THE LIGHTFOOT STORY
Mother
“I waited
in the check‑out line
with my two sons.
As we neared the checker,
both exclaimed ‘Mom,
there’s a Metcalf!
Mom, there’s a Metcalf!’
The checker’s nametag read
Ann Metcalf.
She couldn’t figure
why the boys
were excited about her name,
so I had to tell her
the Lightfoot Story.”
Father
“Once,
in Merry Olde England,
a king
sent two runners
to carry a message.
On the way
they met a calf.
One runner
was afraid of the calf,
and turned back.
The other delivered the message.
The king named the one
afraid of the calf
Metcalf;
he named the other
Lightfoot.”
Grandmother
“Pop and I
were traveling
out west
once
and stopped for gas.
The attendant asked
‘Are you Indian?’
Pop said, ‘Yes,
we’re out after scalps.’
The attendant
said ‘Better drive on.'”
At The Rainbow 