Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Fatal Serenity And Rare Tiger Butterflies

This is Butterfly Valley. Orange tents and wooden huts on the beach, which is pebbly. Tourists in shorts. Boats, canoes and kayaks, a snack bar. Steep rocky cliffs. A valley, a waterfall. Butterflies.

Like it? says Chucky.

It's pretty, says Bunny. What can you do here?

Find serenity, says Chucky.

Yeah, says Steve. And diving and climbing, and eating fresh seafood, and there's a cinema, and entertainment workshops and personal development seminars.......

Personal development seminars. That is quite disappointing. Bunny puts them out of her mind.

I want to look for the butterflies, says Bunny. And climb up to the top of the waterfall. Coming Arthur?

I'll come with you, says Steve. You don't want to climb up the waterfall without a guide. It can be fatal.

Fatal? An adventure. Arthur decides he will come.

Chucky stays with the gulet, and Bunny, Arthur and Steve head up into the valley.

They see several butterflies. The butterflies are black and white striped. Rare Tiger butterflies. Cool.

There's thirty five types of butterflies here, says Steve. Dunno where the other ones are.

Wow! says Bunny. Wow! It's so peaceful. Arthur? Don't you love it too? Arthur?

Arthur has been lagging behind.

Sorry, says Arthur. Thinking about my conjecture.

Woohoo! says Bunny. What's your conjecture?

Yeah, Arthur, says Steve. What's your conjecture?

I should be heading to France, says Arthur. And the proof is, that it's already June.

Wacky! says Steve, but that's not a conjecture. A conjecture is a proposition that's unproven.

This is a proven conjecture, says Arthur.

Steve looks unconvinced, but Bunny is worried. Does Arthur want to leave Turkey already?

You can't go yet, says Bunny.

No, says Arthur, but soon. And I'll need a bicycle.

Live the moment, Arthur, says Bunny. Look we're getting close to the waterfall.

They are. The cliff sides draw closer together and block out the sun.

There are ladders and ropes....

Are you ready? says Steve. Let's go up.


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