A Hayu's Dream

by Beth Hoyer

Felidae who we saw yesterday. The Felidae gestured for us to follow. We followed it pass several trees. He then pointed at the tree he was standing next to. The tree was not too tall or thick. It was on the thin side. We looked up and we saw bananas. Then I looked for the Felidae and found he was gone. We carried a bush full of bananas to camp. Everybody was happy to see the bananas. It’ll be a welcome change from eating pop tarts. Bruce and I showed the gang where the banana tree was. George thanked us. Maureen signed to us. She works as an interpreter I learned from her. Christian was happy. He ate two bananas. Bruce and I decided to tell only George about the Felidae. George was interested. He found it amazing that the Felidae helped us find food. He thinks they are an intelligent species. Maybe we could communicate with them. I went to my room to take a nap. I was little bit tired. Bruce went to his room. I think that’s where he went. He looked tired. I decided to write.

  Heather woke me up when the Sun appeared to be noon in the sky. She told me it was lunchtime. Lunch was bananas in boiled water in a pan. It was refreshing to eat something else besides pop tarts. After lunch Bruce and I walked around the big lake. The lake is beautiful. It ends in a waterfall on cliffs off the mountaintop. There’s a beautiful view. I could see mountains in the distance and something shiny on one mountain. I pointed it out to Bruce.

  He told me “We better tell George.”

  We went to find George. He wasn’t at the spire. I saw Heather and we told her about seeing the shiny thing. Heather thinks it’s the space shuttle U.S.S. Excelsior I asked her if it was the same shuttle that took us from Terra to here. She confirmed this. I asked her why I was put asleep and frozen.

  Heather explained, “It was George’s idea. He thought you might be resisted to going to Edenia.”

  Heather told us if she sees George she’ll let him know what we said. Then Bruce and I went back to the lake. We stood next to the waterfall. The waterfall was like Niagara Falls but smaller and quieter. I looked at the treetops and I could see Felidae jumping from tree to tree. Bruce kissed me on the lips and we got to the ground kissing each other. Then Bruce was knocked off. I saw a Felidae. He looked mad. His ears were laid back. I don’t know why he knocked Bruce off.

  He shook his finger as to say “Naughty.”

  Then he jumped into the waterfall. We watched him splash into the pool below the mountain. I saw Felidae on the beach. There were females because they were covered up in the chest area. Bruce and I walked back to the spire. I saw George. He looked a little mad.

  He saw the Felidae moving Bruce. He gave us a lecture about having sex and producing babies. “We don’t have any medical equipment for babies so stop trying to make one!”

  Then he told us to go to our rooms to stay until dinnertime. I went to my room. I have something to do. I hope we eat fine. I went to take a break from writing. My hand was a little sore. Heather came to tell me it was dinner. Dinner was bananas roasting over the fire. There were apples to eat for desert. Then we had our meeting. Maureen found a bush with berries on it. She complained at the meeting that a Felidae tried to stop her from eating the berries. George told her he thinks it was their way of telling us the berries were poisonous. Maureen paled at that. Christian found a bunch of apple trees. George didn’t mention a thing about Bruce and me’s little encounter with the Felidae. After the meeting Bruce and I wandered around separately. I went to my room to sit down. I saw Heather napping in her room. It was good to sit down. The spire doesn’t have a room to go to the bathroom. It only had a room for taking baths or showering. It’s a little dark outside right now. I turned on the light. The sunset was beautiful. I was nice to see the sunset. I feel happy but I think something is missing. I think it might be the technology I had back on Terra. I wandered around camp. George told me to stay in sight. I went to the tall spire and I found George expecting a wall. The wall looked like it had writing on it. I asked him using my voice if I could walk around in the spire. He told me with me lip reading, not to do that. He added he walked around and his foot fell through the floor. Then I walked around some more. I walked near the lake. I could see fishes jumping up and down above the water. Then I went in the spire to take a shower. I went into the men’s spire by accident. Luke saw me and told me. Oops. I went to the ladies’ spire. I took a short shower. Kanica was there with a look of impatient on her face. We need to find something to clean our hair. The shampoo is getting low and so is the soap. I hope the Felidae are nice enough to try to communicate with us.

