Step 1 : Introduction to the question "2. With the help of my Dad, I made an object comprised of a thick stick, forked at one end, a couple of strips of old inner tube rubber, and perhaps an old shoe tongue. Once assembled, what was this treasure?"
...1. a hornet fighter 2. a top launcher 3. a sling shot 4. a device to carry my lunch For a couple of summers, a sling shot was indespensable. Shooting stones at rabbits (I never hit any), tin cans and cardboard targets was, outside of swimming, the way to spend a hot summer's day. And always searching for the perfect stones which had to be just the right size and shape! Now they manufacture a quite lethal type, which can't be nearly as much fun.
