Date Posted:22:43:47 09/15/02 Sun Author: Whip-Tail Subject: From the Etchings of Allosaurus Whip-Tail of the Bloodwrath Clan, Written on Clan Wall #1587:
I watched the gun-flesh for long weeks. Arm wound heal, not deep, leave small scar. Gun-flesh seem so quiet on soft ground I not wake. But I know Broke-Claw was not happy with my bring home of gun-flesh. I knew he test her soon as she wake up. But mebbe I could stop test for right then. Train gun-flesh short time. Bring back ready. I liked plan and go through with it. I wake her gently with tail tap. She still weak and go fly far. I chase down and grab head fur. I lift on my back and take her for short time train. Give her few things. Teach her talk Allo.
When got right spot she try to run. I put her on ground easy like egg-chick with tail sweep. My tail best in all planet. Nobody mess with my tail. Anyway. She sit on ground and I stalk round her few times. I sign, nice words, no hurt gun-flesh. She look at me funny. Point and mumble stuff bout me talk. I didna know this then. Now do. But that later.
Well course me, I, talk. (Bad Clan Wall no fix wrong words) She too not smart to know what Whip-tail say. I go slow. Growl slow. Roar slow. Tail move slow. She copy me. I give her grin. She make small start. But I get thought. Grab dead branch from brown tree and write in dirt. I write pictures. Write pictures of tree, then make tree noise. She follow good. Copy right Allo words. Learn real fast. Soon know tree, grass, sky, water, Allo, gun-flesh. I point me and make real soft growl, like gun-flesh words. She teach me sounds for tree, grass, sky, water, Allo, and hoo-man. Her word for gun-flesh. I try speak. No work. I learn write hoo-man ing-leesh. That good 'nuff for her. I get better and write this. Then I bad. Now I good.
We make deal. I teach Allo, she teach ing-leesh. I nudge her to close deal and she fall on ground. I had lot of train left before she ready for test. I take her to water, shove her in. She swam real good, used her top legs too. Swim all four like. Like Stego. Anyway. We swim for long time. Then she get out, pant real hard. I get out too, run off. She call out to me to stop, I roar for her follow. She come. Slow come but come. I take her to grey mountain.
At grey mountain I work hard to get off rock before gun-flesh get there. She get there slow, and I have rock ready. Sharp rock, work as claw for no claw gun-flesh. I give to gun-flesh and write words on ground. Claw for no claw. She grinned and put arms round my neck, try to strangle. I leap back real angry. All I do and she strangle. But she call it hug. I say no hug, now woulda said no more hugs but anyway. We head back to Clan. She point me and ask word for me. I sign Whip-tail. She point herself. I sign gun-flesh. She no like gun-flesh. I sign what word for her? She dunno no more. I give her word myself. I say she No-Claw, at least till she earn new word.
On way home we see young Paccy. I go up where no smell. Up. Up. Up wind! I go upwind and I come down on top of Paccy, it kick at me and I dodge, rippits throat out, unfortunate it falls wrong way, and my tail stuck under foot. Then No-Claw come and jab it with stone-blade. It yelp and fall other way before die. I grin at No-Claw and thank her for much help. She must be born wrong body. She too brave to be gun-flesh. I knew when she put down tranq gun first time I saw her. She more Allo then hoo-man.
As gift I carve off hide of Paccy and wash it in cold lake. I cut small piece for No-Claw to fit right, cut hole for head, then carve thin piece for hold belt. It a tough skin for No-Claw, better then brown-green skin she got now. She take and go change behind tree. It look good on No-Claw. Make her look like good Allo. I then take bone from head of paccy, carve small points for No-Claw, give her fake claw for test. Then with grin I pounce No-Claw, she wrestle with me short while, I win fast. We then have small race back to water side, take sleep by lake. I like No-Claw lot. She learn good train fast. She do test just fine.
