There is no lake at Camp Green Lake. There once was a very large lake here, the largest lake in Texas. That was over a hundred years ago. Now it is just a dry, flat wasteland.
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There used to be a town of Green Lake as well. The town shriveled and dried up along with the lake, and the people who lived there.
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During the summer the daytime temperature hovers around ninety-five degrees in the shade -- if you can find any shade. There's not much shade in a big dry lake.
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The only trees are two old oaks on the eastern edge of the "lake."
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A hammock is stretched between the two trees, and a log cabin stands behind that.
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The campers are forbidden to lie in the hammock. It belongs to the Warden. The Warden owns the shade.
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Out on the lake, rattlesnakes and scorpions find shade under rocks and in the holes dug by the campers.
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Here's a good rule to remember about rattlesnakes and scorpions: If you don't bother them, they won't bother you.
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Usually.
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Being bitten by a scorpion or even a rattlesnake is not the worst thing that can happen to you. You won't die.
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Usually.
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Sometimes a camper will try to be bitten by a scorpion, or even a small rattlesnake. Then he will get to spend a day or two recovering in his tent, instead of having to dig a hole out on the lake.
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But you don't want to be bitten by a yellow-spotted lizard. That's the worst thing that can happen to you. You will die a slow and painful death.
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Always.
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If you get bitten by a yellow-spotted lizard, you might as well go into the shade of the oak trees and lie in the hammock.
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There is nothing anyone can do to you anymore.
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