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Some kid
owls brought over their gifts of coconuts.
Perhaps with Julio’s great thinking mind, they
could figure out a way to crack them. They
put everything in the baskets and loaded up
with fresh water in their metal cans too.
Listo was getting so old that he didn’t go with
them to the waters’ edge, but he sent some of
his best men, . . .er … birds .. owls … with
them as escorts. (They later heard that Listo
was miraculously healed and was hopping around
like an owl half his age!) When they departed,
they thought they saw a tear in Listo’s eyes.
But it wasn’t one of sadness, but of joy, as
he said: “Bendito los pies que te trajeron aqui
para decirnos del Nombre! He bowed and then embraced
them with his feathery arms .. Er .. wings. (What
he said was: blessed are the feet that brought
you here to tell us about the Name)
They started off on the next phase of their adventure
leading the horses between 14 owl escorts down
the sandy path behind the village. With a row
of seven huge owls marching along side of them,
they felt like royalty.
After about a quarter mile they came to clear
water gently lapping upon the white sand among
the wide-leaved purple reeds. The reeds were
sporting orange flowers that were like ‘birds
of paradise’ if you know what I mean. Julio pulled
Pepper over to the waters’ edge and shouted to
G, “I see snails! Big fat snails! ….. “I’m gonna
put some in a metal jar with moss & water
and sand … for the frog.
Then he yelled again! This time he saw pale green
and lavender frogs plopping into the clear water,
which he caught right away. They were smaller than
his first yellow frog with the red dots. Julio
was rather wet now, but it was warm out and he
would dry soon. “Don’t get too many more frogs
Hoo, or they won’t be able to breathe,” warned
G. “Ok, I’ll just get three purple ones and three
green ones.
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