  Yours,

  Elizabeth

  May 15, 2101

  Dear Anne,

  Heather woke me up. She told me to come with her. I came out and I could see a dot in the sky. We ran to the bushes. There were other people there. The dot came closer and closer. It became a large helicopter with two rotating blades that landed on the field. I could read the words Semper Fi on the shuttle. People in green clothes carrying guns came out and ran into the spires. They ran out and started looking in the bushes. The Felidae saved our lives. They came out of the bushes and attacked the people with guns. The gun people ran in the shuttle. The shuttle took off in the air. It flew overhead. I think it was the army coming to kill us. We walked back to the spires. I asked Heather who woke her up. She told me it was Maureen who woke her up. Maureen came by and told us a Felidae woke her up. In sign language the Felidae told her about a ship coming from the sky. Thank the cats. I’m glad we communicated with the cats err Felidae. I’m too awake to go back to bed. I ate some breakfast. Then I walked to the pond and sat down on the ground. I sat there for a while. I decided to write. Bruce came over and sat down next to me. I put away my journal. Bruce and I talked in sign language about what happened. I’m upset about that. I can’t believe the men came to kill us. I’m too excited to sleep. Bruce told me George wouldn’t let anybody enter the spires. He was afraid there was a bomb. He examined the spires himself and found them safe. A Felidae came by jumping up and down on the branches. We watched him. Then he landed near us and sat down staring at us. We stared back.

  Bruce in sign language told him “Hello”.

  He waved back. Then he did a sign, which Bruce copied. We stared signing back and forth. He pointed to the ground and made a sign for ground. We signed our sign for ground. Then I saw George out of the corner of my eye. I could see him watching us. Other people who were watching us communicate with the Felidae joined George. We taught the Felidae our alphabet. He taught us his alphabet. Then he spelled his name. It’s weird. His name is Cra’zy very weird. Sigh. An apparent old Felidae came out of the bushes, came and waved. Cra’zy looked at the old Felidae. The old Felidae gestured to come. Cra’zy got up and signed he had to go. He bowed. We gave him signs to our names. Then the Felidae left into the bushes. Bruce and I got up and looked at George. He and the others applauded. They cheered. Yahoo! It was lunchtime so I had roasted apples to eat. I’m a little worried about my diabetes. I talked to Heather about my diabetes. Heather assured me that I’m not diabetic due to that she tested me before I wound up on Edenia. I felt like being in my room. It’s a blessing to be friends with the Felidae. I think that we might be friends for life. Sigh. Kanica came by and told me Bruce was outside waiting for me. I went out to see him. We kissed on the lips. I’m in love with him. I’m willing to have his kids. It might be awhile before I have kids. We’re stuck here on Eden for a while. I don’t know if we’ll be back on Terra. I miss my kittens Victoria and Demeter. I hope their okay. Bruce and I walked hand and hand around camp. We went to the waterfall land stared at it. I saw some Felidae playing in the pond below. They were doing cannonballs and diving in the water. Then Maureen walked by with her husband. She told us there’s a meeting in a few minutes. We walked back to the spires. Then we gathered around in a circle.

  George spoke with Luke interpreting “I was exploring the tall spire Taller on the second floor when my foot fell in the floor. I had a hard time pulling my foot out. I’m telling you this so you can be careful going in Taller. I explored
the bottom of Taller and I found an entrance to a cave. It is narrow and seems to go on forever. I’m asking for a few volunteers to come along with me and explore the cave.”

  I asked him “Shouldn’t we ask our friends about the passage?”

  George told us he was too curious to wait for asking them. Christian volunteered along with Tolland and Andy. George told them he wanted to go to the cave immediately. I told George to borrow my backpack to carry food and drink. Maureen thought it was a great idea. We went to the spires. I emptied my backpack and gave it to George. They packed bananas and apples for three days in the backpack. We went into the tall spire nicknamed Taller by George. He showed us the cave entrance. I bid them bye as George, Tolland, Christian, and Andy went in the cave. Then we went to do our thing. I’m getting a little sick of eating fruit for breakfast, lunch and dinner. There aren’t any other animals around besides the Felidae. No I’m not hunting them despite feeling that way in my wolf form. George and gang came back around sunset. It was great to see them. In a meeting George told us about the cave passage ending in a forest. They