SUBJECT>Re: i never said i was human:) (Kanga) POSTER>Koala EMAIL>turtel@juno.com DATE>April 10, 1997 at 15:12:55 EMAILNOTICES>no PREVIOUS>1617 NEXT> LINKNAME> LINKURL>

A Wood Sprite! What a relief.

My girlfriend noticed my none too subtle move of running across the Mess Hall chasing my eyeballs after casting my gaze upon you. She was not very happy to know you were the cause of it, but I detect an encouraging change of heart now that she realizes the infatuation of a common MARSupial with a Wood Sprite can never endanger her hold upon me.

BTW, would you mind terribly if I asked you to take a quick jaunt to the top of that Eucalyptus tree Murphy was so kind to procure for me? You see, we Koalas are not known for our extraordinary height, and even though I can outclimb almost anyone here, those top branches - you know the ones, with the most succulent leaves - are just out of my reach. Would you, "Pretty Please With Sugar On Top?"

~ An almost imperceptable flutter of wings and the lovely sprite takes off to do her good deed of the day. A few moments later Koala finds himsef buried beneath a mound of freshly cut branches from his favorite Mess Hall snack source ~

"Ahhhh, thanks Kanga. I owe you one. Yummmmmmmm!"

~ Several pounds (tons?) of leaves later, an overly stuffed Koala Bear rolls across the floor to the sofa where he immediately climbs onto the back, wraps himself in a blanket, and goes to blissful sleep ~

"Hey Koala!" someone shouts. "The snoring has GOT to go."

~ Koala, too tranquilized by the copious amount of Eucalyptus he has recently consumed to understand, lets out an even louder snore and returns to his nap. ~

"Just hold on. We'll make him pay..." is heard in the background. The voice is strangely familiar but the unsuspecting beast is too far gone to realize the adventure has not yet begun...