One Step On The Way To Omniscience

Mohammed was wrong.

Only one of the ladies will return, thus spoke Mohammed.

Yet here are Unni and Rosamunda bowling along the Bass Highway towards Dismal Swamp in a camper.

I hope they're still there, says Unni.

They will be, says Rosamunda. They didn't have enough bikes.

But they had Arthur, says Unni.

They pull in to the Dismal Swamp car park.

There they are! says Rosamunda. Gaius!

Rosamunda! says Gaius. And Unni! We thought we were stranded.

Yes, says Terence. STRANDED! Arthur and Sweezus and Surfing-With-Whales and Stew nicked off with the bikes.

Look what we've got though, says Rosamunda. A camper. Where would you like to go now?

We must follow the others, says Gaius. I believe they've gone to Marrawah.

Marrawah it is, says Rosamunda. Get in.

Wait, says Unni. I haven't been down the slide. It's the single reason I came back to Tassie.

And Grandpa's not ready, says Terence. He's gone to the toilet.

And where's Ying? asks Unni. Did she go surfing?

I don't know, says Gaius. No she didn't. Ying! Where are you?

She's buying a postcard, says Terence.

It's most commendable that you know where everyone is, says Gaius.

Terence glows. It's one step on the way to omniscience.

I keep my eye out, says Terence. Like Grandpa.

Grandpa Marx emerges from the toilet, doing his straps up.

I don't like these eco-toilets says Marx. Not good for my boils, and my liver complaint. And my eyes are all watery.

That's not because of the toilet! says Rosamunda, aghast.

No, no, well yes, possibly, says Marx. But I used to be a heavy smoker.

La la la, says Terence. Not listening. You wouldn't do anything bad.

Ah, says Marx. Socialism at its finest. And the girls have returned. One of them, anyway....

Both of them, says Gaius. But where's Unni?

Gone down the slide, says Rosamunda. She won't be long.

She will, it takes AGES, says Terence.

Five minutes later Unni comes back up the track in a buggy.

My eye! says Gaius. If I'd known you could come up in a buggy......

You wouldn't have done it, says Unni.