Copyright 1998 -- Robert Baer Jr. D J Entry - "Sarafi Sam Returns" W A R N I N G - - - - - - D I S C L A I M E R The following is PURE FICTION, it REALLY DIDN'T HAPPEN only in my mind. It is presented for ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY and NOT MEANT TO BE TAKEN TOO SERIOUSLY. It represents a struggle of the mind. The Dinosaur Chronicles: PROLOGUE In the outer regions of cyberspace roams a dinosaur, but not an ordinary dinosaur, a Computer Dinosaur! One who thinks webpages are spiders that deliver messages. How does this ancient wonder fare in today's modern society? Well, let's see..... Entry # 876 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Just an ordinary day. I was at "work" over at Col. Crispies' back lot, he had finally convinced me to do a TV commercial for this packaged snacks. The Colonel had a brainstorm, new dinosaur shaped corn curls! I warned him that I couldn't sing, and when I did, the entire film crew nearly "quit" on the spot! When he insisted that I "dance" also, it was almost a disaster! Tap dancing was out of the question, but when I tried to waltz, I tripped on my tail twice and nearly fell into a parking car full of employee's vehicles! The Colonel wasn't a happy man, he told everyone to "take five" while he went to lunch. I sat down in a nearby park ready to eat some leaves off the trees there when I heard a loud BOOM! behind me! It was the Computer Renegade, and he had a very serious look on his face! "Dinosaur!" he said,"I need your help quickly! Safari Sam is back in the forest, and he's capturing animals again!" "Where's everybody else?" I said curiously,"and why do you need me?" "I've send a message to Otto, he'll get the others," the Renegade explained,"we have to hurry big guy, the report I received said he had abducted a large reptile....." "Another dinosaur!" I said excitedly,"what are you waiting for, press the button!" BOOM! Instantly we were standing in the forest, and observing Sarafi Sam's men in action. There was a large truck with a large tarp covering what appeared to be a huge cage! The men were preparing to leave, picking up their weapons and field packs and loading them into a nearby pickup truck. Wearing his classic pith helmet and a huge grin, Safari Sam was ready to enter his Jeep to drive away, when we ran over to their location. "Hold it right there, Sam!" the Renegade shouted,"release your caged reptile and step away from your vehicle!" "Yeah!" I yelled,"and you better not have harmed that poor creature, or I'll swallow you and your Jeep!" "Gentlemen," Safari Sam said snarley,"I have no intentions of releasing any animal that I trapped fairly and in season. I was expecting both of you 'goody twoshoes' to show up, and I've got a little surprise for you, NOW BOYS --- LET THEM GO!" In a split second, one of his men threw a funny looking rope thing at the Renegade, which wrapped around him and caused him to fall forward to the ground. As I leaped to help him, two of his men threw a very large version of that rope device at me, it wrapped around my four legs tightly and I fell to earth with a giant thud! The impact was so great, it shook all of Sam's vehicles and nearly threw Sam out of his Jeep! "At last, I have stopped both of you!" Safari Sam gloated,"I picked up those rope devices from some friends of mine in Argentina, they use them on the Pampas to secure cattle and other animals! Neither one of you can move, and you, the mighty Renegade, can't reach for any of those technical gadgets of yours. I have won! I'd take you with me but I have to run, got a buyer for some dinosaur bones once I skin the large creature in this cage! Cheerio!" "NO, STOP!" I screamed,"I"LL STOP YOU SOMEHOW!" I thought quickly and I knew what I had to do. My legs were all tied together, but I could still move my mouth! So in desparation, I did the only thing I could think of, I started singing loudly! "Al da de lucia, la stroll ya gentle, la viva el longa, prosis el vento!" I sang loudly the only opera song I knew! It did the trick! As I sang louder and longer, his men clasped their hands to their ears in pain! My voice shattered every window in all his vehicles and (I still don't understand how) flattened all their tires, too! "ENOUGH, ENOUGH, STOP SINGING, THIS IS TORTURE!" Sarafi Sam pleaded with tears in his eyes,"I GIVE UP, JUST STOP THAT HORRIBLE NOISE!" "STOP SINGING BIG GUY!" the Renegade implored,"I CAN'T TAKE IT EITHER!" I stopped singing. At that moment a loud BOOM!! shook the area! It was the rest of the gang! Otto brought the Computer Counsellor, Xeren Zzoom, the Computer Gila Monster and Sheriff Wyatt Burp with him! "It appears that the situation is well under control," the Sheriff said as he saw all of Sam's men in a state of fright! "MY analysis indicates that these humans have been subjected to some kind of sound wave weapon," Otto stated,"what did you two do? How could you do