Jeanway

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  1. After a while Janeway came back out side. "They just wanted their Mama." She said jokingly.She looked down into the locker at the half submerged pelt. "Well, back to the stream." She said picking up the pail.She made another dozen trips back and forth before the pelt was totally submerged.

     

    The water was black with dirt and stench. Then it occurred to her. "Why don't we just drag this down to the stream? It'll certainly be easier on my back. And the flowing current will do all the washing and rinsing for us."

     

    Looking at the dirty water Chakotay smiled. "Good idea." Chakotay set his knife down and pulled the pelt from the tub. "Good idea, glad I thought of it." She said to herself. "Let's just soap it up real good before we drag in down there." She said to him.

     

    As they dragged the heavy, dirty, soapy, wet pelt across the snow to the stream they failed to notice or remember they had left the cut meat out in plain view for those preditory birds.


  2. The following morning, all was quiet. Janeway was asleep in her room, Chakotay in his.The monkeys were also asleep. The babies were now a week old and beginning to explore inside the cabin out of their nest away from their mother. Janeway was the first human to wake up. It was cold and she wanted to put on her shoes before she walked out to the great room to get the fire going. "Where are they?" She said to herself. She looked around and noticed her door was ajar, so she opened it and saw the two babies sitting in her shoes in front of the nest on the floor. She laughed out loud. "You little monkeys." She said then tapped on Chakotay's door."Yes." He answered. "Come out here, you just have to see this." She said through the door. "Be right there." He answered. He opened his door and Janeway stood there with her arms fold over her enormous belly and pointed at the two babies in her shoes. Chakotay laughed and said. "Looks like we have a pair of shoe-monkeys on our hands. They seem to have forgotten all about last night." Janeway answered. "The babies might have but I don't think Delilah or Sam have." She went over to Sam who was in the nest with Delilah. "Yes, thats good. Those birds broke Sam's arm, I'm sure of it. Why else would he react this way?" Janeway then said. "That explains why he was hiding down on the ground in a hollow tree. They must have surprised him when he was climbing." Chakotay brought some of the cooked meat to the nest. He gave it to Sam and Delilah who were both hungry and took it eagerly. "You're one lucky boy Sam." Chakotay said.

    She came in and told Chakotay the birds were back.

     

    Janeway walked outside to get more wood for the fire and found the birds were back and perched on the carcass feeding. She came right back in and said. "You'd better get that thing carved up and we have to put the rest in the cellar under the floor so they won't get it. They are out there tearing it up again. Janeway suggested.


  3. The monkeys were agitated at the noise coming from the roof also. When Janeway and Chakotay came back into the cabin they were running around in a panic. Even the infants were scared. Delilah held onto them as they whimpered and cried in the nest. Sam did the best he could to drag around his broken arm, and Rommy and Remmy were on top of the frame of the nest. "Looks to me like they know these birds." Janeway said to Chakotay. "Funny we haven't seen them before this." Chakotay answered. "Oh wait" He continued. "I think I have seen one of these birds before. The first sunrise on my Vision Quest. A large bird was circling me as I woke up, but then it flew off. Yes, I have seen them before, up on the mountaintop." He added. "They must be birds of prey." Janeway added. "They must be what were feeding on the carcass. And do you think Sam was attacked by one of them as well? She asked. "Very well could be." Chakotay answered.


  4. Well, that was our SouthEastern Correspondent from Tropical Florida, in the good old U.S.of A. Thanks Yillara for that report on the hurricane. :) We'll all be waiting anxiously for your next update.

     

     

    And now for my B.P. Report. It's still holding steady at 29.9. This morning is a mirror image of yesterday morning. The sun came up red again over the Lake. Must be the 'Gibli' from The Tunisian Desert, kicking up the red sand. :b-day: It's 80 degrees right now with a slight Easterly wind coming across the lake at about 5 knots. It may be another good day to go out on the lake. :laugh:


  5. As Jeaway and Chokatay wrestle Sam into the bath, Janeway tries to hold his broken are up so he won't hurt it again.Sam finally settles down as the warm water relaxes him. Janeway gently washes the cuts on it and talks to him in a comforting manner, while Chakotay washes the rest of him. "Let's get this overwith as soon as possible,I don't want him getting excited again." Janeway told Chakotay.

     

    Chakotay lifts Sam out of the bath an wraps him in a towel and sits in front of the fire with him to dry him off.

    Exhausted, Sam falls asleep. Chakotay puts him the nest and covers him with a blanket.

    The towel he threw across the chair to dry is now floating in mid-air. Janeway and Chakotay just watch. "UH OH," She says. "It's starting again."

    They watch as things around the room begin to lift up. The table and chairs are hovering several inches off of the floor and the monkeys' nest floats with the monkeys clinging to it. Alarmed the primates cry in fear. Janeway moves towards her tricorder that is sitting on the table. The motion causes her to float across the room, her feet off of the ground. She flies right into Chakotay and he catches her.


