The Tree Slide

We visited Plainview often and once when we visited Uncle Wayne and the boys had built a tree slide. It consisted of a cable from the fork in the tree to the base of another tree, at the time it seemed a really long way. I wanted to slide down and climbed up behind Billy Wayne, he grabbed the pipe that the cable ran through and Whoosh, there he went, all the way to the other tree. Uncle Wayne and dad, Uncle Jr, stopped him before he hit the tree. It now was my turn, I balked, Terry and then Lonnie went around me, I was scared and embarrased that I was too sissy to slide down. I climbed down the tree after a while and sulked around the rest of the afternoon. I was a coward, a real sissy. It was terrible, anyway later in the evening I knew I had to make the slide, I couldn't stand it any longer. I walked out and climbed the tree, the pipe was at the bottom, I climbed down and tried sliding the pipe up but it wouldn't stay. I found a piece of rope and tied it to the pipe and climbed the tree again, then I pulled the pipe up to me. I was ready, I had to do it. I pushed off and slid down the cable, however, no one was at the bottom to catch and stop me. Yep, I hit the tree. I didn't care I did it. I ran inside yelling that I slid down the tree slide. My mom saw me and was very upset, I didn't know it but I had scraped my face a little. Anyway Billy Wayne, Lonnie and Terry and I ran outside and slid down the tree slide until after dark.
By the way did you know that Billy Wayne was run over by a car while I think riding his bike. You'll have to get the story from Tarzan Billy himself.