Marooned on Tashoo, Chapter 25

XXV Returning Home (Day 191 on Tashoo) I don't know how long I was unconscious, but when I came to, I saw a most frightful sight. Kyna was fighting, with sword and claw only, a Chakootoa, the most dangerous herbivorous animal on all of Tashoo....

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Marooned on Tashoo, Chapter 15

XV Lo-Katoo (Day 110 on Tashoo) I can't believe it! Three nights in a row? I've been before the Ishoo'se Aka'ny the last two days. I had convinced them that my ideas would mean it to be detrimental to put me to death. I can't think of any reason...

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Marooned on Tashoo, Chapter 14

XIV Rora's Largesse (Day 109 on Tashoo) (Afternoon) When we returned to the anteroom, Rora turned to me and said, "Mvilu, do you really believe you can accomplish what you have suggested?" "As long as there are sufficient shovels and a...

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Marooned on Tashoo, Chapter 17

XVII Sha'-Naky (Day 120 on Tashoo) The Mory are very pragmatic and don't mourn long for their dead. As a matter of fact, except for close friends and family, and those that fought alongside of them, nobody showed up at any of the burials of...

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Marooned on Tashoo, Chapter 32

XXXII Ka' Mu-Naka's Story (Day 277 on Tashoo) A dream. A wonderful, colorful dream. Tyarza is back, the beautiful woman with blue-blond hair and yellow in blue eyes. She is smiling and laughing. Her brown lips stretched open revealing pearly...

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Marooned on Tashoo, Chapter 21

XXI The Ka'yno Returns (Day 145 on Tashoo) The next morning, we finished off the meal that Ara had cooked for us the previous night, as is the norm for the Mory people. After the nakyvy, I went to my room and got ready to go to work. When I came...

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Marooned on Tashoo, Chapter 19

XIX The Decision of the Aka' (Day 126 on Tashoo) Rora and I backed out of the Ishoo'se Choko Aka'ny toward the door to the anteroom. Just as we reached the door, it opened. Te'-Maky was still there at his proper place right beside the door and...

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Marooned on Tashoo, Chapter 23

XXIII Chy Charms the Anohachy (Day 163 on Tashoo) Fortunately, the hike home was just a short four kilometers; otherwise, the dead weight of Chy would have been totally unbearable and I didn't want Rora to have to explain why he carried a...

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Marooned on Tashoo, Chapter 18

XVIII Creating Talo-Vy's Army (Day 125 on Tashoo) Another nightmare, why do I have these nightmares and what do they have to do with me? They are all different, yet, I know they are all related, but I don't know how they are related to me. As...

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Marooned on Tashoo, Chapter 31

XXXI Playing Tricks on the Spies (Day 234 on Tashoo) Tyarza and I worked steadily until lunch, during this whole time the warrior never moved from where he was standing and continually stared at us. I was tempted more than once to look at him,...

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Marooned on Tashoo, Chapter 13

XIII Explaining My Idea (Day 109 on Tashoo) (Morning) It seems to me that every time I have a nightmare, there is some stress in my life right after the nightmare. The fact that almost every day is stressful seems to be irrelevant. The...

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Marooned on Tashoo, Chapter 9

**IX** **Kerga Tyarza** **(Day 49 on Tashoo)** **(Morning)** I am having another nightmare. I haven't had one in several days. What's causing them? What do they mean? Why do they seem so real? They seem to be reminiscences of things I've...

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