anything tied up like that?" "All I did was sing!" I said as Otto cut me and the Renegade free. "That sure explains it!" the Gila Monster chuckled,"your singing is bad enough to melt solid steel! I've heard you in the shower before, you big critter!" "That doesn't make sense," Xeren added,"how can one's singing be that destructive?" "Believe me, it was!" the Renegade replied,"but it saved us and stopped the bad guys at the same time!" Wyatt Burp had Sarafi Sam and his men in cuffs,"can someone please remove that tarp and open that cage so I can see what these hoolagins caught?" the Sheriff asked. "I'll get the tarp!" I said as I stood to my feet and pulled on the top of the tarp with my teeth! "This lock is a cinch, officer!" Otto barked as he cut through it quickly with his laser beam eyes. The dumb tarp got caught in my teeth as I pulled it off the cage! I struggled and struggled to get it out of my mouth! As I was 'fighting' the tarp, everyone else got to take a good look at the 'creature' Safari Sam's men had caged. "WOW," Xeren said upon seeing it,"she's very beautiful!" "She is indeed," the Computer Counsellor added,"but she seems a bit scared now. It's alright, you're among friends, we won't hurt you, come out of the cage!" "Hey!" the Gila Monster said as the lady dinosaur walked slowly out of the cage,"I've seen her somewhere before.... Hmmmm." It was at that moment when I finally got the tarp out of my teeth! As I looked in the direction of the cage, I was so startled I couldn't believe my eyes! "Dree-'el!" I shouted with glee. The lady dinosaur looked at me, and ran in the other direction! "Wait, please wait!" I shouted as I ran,"come back, I want to talk to you!" She was much faster than I was, in a moment she was out of sight. "NO!!!!!" I screamed loudly,"Otto, can you bring her back, PLEASE?" "Sorry, big guy," Otto said sadly,"I didn't get a fix on her, and she doesn't show up on my scanner now." Soon the others ran over to my side. I could hold back my tears no longer! "Why did she run away?" I cried,"why doesn't she want to talk to me?" "What's wrong?" the Counsellor asked,"I don't understand...." "That was C.D.'s dream girl!' Xeren explained,"he saw her in a dream and even painted a mural of her on his wall!" "I don't believe it!" the Gila Monster said in complete surprise,"I didn't think she existed!" "Dinosaur," the Counsellor said softly,"don't worry, she was probably just a little afraid, you found her once, you'll find her again!" "What if I don't?" I sobbed,"she's so beautiful! I'm in love with her already! But she ran away from me! Why did she run?" "You guys had better go ahead and take care of things from here," the Counsellor said as she turned toward the rest of the group,"I think I'd better spend some time alone with the big guy." "OK," the Renegade said,"we understand." "Let's move'm out, hombres!" Otto yelled in his John Wayne voice. "That voice of his gets on my nerves!" the Gila Monster grunted as the group walked back,"if he's a German Shepard, why can't he speak German?" "You silly lizard!" Xeren replied,"do you speak German?" "No," the Gila answered back,"but I eat a lot of pretzels and saurkraut!" "You're too weird!" Xeren said as the group faded into the distance. I stood alone with the Counsellor, I couldn't stop crying! "Dinosaur," the Conusellor spoke,"I know you've been through a lot already, I realize that it's been almost a year since your ex-wife left you, but you have to remember all I and your friends have taught you. It's not the end of the world, you're not a loser and you will find love again! Don't give up on your lady dinosaur, I just have a feeling you'll be seeing her again!" "My dreams never come true," I said sadly,"but now here's a dream come to life right before my eyes! The promise of a 'Dree-'el' in my life gave me hope, but that hope just ran into the woods!" "Your dream isn't lost, my friend!" the Counsellor said,"don't give up hope. If you two are meant to be together, it will happen. At least she's seen you and you know she is more than just a fantasy! Don't be discouraged, you've come a long way already! Now, let's go back to ..." "Oh No!" I exclaimed,"my lunch break is almost over, I have to get back to the soundstage!" "Ok, dinosaur," The Counsellor said as she took her black box out of her purse,"I'll send you back there, but remember to be strong and don't worry, everything will work out fine." BOOM!!! I was back on the 'set' and I did the commercial. All I could think about was Dree-'el, I don't even know if that's her real name! Many times my mind wondered as we filmed the commercial, but somehow I got it done! When I got back to my cave, I still couldn't get her off of my mind! Even in my bed I kept thinking of her, could this be my true love? Was it possible to fall in love again after all this time? Only time will tell. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Entry