We have another visit to the Tribal shaman known as the "Doctor" today. In preparation for this ordeal, my shipmate and I decided to undergo some ritualistic body modifications. Vaughn attempted to scar his face with his fingernails, in a contemporary style much to the horror of our parental hosts, who then clipped the nails he had honed so carefully. I gave "Mom" a nice temporary tattoo with my mouth on her inner arm. She didn't seem pleased with this at all. We then used our own bodies to digest that magical substance called mother's milk to produce a most interesting color that we thought we could stain our backsides with, but the "Parents" rejected this immediately and wiped us vigorously. We don't understand why they rejected all our ideas. Vaughn surmises it must have something to do with a pure and clean body equaling a sound and ready mind. One thing is for certain. We will give the "Doctor" the fights of our lives. I hope our "Parents" will be proud!
By the way, a marked improvement in both the sky and temperature has soothed our dark moods! but they've done something odd to the mountains in the distance...
2 comments:
Good luck with the Shaman. I hear backside staining while in transit is always a BIG hit. ;)
Be nice to "Mom" and "Dad!" Don't you know that's where your food comes from??? :)
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