To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (8589 ) 3/6/1998 8:45:00 PM From: Thomas C. White Respond to of 71178
Rambi cut a wicked thirty degree dogleg at 500 feet to avoid a tepui hillock that jumped seemingly from nowhere out of the mists, its top flat as a table, its sides a sheer drop to the jungle floor. Bub did an involuntary cheek-clench he'd perfected in artillery school. He swore he could identify the sex of the parrot in the largest of the trees that they had averted as if by inches. A droplet of sweat trickled a slow trail down Rambi's forehead and coursed its way down the bridge of her nose. As if as one they exhaled a sigh of relief as she put the 501 in as steep a climb as it would handle and brought the airspeed slowly up to 250 kts. "It's fully gassed. But this sucker'll only do 1600 miles," she said. "Damn. This is a Cartel plane. Forget Rio. Can't risk a landing anywhere public. This bird's wearing a bullseye. And we only get one landing. After that we'll be hoofing it from there to wherever we're going." Bub did an eyeball of the airmaps and nodded assent. "Make northeast for Para state. Amazon territory. She'll just make it. Heh heh, ah got me an ol' warhorse drinkin' buddy in Itaituba. Retired Air America whirlyjockey. Banned in Boston if ya get mah drift. Knows some great lies. Tough strip to make, spec on this baby's thirty five hundred feet, it'll make three-k you come in good'n slow. His strip's just enough. Hard to find though. Only been there once. And I wasn't drivin'." She set a northeast course for the Amazon jungle. "Well. Guess that's the last we'll hear of old -- what was it? -- Juan F. Gonzales Quiros Guillermo Hourquescos Saldiver." Bub smiled wryly to himself. His thoughts went back to a moment of split-second recognition in a chicken-infested border crossing somewhere between hell and half acre. "Hmmmm. Damn. Funny `bout that. Somehow, much as ah'd lahk t'agree, ah just don't think so...." ....... Whats...whats...whats going on the heres nows?? Scumsucks pigsface Uncle Juans invite me backs big chicken leech shows takes furloughs borders patrols what happen?? First jeep down the breaks I ends up hiphoppings the lifts on backs stinky chemical wastes trucks shoes sole out rots. Then gets heres lates all funs looks overs the with done!! Where everybody is?? Maybe I goes check out houses...hmmm... here notes from beetlebrows Aunti Eeemelda. Hmmmm..."Dearly goatbreaths nephews Guillermo. Gones the Rio. Please cleans up big Paratour mess before backs or I breaks faces. PS, you fired from borders patrols, now you stays cleaning chickenshits agains Paratours." What?? I Guillermo F. Gonzales Quiros Juan Hourquescos Saldiver cleans up pigshits mess just like I cleans up Paratour for fifteens the years for Uncle Juan pays me chickens feed? Ptui!! And why I has comes back Paratours to clean chicken shack agains, Uncle Juan say no has to?? Betterly takes the round looks the shitholes. Yeeeesh, whats hurricanes hits!! Giant chicken on flagpoles!! Stinks stinky hooboy!! I not cleaning ups half ton rotty chickens that surely certains!! Leaves to buzzards maybe take weeks maybe twos. Better takes looks the leech pits.....hmmm. Shoeses stickings the mucks outly up. Must be sures Bubs guys they was him in leechy pits throwings. I misses all funs!! But waits...I sees Bub guys at borders, he wearing paratroops boot no girly Flamenco shoes!! And he Bub size maybes what thirteens thats in leechy pits maybe size seven shoes!! Just mines the likes!! Whose the hell...maybe pulls out big yanks....yeeeeeeeeeechh!! Uncle Juans!! Deads the nail doors!! Ooooh, Uncle Juans you one days the leech pits you looks uglies I ever sees you Ha Ha!! Uglies the Grandma Saldiver I no think anys the ones look ever uglies the her!! Oooooh, and sicks you looks Uncles!! So pale!! Ha Ha!! Guilhermo you so funny!! Yeeeek, Whats I laughings the for?? Damnly now I stucks again lifes whole in podunks Paratours?? Uncle Juan dead diedly now I gots spend my life the rests shoveling Paratour shits?? Must maybe faults that Bub guys!! And I hears some gold digs goldilocks hangs around!! I finds out what happens!! And somedays, somedays I swears I gets bigly venges!!