about 2 years ago there was a special summer for scouting.
it was exactly 100 years since lord baden powell the creator of the scout organisation started it all. my scout group would head for switzerland to be a part of the alpine link to the scout jamboree and celebrate the 100 years of scouting.
but since that was only for scouts at age 15 or older in my group we also joined a smaller camp a month before in good old Norway so the rest of our group that was not old enough could celebrate as well.
of some kind of reason i signed up for beeing an ant at that camp, witch meant i had to help building the camp area and prepare everything else for the camp. somehow i also ended up signing in for the kitchen service (i did so because i was educating to become a cook) and then i basicly just hang around in the kitchen tent and made sure the oven was burning, boiled water for those who wanted coffee and was responsible for the medical items in case somebody got hurt.
while doing this all i could think about was the fact that there was only two weeks left before i turned 18 witch i told earlier in another story, is pretty big deal in norway because that makes you an adult (doesnt mean you have to act like one though)
it was also a little fun fact that in our tent peter and i was the only dudes, while there was 6 girls we had to share with.
there where 2 other boys there as well but theye had an own tent.
anyway the night before the camp started i was heading to the HQ tent where we had the kitchen and all when i heard a lot of noise. at the moment i was about to open the tent door suddenly some guy falls out as he was screaming. i had no idea what was going on and noticed all the others coming out after him.
that's when i noticed his arms behind his back packed in a lot of duct tape. for those who wonder he had somewhere between brown and blonde hair and was wearing a green sweater and grey field pants, and he was about my age.
it appeared that vidar the head leader of the ants was behind it all. everyone knew not to mess with that guy except this one and only person. he was trying to get up but just got pushed back to the ground. suddenly one of the girls i shared tent with came pointing at him "HAHAH, now you know what it feels like for me everytime you tied me up!"
i suppose you want to hear that story as well but that will have to wait for another time.
after a while he managed to get up, i don't know how he escaped because i had to get done with some other business and left for a while again.
but of some kind a reason, i knew there would be more of this during the upcoming week.
and it turned out i was right. the day after scouts from all over the country showed up, including a bus and two vans from our own group. i was standing on the top of the camp portal when theye arrived and noticed a girl inside that was wawing to me with a big smile.
about two weeks before i went to the camp my self i just happened to meet her in town while i was with some other friends. she had told me she could easily beat up anyone including me. of course i just had to axcept the challenge and told her there was no way she, a 12 year old girl could beat me up. she started to tell me how strong she was and she would show me during the scout camp.
it did not take long for me to locate the bus and i was so happy when i finally got the guitar that i had left behind. after i got my guitar i saw her and said "hey ellen? when are you going to beat the crap out of me?" she looked at me and smiled "i will do it today. after i'm done unpacking and all that." i smiled back to her and said "looking forward to see you fail."
i had the perfect plan in my head. i got this rope that was about as thick as a clothesline but perhaps 20 meters in lengt, so i could fit in my pocket. when she where going to beat me up, i would use some wrestling techniqe (in a gentle way) my brother teached me and tie her up next.
of course, what you planned in your head does not always work as well as it seems.
a little later when i was talking to a friend of me rudi, we noticed her again and i said "are you gonna beat me up yet?"
i know she was just joking around about it in the first place, but as long as i kept reminding her she would have to face the fact that she had challenged me. "okey, let's do it now" she said and some of her friends gathered around us to watch.
rudi seemed worried as he knew i was able to really do some damage. "don't worry, i'm not gonna beat a girl, espacilly at that age" i said.
"yeah i know, but i just want to stand by close in case you loose your control" he told me but then i told him again that the worst that could happen was that i took her carefully to the ground and tickle her.
so far so good. i was just standing there and waiting for her to make the first move.
"well, are you going to beat me up or not?" i said in a calm voice.
she looked a little worried "yes i am, i just need to... something..." i could tell she was a little embaressed. she had told of her friends she would beat me up easy as nothing and now she was standing there not knowing what to do next because she knew i was 10 times stronger than her.
"well come on then, what are you waiting for?" i said still with a calm voice.
"okey, i'm gonna attack you now" she was starting to laugh a little and started to run toward me.
the next thing i did was reach my arms out and shouted in a really childish way "YEEEAAAAYH, COME ON AND GIVE THE BEAR A BIG HUG!!!" she got distracted and missed when she tried to kick me, then i picked her up and started to spin around like a caroussel. i could hear all the other kids laughing a lot, and when i put her back down to ground and was about to get my rope out of the pocket and and get her to the ground so i could tie her up, something i did'nt count on happened. all the other girls came running toward me shouting out "MY TURN MY TURN MY TURN MY TURN". i got surrounded and never even made it to my pocket. i noticed peter (the same peter as in my previous stories) laughing his ass off by all the kids nagging at me.
so the mission failed. but hey, don't be to dissapointed. the day after i was sitting togheter with rudi and another guy called paul. the girls came back to us and ellen started beeing big mouthed again. i noticed that my rope was still in my pocket and said "carefull now, or you might regret". i took the ropes out of my pocket to indicate what i meant.
"you would'nt dare" she said in a childish way. it appeared that thomas had noticed everything and then said to me "i dare you to let me tie you up".
like i said before, i have a tendense to accept dares and make it worse for the one who dared me. "you wanna tie me up? fine, here is the rope now go ahead" i give him the ropes and holded my arms out in front. "now come on, the hell are you waiting for?"
for those who wonders i was about 1,86 meters tall, had brown hair, and was wearing sweat pants and a red t-shirt.
he started to wrap the rope around my wrist a lot of times. he made a knot and then i said "alright, your done" he started to say "hey wait i'm not finnished yet" but then i figured it was about time to show him not to mess around with me. i pulled my arms in the air wounded my tied arms around him and squized him as i said "GROUP HUG!!!".
he protested a lot and started to scream that i better let him go or else.
i noticed a bucket of dish water a couple of meters away and said "anyone mind getting that bucket for me so we can teach him a lesson?" everyone around started to laugh as thomas started to seem really pissed. i told them i was just kidding and it was not necesarry to bring me the bucket. then i let him go.
i started to bite on the ropes. it was'nt really that hard to get them off but we are talking about 20 meters with rope here. and for those who counts with feets instead of meters that means a 65 feet long piece of rope that was going across my wrists in different directions. it took me about 5 minutes because i was forced to using nothing but my theets to get them off.
when i finally got them off paul suddenly said to me "hey, can you tie me up?"
to be continued...