24-02-2019, 10:54 AM
The men returned well into the afternoon. There was excitement among. They were smiling and joyful. A couple of men were backslapping Gerald. Aiko wondered what had happened that caused Gerald to receive saw attention. He was smiling too.
"What's all that about?" she asked her husband.
"We were on our boats for quite a while following the riverbank. Some of the men fished while others looked for bigger game. I knew I couldn't help with the fishing, so I kept my eye out for game too. I was the first to spot the capybara," Gerald said proudly. "So we went after it. Pedro told him it would feed the entire village for the feast they plan to have tonight."
"Why should that make them excited," Aiko inquired. "Surely they hunt and eat them all the time. They're relative to the guinea pig. Native people living in the Andes raise guinea pigs as food. We keep them as pets."
"They were happy that I sighted the animal," Gerald explained patiently, "but it was not the cause of their excitement."
"Then what was it?" she asked again, a little exacerbated by her husband's apparent smugness. "Get to the point."
"What's this?" Gerald laughed. "You sound like a man. Usually, you want to hear the details. Now you want to get to the heart of the matter. So I'm giving you the story, and you'll find out soon enough why the men are so jovial."
Gerald was smiling from ear to ear. Aiko frowned.
"Just give me a chance to tell the story, okay?" he said. "Usually, you want to know all the details first. So I'm obliging you." He laughed again knowing he was keeping her in suspense.
"Anyway," he continued, "the men stopped fishing because all four boats were needed to surround the capybara and cut off its means of escape. Two boats of men moved to the shore, and two stayed offshore to cut off its avenues of escape by both land water. Capybaras are good swimmers, you know."
"So I've read," she said curtly. "Get on with it, Gerald."
"As we closed in, a couple of men jumped into the water close to shore. Then it struck."
"What struck?" Aiko asked.
"An anaconda."
"Anaconda?" she almost screamed. "That's the world's largest snake. One species, the green anaconda, can grow to almost 9 meters (30 feet) long. They're big and strong enough to crush and kill a man!"
"We were after the same prey. We were so intent on the capybara, we failed to notice the anaconda lying in wait below the surface of the water. It was about strike at the capybara when Rainbow jumped into the water in front of it. It wrapped itself around Rainbow, starting asphyxiate him. I did the only think I could think of. I grabbed a knife from the boat I was in and drove it through the snake's, killing it. I saved Rainbow's life."
AIko was agape. "You saved his life! You're a hero!" she said delightedly.
"Did you guys catch the capybara?" she asked.
"Nope."
"You came back empty-handed?"
"Nope. We came back with meat, snake meat to be exact."
Aiko looked toward the boats. The men were dragging a massive green snake onshore where they would butcher it into more sizable chunks.
"What's all that about?" she asked her husband.
"We were on our boats for quite a while following the riverbank. Some of the men fished while others looked for bigger game. I knew I couldn't help with the fishing, so I kept my eye out for game too. I was the first to spot the capybara," Gerald said proudly. "So we went after it. Pedro told him it would feed the entire village for the feast they plan to have tonight."
"Why should that make them excited," Aiko inquired. "Surely they hunt and eat them all the time. They're relative to the guinea pig. Native people living in the Andes raise guinea pigs as food. We keep them as pets."
"They were happy that I sighted the animal," Gerald explained patiently, "but it was not the cause of their excitement."
"Then what was it?" she asked again, a little exacerbated by her husband's apparent smugness. "Get to the point."
"What's this?" Gerald laughed. "You sound like a man. Usually, you want to hear the details. Now you want to get to the heart of the matter. So I'm giving you the story, and you'll find out soon enough why the men are so jovial."
Gerald was smiling from ear to ear. Aiko frowned.
"Just give me a chance to tell the story, okay?" he said. "Usually, you want to know all the details first. So I'm obliging you." He laughed again knowing he was keeping her in suspense.
"Anyway," he continued, "the men stopped fishing because all four boats were needed to surround the capybara and cut off its means of escape. Two boats of men moved to the shore, and two stayed offshore to cut off its avenues of escape by both land water. Capybaras are good swimmers, you know."
"So I've read," she said curtly. "Get on with it, Gerald."
"As we closed in, a couple of men jumped into the water close to shore. Then it struck."
"What struck?" Aiko asked.
"An anaconda."
"Anaconda?" she almost screamed. "That's the world's largest snake. One species, the green anaconda, can grow to almost 9 meters (30 feet) long. They're big and strong enough to crush and kill a man!"
"We were after the same prey. We were so intent on the capybara, we failed to notice the anaconda lying in wait below the surface of the water. It was about strike at the capybara when Rainbow jumped into the water in front of it. It wrapped itself around Rainbow, starting asphyxiate him. I did the only think I could think of. I grabbed a knife from the boat I was in and drove it through the snake's, killing it. I saved Rainbow's life."
AIko was agape. "You saved his life! You're a hero!" she said delightedly.
"Did you guys catch the capybara?" she asked.
"Nope."
"You came back empty-handed?"
"Nope. We came back with meat, snake meat to be exact."
Aiko looked toward the boats. The men were dragging a massive green snake onshore where they would butcher it into more sizable chunks.
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