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Date Posted: 22:01:40 06/30/03 Mon
Author: Dunshee
Subject: My Likkle Story - Part 1

As Leaflyer the young squirrel ran to the council's meeting,late as usual, he tripped on a root and fell flat on his face. Groaning in pain he heard laughter and looked up. Major Oaksen and the Council of the Woods stood above him staring down with their ice-blue eyes. "You are late." Major Oaksen, the head of the council, said in an flat unemotional voice as the laughter around him subsided.
" Sorry major. What happened was that Sunleaf was on her way over to buy some carvings for her dad and I-"
" I don't need your excuses Leaflyer, the point was you were late again and that delayed the meeting, for as you know the meeting can't take place unless all the creatures taking part are present." Leaflyer was a warrior in training actually. "You will be punished as I see fit. Now get up and let's go to the hall."
Leaflyer got up and brushed himself off as he followed the council members to the hall. The day was not going to well and the sun had barely risen!
When they arrived at the hall talking quickly subsided and everyone stared at Leaflyer. Late as usual! They pitied his parents. Who could put up with such a squirrel?
But the attention soon shifted to the council as they sat down.The hall was in a clearing surrounded by trees with wooden benches on one end and a long table with chairs for the council in the middle. The hall for the Council of the Woods.
Major Oaksen stood up again and addressed the audience in front of him. "You have been called here on a grave matter. One concerning all of our lives. As you know we live in peace as there are no large vermin bands to disturb us. Nonetheless we still have our own army. But news has reached us of a group of vermin travelling north, killing all in their path. None have stopped them. Any week they will reach us and slaughter us to the last child. So we must now ask ourselves, what do we do? Do we fight or run? You may now voice your opinions on this matter." He sat down and several creatures stood up.
"We should fight back!" A hedgehog shouted, "This is our land!" Several cheers rang out supporting him.
"No, we should run." And old mousewife called out, "I don't want to see my baby Della murdered. Plus there are other places to live where we could go." Many heads nodded at that, mainly mothers and old ones. Arguing broke out and became so loud that Major Oaksen had to bang the table with a cudgel several times to bring order.
The whole time Leaflyer had just sat and watched but now with silence again he stepped forward and said "I have a plan."
One of the council members, Lehn, and old vole with a long white beard and a short temper, looked at the young squirrel with contempt and said "Oh? you have a plan, eh Leaflyer? Well lets hear it."
Leaflyer gulped but stated his plan anyway. "All the old ones and mothers and children flee to a safe place while anyone who can fight does so. We try to stop them but if we can't then we follow the others to a new spot. If we are smart enough though, we should have no trouble halting the vermin."
Lehn laughed at this. "And how do you propose we stop an army five or six times as big as our own?"
"With our brain, that's how. If we set traps then we could kill some vermin without a single drop of our blood. Keep some supplies and poison all the food in the area so they would get sick. Dig deep trenches lined with long sharpened stakes and cover them. Get the squirrels to strike from above with arrows then melt back before they can attack us. That is how we will win." Cheers abrubted from the crowd for this idea and many came and patted him on the back.
Major Oaksen stood up again and declared to the large crowd "It is a good plan. It will be carried out as young Leaflyer said it. Immedietly, all those travelling away to safety pack up and meet here so you can all go off away together. The army and others who wish to fight must meet in a council of war at this time. You must get some scouts out as soon as possible to find out where the vermin are. And one more thing. Leaflyer is to be made the head of any councils of war and an officer in the army. That is all I have to say."
Leaflyer stood stunned at the last bit. Not only an officer but head of the war councils! What if he screwed everything up?
He had no time to think because a voice called out "Come Lieutenent Leaflyer. The council is about to commence."

To be continued...

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