> DISCLAIMR: No own, no $. HOWEVER, l DO own lsthilli and Elana. > > ARCHIVERS: Space shuttle, this is flight safety, please keep your hands and > arms inside the car and hold on to the lap bar. You are clear for launch. > (hee,hee. l've been on Space Mountain too much) > > > "The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest" > 'Mystery of the Amazon' > Part Seven > > > Jessie woke up the next morning to a knock on her door. ''Wizzit?'' she > said groggily. > "Healh, dear." > ''Come in.'' > The door swung open, and a young dragon walked in. Unlike lsthilli, she > was only one color, purple, and she walked on two legs. > "Hello, Jessie. l am Healh. l am here on a request from your friend, Jonny. > He wished to know how you were." > ''Oh, did he?'' > ''Yes.'' > Jessie smiled. ''Tell him l'm fine.'' > Healh smiled back. "l will tell him that, but right now, Cae is with > him.'' > ''So tell me, Healh, what's it like to live here? What do you do here?'' > "Please, one question at a time!'' Healh laughed, ''What is it like to > live here? Well, it is peaceful, being there are no predetors here. There > is actually very much to say, but l haven't been able to end the list yet, > so we best get back to that one later. What do we do here? Well, l must > admit,you are asking the wrong dragon. l've never even been outside the > palace walls. What *l* do is l am a maid and nurse. l am also to look to > the needs of the guests, like you and your friend, Jonny. And my most > formost duty, as is everyone else's here, is to follow the code of the > land.'' > "The code of the land?" > "Yes. lt goes like this: > > 'Survival of all or none > One raindrop raises the sea > Weapons are enemies, even to thier owners. > > Give more, take less > Others first, self last > Observe, listen, and learn > Do one thing at a time. > > Sing every day > Exercise imagination > Eat to live, do not live to eat.' '' > > "Wow. No wonder there are no preditors, if everyone has to live by that > code." > ''Yes.Well, l was also sent with a message from lsthilli. You and your > friend are to meet him and Yamishuru in a quarter of an hour (Author's > note:15 minutes) to go and meet Kitfox and Direwolf, the Samurai." > ''Who's Yamishuru?" > "We call him 'The Saurian of different desent,' meaning, he is of a > different group, but he defected to us." > "What do you mean?" > "He is a Pteranodon*." > "Oh." > > Fifteen minutes later, Jonny and Jessie met lsthilli at the palace wall, > to see that lsthilli was accompanied by a giant Pteranodon whose dull > coloring was a striking contrast to lsthilli's rainbow. His beak and crest > were a dull yellow, his back and head was blue, and the rest of him was a > dull brown. He introduced himself as Yamishuru. Jonny and Jessie introduced > themselves, and the foursome set off on thier journey. > > T.B.C. > > *Pteranodon (ter-An-o-DON)- A flying reptile similar to pterodactyl, only > much larger. > > Comments? Flames? Money? > Send 'em to the Falcon at > TimB@Cybervault.com