  6. Janeway, exhausted and well fed now, fell asleep when she returned to the cabin as did Rommy and Remmy. Coming in from the cold into the warm cabin nearly knocked them out instanty. Delilah and the newborns were also asleep in the nest. Janeway woke up and was anxious to see if Chakotay had returned with Sam. She put on her jacket and her boots and walked outside, closing the door behind her. She stood outside waiting and listening for any sounds. It had stopped snowing and the four moons of this planet shown brightly in the starry sky. Affording great illumination when it bounced of the snow. She paced back and forth in front of the cabin until she heard the infants inside whinning and fussing, so she went back inside. Almost immediately Chakotay opened the door and walked in saying. "Look who I found." Then turning around to show Janeway Sam in his backpack. "SAM!" She said loudly as she walked towards him, he screamed. Janeway reached up to lift him out and Chakotay said. " He has a broken arm, be careful." Janeway said, " What happened Sam?" to the monkey as she lifted him out. He told her in his own language, a series of squeels and sqawks and screaches in rapid succession. She held him as he clung to her and she sat down in the chair in front of the fire cuddeling and comforting him. "The splint looks good Chakotay." She told him as she inspected Sam's broken arm. "But he does need a bath, he stinks. I'll heat some water, I do too. Chakotay answered.


  7. Cantor Fitzgerald sues al Qaeda over Sept. 11

     

    From wire reports

    NEW YORK — Cantor Fitzgerald, the bond brokerage that suffered more deaths in the Sept. 11 attacks than any other company, Friday sued al Qaeda, Saudi Arabia and dozens of foreign companies seeking damages related to the attacks on the World Trade Center.

    The suit, filed as the three-year anniversary of the airplane attacks that killed about 3,000 people approaches, is the latest filed in New York federal court against al Qaeda, including one last year by a group of insurance companies.

     

    It seeks billions of dollars in damages, charging that the al Qaeda carried off the attacks with the aid of foreign governments and corporations.

     

    The attacks, according to the suit, "could not have been accomplished without the knowing and intentional financial support lent al Qaeda and its leaders by a global network of banks, financial institutions, charities, relief organizations, businesses, individual financiers, foreign governments and foreign governmental officials."

     

    Cantor Fitzgerald, which said it lost 658 employees in the attacks, is seeking to join the previous lawsuit filed by insurance companies, saying in court papers it would conserve time and resources.

     

    The Cantor Fitzgerald lawsuit took particular aim at Saudi Arabia, saying the kingdom "knew and intended that these Saudi-based charity and relief organization defendants would provide financial and material support and substantial assistance to al-Qaeda."

     

    According to the lawsuit, Saudi Arabia engaged in a pattern of racketeering as it participated directly or indirectly in al-Qaeda's work through its "alter-ego" charities and relief organizations, which it funded and controlled.

     

    The lawsuit alleged that Saudi Arabia materially supported al-Qaeda by helping to raise money for it, by knowingly and intentionally employing al-Qaeda operatives, by laundering its money and by providing al-Qaeda with safe houses, false documents and ways to obtain weapons and military equipment.

     

    "This uninterrupted financial and material support and substantial assistance enabled the al-Qaeda defendants to plan, orchestrate and carry out the Sept. 11 attacks," the lawsuit said.

     

    A lawyer for the firm declined to comment. Cantor Fitzgerald now has offices in midtown Manhattan.

     

    Saudi Arabia last month began a radio advertising campaign citing the Sept. 11 Commission's conclusion that the Saudi government did not fund al-Qaeda as proof that it has been a loyal ally in the fight against terrorism.

     

    As the ad campaign was launched, Saudi embassy spokesman Nail al-Jubeir said the ads tell Americans "these are the facts that your own independent commission has said about Saudi Arabia. You make up your mind."

     

    The commission had also criticized Saudi Arabia, calling it "a problematic ally in combating Islamic extremism." It said Saudi-funded Islamic schools have been exploited by extremists and, while Saudi cooperation against terrorism improved after the Sept. 11 attacks, "significant problems remained."

     

    Saudi Arabia is the birthplace of Osama bin Laden and 15 of the 19 hijackers


  8. "Let me finish eating then I have to make a sled to pull the carcass back here with. I can use the wagon as a frame, take off the wheels, then attach some rails to the bottom, that should work." Chakotay told Janeway. He finished eating then went back outside. Followed soon after by Janeway and the girls, Rommy and Remmy, calling for Sam. They walked in the direction Chakotay's foot-prints in the snow led them from his hunting trip. They walked and called his name for hours with no response from Sam. It began to get dark so they turned around and started walking back. About half-way Chakotay appeared dragging the sled. "You want me to help you?" Jeanway asked him. "No, I can do it, I may not get back until after dark though." He answered. He continued on through the forest towards the carcass and Janeway and the girls returned to the cabin. Almost out of sight she turned and called to him. "Chakotay, keep calling for Sam, will you?" She yelled. "Of course, Catherine." He answered.


  9. This adorable little duckling my Brother-in-law brought over *melts* 7.gif

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    AWW, did ya kiss him? The duck, not your brother?? :P

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    Yes, of course to the duck. He had the softest little head you ever felt. 7.gif Heck no to the brother. Arrgh2.gif Boy that's the makings of a Jerry Springer episode if I ever heard one. :devil:

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    ^_^ Great. I make it a rule. "Always kiss a baby duck when you get the opportunity." :dude: I love Baby Ducks!! :lol: ^_^