behind her back, and then looped her crossed wrist palm to palm with rope. He soon cinched it and knotted it off. Frank then wrapped rope around her waist, cinched it, and then knotted it off, tying the loose ends to her wrists. Andrew tied her upper body, pinning her arms to her sides. It all happened rather too quickly, just under five minutes. It happened too fast that she was already gagged before she had a chance to say no, if she wanted to, and her hands were already tied up before she could do anything about it. So she was our prisoner whether she liked it or not, although every indication tell us that she liked it.

"White woman trespass on Indian territory!" I said with an improvised Indian accent. "Now, we take white woman to Indian council to decide what punishment to give!"

Angela just mmmpphhed, but all indications tell us that she was playing along. Andrew and Frank marched her further into the barn, where David, Donald, Robert and Jerry were squatting, and the four formed a semi-circle.

"What now, Great Eagle (Andrew's Indian name), what have you brought?" David asked. (We picked various Indian Names for this game).

"Chief (David), we captured white woman trespass in Indian Territory. I bring her here so we can decide what to do with her!" Andrew a.k.a. Great Eagle, replied.

"What should we do to white woman?" The chief a.k.a. David, asked the other members of the Indian council.

"I say we burn her at the stake!" Donald replied, with an ordinary American accent. Donald sucks at accents anyway.

"Big Bear (Donald) is right. They must learn to stay away from Indian Territory!" Robert exclaimed.

"What say you, Red Dog (Jerry)?" The chief a.k.a. David, asked.

"I agree with Big Bear and Black Hawk (Robert)! Red Dog says burn white woman with red hair! The spirits says that red haired woman will bring bad luck!" Robert exclaimed.

After hearing the verdict on the council, Angela struggled mightily, and to our amazement, was able to remove herself from our grip, and kneeled before David, with pleading eyes, seemingly to plead to let her cause, even if the gag reduced it just to mmmmppphhss. Oh she played her role to the hilt, even if it was involuntary, if you remember and she really had no choice. We for our part, played our also to the hilt.

"Take her to the stake!" David commanded, and Andrew and Frank grabbed her at the arms and dragged her to the stake. We have to drag her here kicking and screaming (well, because she was gagged, she was not able to actually scream, but you get the picture). With some difficulty, we finally were able to tie her to the stake. There she continued to give us a show by struggling, while we gave her a show by war dancing around her and hollering while were at it. We danced like these for about twenty minutes, or till we tired ourselves out. Angela, for her part, wore herself out, and just stood by the stake and watched us dance around her and act like complete fools and idiots.

After the war dance, which seems to do nothing but exhaust us and make us look like fools, we seemed at a loss of what to do next. Until Robert suggested something.

"How about Indian Torture!" Robert suggested.

"What's Indian Torture?" Andrew asked.

To demonstrate, Robert went over to Angela, and tickled at her sides. She immediately broke into laughter. So that was Indian Torture. All seven of us then descended upon poor Angela, and each took a body part to tickle. She just went berserk with us non-stop tickling her. We tickled and tickled her about five minutes. By that time, she was covered with sweat, and breathing heavily, trying to recover her breathe. After the tickling, we decided to burn her!

Actually "burning" her is just laying a pile of wood at her feet, blindfolding her to scare the heck out of her, and just more dancing around her.

"Time to burn white woman!" David proclaimed, and with that, Donald and Robert got a pile of wood from the barn. Frank and Jerry then carefully laid it on her feet, and I could tell from her eyes that she was starting to get worried about it, although of course, we had no intention of hurting her. She began to struggle hysterically, and we sure didn't help when we scared her more with our words. I then blindfolded her, and we started to dance around her.

Well, we didn't burn her. We soon removed her blindfold after about ten minutes, while we were again at a loss on what to do. Untying her is out of the question, so we decided the next best thing.

"What do we do with her now?" Frank asked.

"I don't know!" I replied. "Got any bright ideas, Robert, Jerry?"

"No. How about untying her?" Jerry suggested.

"NO! She'll just bother us!" Andrew responded.

"Let's just ignore her and continue to explore the farm. Someone's surely bound to pass around here and would untie her, if not, one of us will just return and untie her after one hour." Robert suggested.

Robert's idea seemed the most sensible, so we went along with him. We left the barn and the stake, and we continued to do what we originally intended to do - explore the farm. We decided to split into two groups. Andrew, Robert and David comprised one team and Frank, Jerry, Donald and I consisted of the other team. We explored near the lake, while they explored near the mountains. We agreed to meet at the house after an hour. There are lots of sheds in the farm, and we spent most of the time exploring these. Soon, the hour passed, and we came back to the house.

We soon were all at the house, and David volunteered (actually we were the one who volunteered David) to go and free Angela from the stake. I'm pretty sure all tie up games relating to the Cowboys and Indians thing is over, well, I couldn't be more wrong.

David left to free Angela, while Andrew, Frank and Jerry decided to play monopoly to pass the time. Robert, Donald and I decided to play cards. Andrew and Frank soon monopolized most of the properties (I occasionally watched them to know who was winning) and Jerry was driven with very little play money and property and is near bankruptcy. Robert and I also won most the card games we played, with poor Donald losing at every game. We continued to play until it was thirty minutes since David left.

"What the hell is keeping him!?" Andrew complained.

"Maybe one of us should take a look to find out what's keeping him?" Robert suggested.

"All right! Who's going to go out and look for him?" Andrew asked.

"I'll go!" Jerry volunteered, who by this time was virtually bankrupt.

"OK. Just don't be long!" Frank said. With that, Jerry darted off to find David and find out what's keeping him.

