Lucky Do Road

I'd go for long walks with my grandfather as a little girl. When I'd visit him and Grandma it was hard to find things to do. So sometimes he'd take my hand and we'd cross the dirt road and head for the Lucky Do Road.
The Lucky Do Road was the most luckiest road in the world. As we walked Grandpa would show me things like little birds sittin' on the fence. And he say, " Little Bird, Little Bird sittin on the fence. Trying to make a dollar out of fifty cents! Or we'd see a red bird and he'd tell me, "You have to say, Red Bird, Red Bird Red Bird True. Someone's coming I'm not expecting to" If you could say that 3 times before the bird flew away, you'd have company before you got back to the house! It always worked! Someone would be visiting Grandma when we got back.
But most and best about the old dirt road was you always found something really special! One time we found a sack of bubble gum on the way back home. One time I remember finding a red ball. It went perfectly with the jacks he had at home for me! Why my boy cousin, Tommy, found a real pocket knife! He got to keep it because he was older and could do things with it. Him and Grandpa would whittle on some wood and make things. Mostly I think they made messes for Grandma to clean up!
One time we got to walk all the way down to the rail road track and walk on them for a little ways. It was always a grand time when Grandpa would take me for those long walks.
The naps we would take when we got back home were good too. I was always tired. It seemed we walked miles and miles.
The dirt road now is all paved and only about 4 blocks long. But for a shot legged little girl, it seemed it went on for ever. And all the wonderful things we did find too! I, for almost all my life, thought the Lucky Do Road was in deed lucky! And maybe sometimes it was, but now I think about it, we only found things coming back. I always walked in front of him going and coming! But he was the one that would tell me to keep looking down for something lucky! And I'd always find it! Do you think he planted these great gifts? Maybe, but I still like to think of it as just lucky!
Do Grandpas still do that for their little red headed grand daughters? I sure hope so!