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From: Jumping Spider <spiderjumping>
To: spiderjumping@gmail.com
Date Oct 24, 2007 8:53 AM
Subject Days of the Dark Forest - The Journal of Keridwen Oculet (3)

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Days of the Dark Forest - The Journal of Keridwen Oculet, Part 3


Day 22: The negotiations went well. The Blues are greedy folk, very interested
in the honey. They would say "their honey", but I wouldn't. Because they were
so interested, they assumed they would have to give something in return, so I
asked them to cede ownership of the trees. They agreed.

Day 24: I was extremely impressed with Davadron today. The Hedges are such
strange creatures, but he was able to negotiate with them with patience and
skill. His range of talents is astounding. Well, in any case these talks were
also successful. The Hedges want leaves from the trees, and in return they
have agreed that we own the bees who nest in them. Now comes the tricky part.

Day 25: It worked. We did it. We made it happen. I still can't believe it.

The Blues and Hedges finally met today. Davadron brought them together. The
Blues want honey, of course, and they do it by stealing the entire hive. But
that destroys the bees, and the Hedges have promised the bees to us. And the
Hedges want leaves, but the harvesting kills the trees...which the Blues have
promised to us. So either faction pursuing their goals would violate the
treaties made by the other one. And neither wants to get into that conflict.

The real truth, of course, is that they were already connected and they didn't
realize it. Without leaves, the trees die and stop providing the sugary food
to the bees, who also die. Without bees to sting the herbivorous animals of
the forest, the trees would have their leaves eaten and also die. The two life
forms have evolved together. The flower stalks provide the bees with food and
homes. The bees having learned to build their homes in the trees, defend them.

The Blues and Hedges have to work together. We're going to try to find a way
that they can get what they want without destroying everything. No, we *will*
find a way. We can harvest *some* leaves and *some* honey, without killing
anything. This is a lesson we will *make* them learn.

And now Davadron is organizing a celebration that I should attend.

Day 27: Now that this expedition is coming to a close, I'm thinking about
everything that's happened to me. It's hard to believe it all happened in less
than a [month]. I started out just a girl who liked books and studying plants
and animals. And now I've become something like a leader. Davadron and I were
able to do what I thought was impossible, preserve these beautiful life forms.
I know we'll have a great future together, like a spider jumping into the
unknown but keeping a connection to the knowledge we've already gained.

I can't wait to see where he and I will go next.


THE THIRD BOOK OF MINIMER RANDIBONE - THE BOOK OF KERIDWEN OCULET - END
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