Journal #34 Groundhog's Day

The marvelous holiday of Groundhog’s Day is almost upon us, so that reminds me of the greatest story ever told about a groundhog. When Groundhog’s Day started way back when in roughly 376 B.C., it was just basically a holiday that was a joke to everyone and no one took it seriously. All the people just laughed when the groundhog came out of his hole, and tried to see his shadow, and the people just thought of this as entertainment. That all changed one very cold Groundhog’s Day in 1122 A.D. The great philosopher Aristotle saw that if whether or not the groundhog saw his shadow determined if there would be six more weeks of winter or if spring would come early that year. This philosopher noticed that every year his philosophy about the groundhog came true, and that one little groundhog could actually determine how much longer winter was to be upon the people of the world. The philosopher Aristotle published his findings, and everyone around the world began to take into account if the groundhog saw his shadow or not to determine how much longer they would have to get through the extremes of winter. Over the years the groundhog became more and more famous so every groundhog had to take precautions to protect his life. Groundhog’s Day would never be looked at the same every again after the great assignation of the most famous groundhog of all time, Chumlee, on Groundhog’s Day 2145 A.D. As he came out of his hole, a sniper sitting on the roof of a building tragically took his life, and people all over the world were stunned. People were to no longer find if the groundhog saw his shadow or not since it put the groundhog at a very high risk. Now to this day the only person to know if the groundhog saw his shadow or not, is the leader of the United States and that is it.