We continued with what we're doing. Fifteen minutes, later, David and Jerry still haven't shown up. Andrew, who is short on patience, demanded that another one of us would go and find out what's keeping them. Donald volunteered, and left. Robert and I terminated our card games, and we just watched TV in the living room. Twenty minutes later, they still haven't return. Andrew then volunteered me to look for them, since there's nothing good on TV, I decided to go. Robert declined to accompany me, and so I ventured forth alone to look for Donald, Jerry and David.

I first went to the barn and to the stake where Angela was tied. I looked at the stake, and there was no Angela. Obviously, she already has been freed, unless David, Jerry or Donald transferred her to another place, which was highly unlikely. I inspected the grounds around the stake, and I found nobody. So I decided to enter the barn alone, which was a mistake I would soon regret.

As soon as I entered, three girls attacked me. It was Maggie, Betty and their ringleader, Angela. I tried to fight them but against three girls, I had no chance. Soon, I am lying on the barn floor, with Betty and Maggie holding my arms behind my back, and Angela tying my crossed wrists palm to palm. After dealing with my wrists, Angela proceeded with my ankles and knees. She then made me stand up with the help of Betty and Maggie - hey, standing with your hands tied behind you and your feet tied up is very difficult, if not impossible.

"Hey, what's the big idea mmmpphhhh!" Angela shoved a clean handkerchief to my mouth, then took the duct tape, and sealed my mouth with it.

"Four Indians down, and three to go, cowgirls! Now, all we have to do is wait for the other three!" Angela proclaimed.

"I bet you're wondering what happened?" Angela asked.

Of course I am. I nodded.

"Well, as you remember, I wanted to go with you. But you all sneaked out without me. Even so, since you're only exploring the farm, and not the mountain, I decided to take my chances and look for you. I figured it would be easier to find you if you were exploring only the farm. And I was right. It was easy. I first went to this barn. I then knew you were here when I saw you slam the barn door shut. So I went in. Well, I was surprised! I'd never expected to be tied up and gagged the moment I entered. Well, I half expected it anyway coming from you guys. I would've complained had not you gagged me first, but since you took it upon yourselves to play Cowboys and Indians and me as involuntary prisoner, I decided to play along even in my circumstance, because I already am tied and gagged and helpless. Besides, I had no choice. You have to make the best of circumstance you know. By the way, the names you chose for yourselves are out of this world!"

"Well, I was surprised to find out I actually enjoyed this game. You guys were funny in your Indian talk and your war dance. I would've laughed under my gag but that would spoil your game, wouldn't it? Well, when you left me alone, I tried to get loose, but I got nowhere. That is until who should come along but Betty and Maggie here. They teased me and tickled me, before they untied me. So, once I was untied, I began plotting my revenge. However, you guys made it easy for us by coming to this barn one by one, first David, then Jerry, then Donald and finally you. I never imagined you could be this stupid!" Angela said.

After telling me what happened, she ordered Betty and Maggie to hop me over to one of the posts in the barn. Donald was tied to another post, while David is hog-tied on the floor. Jerry is tied on a chair, with hands tied together behind the backrest and more rope pinning him to the chair. As for me, Angela lashed me to the other post, at the right of Donald.

Angela, Betty and Maggie drew back to admire their handiwork.

"Well, who do you think will be our next prey?" Maggie asked.

"It doesn't matter. As long as he comes here alone!" Betty replied.

They then waited for their next victim. They sometimes taunted, teased or tickled us, but most of the time, they just ignored us. Twenty minutes passed by without anything happening.

"Angela, Maggie, come look. Andrew, Robert and Frank are coming here - together!!" Betty announced at the window after twenty minutes.

"What? Are you sure Betty?" Angela asked.

"Take a look for yourself!" Betty replied.

"Damn! They're not as stupid as we thought they are!" Angela exclaimed.

It was panic time for the girls. Not only had they not expect the remaining three to come at the same time, but they also are coming on the barn door. Now, it was three against three, but they wouldn't stand a chance against three boys. Frank, Robert and Andrew are much stronger than Betty, Maggie and Angela, and in a one on one fight, they would surely lose. They might prevail in a three against one or even two against one, but certainly not in a one on one fight. And running is out of the question. They could easily outrun each of the girls. And hiding would do no good, for we could easily rat on them once we were ungagged. They had one advantage, however. Betty and Maggie are not yet nine, and that means they cannot be tied up. Angela, however, was doomed, unless a miracle happened.

It was almost all over for the girls, until the quick thinking Betty found a small hole on the back of the barn. They were saved. They quickly slipped through the hole and escaped. Meanwhile, Andrew, Robert and Frank entered, and saw us. They immediately laughed at us for a couple of precious moments, and then untied us.

"Who did this to you?" Andrew asked.

"The girls. Angela, Betty and Maggie." I replied. "Damn it, they escaped on a hole in the back. We can still get them if you haven't wasted time laughing at us."

"Look, you ingrate, we were the ones who untied you, so get off our backs. Anyway, it's too late now, and we can't tie Betty and Maggie. So we'll just have to settle for Angela." Frank replied.

Still, we wanted to get all of them back. We decided not to waste time looking for them in the farm. Instead, we decided to go back to the house, and wait for them there. Well, that plan was spoiled when we learned that our parents arrived in the interval of Andrew, Frank and Robert's departure, and our arrival at the house. The girls seemed to stick like glue to them, and looked and smiled provocatively at us, as if saying, you can't get us! Although our parents approved of tie-up games as I already said, we wouldn't go as far as snatching them in front of our parents. So revenge for the day was dead, as far we were concerned.

We never did get our revenge for that particular incident, though we were able to get them back at various ways.

Well, as I always say, Read the next part and find out!

Tom Ford


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