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[blytheandbonnie]

[Hello, Bete Noire. There is a very puzzled little girl of about ten years old on the screen. She is tiny and dimpled and has A LOT of curly red hair for such a little thing.]

Umm. I think I got lost? There's a lot of things to look at here, though, in this place I am in. Coconuts and sand and--ooh!

[She wanders away from the screen for a

Comments

[gutsycrazy]

Is that a real monkey?

[ Johanna's smaller, but not cuter.]

I bet it'd be tasty.

[blytheandbonnie]

[Bonnie looks horrified at first--and then intrigued.]

Maaaaybe.....

[gutsycrazy]

[ She's peering at the screen like she's never seen a real live one, which she hasn't. ]

You should cook it and try it and tell me, 'cause I'm really hungry. But I don't wanna eat something poisonous and I dunno what any of the things here are, they're all different from back home.

[blytheandbonnie]

[Bonnie sniffs at the monkey. It smells really good but she doesn't think people eat monkeys. And it's so fluffy!]

Umm--maybe later.

[Probably not.]

[gutsycrazy]

Whatever, then.

[ Wrinkling her nose. ]

Maybe you should give it something to eat. It looks like a hungry monkey.

[blytheandbonnie]

[She looks around curiously. And then! Oh!]

I found a banana!

[Pause]

But it's purple.