your own name ( Archived) (1)

there was a young man that wanted to go to alaska to get rich at mining gold. his dad, and his grandpa had done pretty good, so he thought it was his destiny. talking to his dad, before he left, his dad gave him some things to think about,and what to watch for. he said son when you first get up to the goldfields they will call you chechaka(greenhorn)and they will not call you by your own name until you do 4 things, you have to get blistering drunk with some real sourdoughs'.they will tell you the other three things. so off jr. goes he's so excited. he gets up to the bush community,goes to the saloon where his dad told him to go.walks up to the bartender and asks where the real sourdoughs' are. the bartender points to a table in the corner.the kid introduces his self.and the saga begins.they get so drunk both hands were not able to find anything in between. finally the kid says "oh yeh, my dad shaid there were shree more shings i hadda do,for ya woul ca me ba ma ownnn nammm. the sourdoughs had been here before, and told the kid, they would tell him first thing in the morning. well morning came too soon. they shook the kid awake,and he was wrecked,but still game. staggering around,they handed him an axe,and said 1st you chop a hole in the ice over there and jump in,this is to prove you're not afraid of the cold,the kid is still wobbly, nodding his head ok,then they said come back after that and we'll tell you the other two tasks.off he goes,cuts the hole in the ice, and jumps in. it only took a few seconds for him to be back out again.shaking,shivering,still hung over from hell. the sourdoughs' hand him a fish,and a bouquet of flowers,and say give the fish to a polar bear,and the flowers to the prettiest eskimo girl you can find.poor kids ears are ringing, he's in bad shape,thinks he has the instructions down and takes off. about 4hr later he shows up at the saloon. the sourdoughs' are at their table,,the kid is even worse condition,he's beatup,bruised,scratched,clothes torn to shreds. they asked what the hell happened to you? the kid said that he thought the fish was appreciated,but that bear did NOT like the flowers!