They quickly made it to Eden 2, he only intended to take pictures like they did
before. But Sandra spotted some dogs among this group, and unfortunately they
had puppies as well, without even asking she landed her craft next to the Camp
area, he quickly followed, and exited his craft, fearing they may see her as a
threat, he shouted to their leader, Joseph waved back at him, with arms wide he
welcomed them both, the women and children gathered around Sandra, they had
never seen a female angel before. The men of course were agape, never had they
seen a woman so well kept. She of course had her own agenda and asked about the
dogs, one of the older children grabbed her hand and led her to the puppies,
they looked to be about six weeks old, the mama dog looked like a giant hound and
was getting tired of the little teeth, she jumped up and moved to one side,
Sandra sat down and gathered the pups in her lap. They were never allowed pets in the Bunker but today was a new day and her man was the leader of the world. He looked on with knowing eyes, in his heart
he knew he could deny this woman nothing. He handed their leader books on
learning a language, like a first grade primer, though they had been taught
words and somewhat formed there on words for different things, they needed to
be able to read to follow his simple book of instructions. Joseph their leader, offered two puppies to her, both male dogs, Sandra happily accepted and handed him a tin of wafers, telling him use them on anyone who got sick, or in case of emergency. He then gave her a leather bag with several holes in it, to store her pups for transport. They
returned to their craft and lifted off, they probably could have made the next
stop Eden 3, but it was getting late, so they landed their craft on the next
open place near a stream, they were not the only ones that liked this spot,
there where horse prints all over it. She led her pups the stream and let them
drink their fill, then she fed them some dry meat, then laid down spooning into Michael's arms for warmth, she pulled her new pups up next to her body, and they fell asleep without compliant accepting their new mother.
Light burned his eyes as he welcomed the new morning, this is going to be an interesting
day, his priority had shifted, there never has been wild horses in this area
before he mused, this will be a very great benefit for his people in the future
if he could manage to get them back to the facility, but how could he do it,
thinking back to some of the Western novels he had read in the bunker library. No
matter what, they still had work to do. Sandra was already up, tending the fire
and playing with the pups. They gathered the gear, and got in their aircraft,
flying further south to Eden 3. Micheal met with their leader, Josuah, handed
him the books on language. Promising in the future he would return with rules/guidelines
by which they could live in peace. Flying away he instructed Sandra to look for
horses or other beasts they may have use for at the Bunker, flying in a zigzag
pattern they search from the sky the area around where the tracks had been
spotted, it did not take long, Sandra spotted about twenty horses following a
large brown stallion, I want one she screamed into the com, again without
asking she landed her craft, I swiftly followed her with a lot more trepidation,
large animals do not survive without killing things that threaten them, leaving
the pups with the aircraft she walked
toward the herd I followed closely behind, the horses had spotted us, she
calmly walked to a fallen log and sat watching the beasts as they grazed, I sat
next to her. The horses, being naturally curious beasts kept getting closer,
until the stallion could no longer contain his curiosity, and walked toward
them purposely. I'm wondering how we are
going to manage to get them home. Sandra held out her open hand, containing
some grains and berries, the big stud sniffed and snorted and started eating
from her hand, she was one continuous smile, she handed me some grain, and I
fed a few of the mares. Being at a loss I asked Sandra how do we get them home,
well we will have to ride them she said excitedly. I looked at her like she was
crazy. But I pulled off my belt and started pulling out the braids, after I had
gotten all 50 ft. spread out, I started braiding it with a three strand braid
technique, the single strand may have been strong enough to restrain the stud
horse, but I was afraid it would cut him or my hands, seeing his actions Sandra
started the same process with her belt. When they finished, they had two thirteen-foot
ropes just enough to form a halter and have about seven feet of rope to use as
a lead rope. I much as Micheal dreaded the next part, he had Sandra feed and
pet the Stud while he furtively slid the halter over his nose and behind his
ears, the horse was so engrossed in eating the sweet grains ne never noticed.
Micheal had positioned them by a young sapling about five inches in diameter,
he quickly took one turn with the rope around the tree, when the stud felt the
halter tighten, he exploded, bucking jumping, chasing Micheal around the tree
numerous times, but in the end settled down, he then led the somewhat tired
horse to a nearby stream, stripped down to just his shirt and jeans, he then
led the horse into waist deep water. Leaping quickly with horse's mane already
in his fist he mounted it, then the fun began, the Stud bucked violently, and
in a few seconds, Michael flew of his back, still maintaining his grip on the
lead rope he remounted. This went on for a good ten minutes until finally the
horse just stood still trembling in the water, he kicked his heels and rode the
exhausted horse out of the stream only to be met by Sandra astride a mare,
she hardly bucked at all Sandra giggled. Michael who had been kicked and bitten
several times did not find much humor in it. If he had be a lesser man he would
probably have been stomped to death. It was now getting late with the two
horses tied to trees, they made camp and played with puppies, the rest of the
herd stayed close since the Stallion was their leader, they sniffed the puppies
and all received a little treat from Sandra.