When talking about this, it's at this point in the story Bob starts to get upset. His face got red and sweat beads started to form on his forehead. As he paused to collects his thoughts, and in spite of his visible anxiety, he took a deep breath and began to tell me the rest of the story.
" I wanted a picture of me and the raccoon together (to pass along to close friends and relatives) Squatting slowly, as not to startle the raccoon, I slowly and with a very friendly look on my face, squatted down about 4 feet from the raccoon . To give the picture a feeling of togetherness, I pointed my index finger in the direction of the raccoon. Before the picture was even taken, and without warning, the raccoon lunged at me, biting the top of my finger! It was like the raccoon didn't even seem to care about the crusade I had started, or that there was a big bowl of fruit only feet from where we were sitting."
Shaken, Bob said he needed time, alone, to reflect. He didn't leave his house for 3 or 4 hours. It was then he turned his focus from raccoons, to running for office. " I learned something important that day, just because you like raccoons, doesn't mean they are going to like you back." When I ask what his motivation was to run for office, he explained that it is not that unusual of an idea for someone who has been recently honored, to take the next step into politics. "It really just seems like the natural thing to do ." I ask Bob what makes him think people would vote for him, "that's an easy one," he explains, " When I was in 6Th grade, there was a hypnotist who preformed at my school. When he ask for volunteers I put my hand very high into the air and without hesitation, the hypnotist chose me. Just like that, he was like, the boy in the red and blue striped shirt, come on up! As I walked to the stage I could hear a good 10 or 11 people chanting my name, Bob, Bob,Bob. I will never forget it, it was at that moment I knew I was meant for something great."
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