Chapter 19
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1_THE PEN
2_THE BAA
3_THE SNORT
4_THE SHED
5_THE OINK

1_THE PEN

They had survived. More than survived they were building an amazing Sanctuary. I believe, if it was any different situation, they would have just used different Codes. They had survived for now with what they were fortunate to create through the Codes.

Time now appeared very differently than before and a whirlwind of events now happened to me.

On one pass BOY appeared and spoke to AMI,

This rise I will go out to pace the length of the fence with Ahoo. It must be able to provide graze for the animals and able to be made bigger. I will count the logs we need and finish that part. Then we can move the logs to the fence as we build it. At the end near the cave we can build an animal shelter within sight.

BOY felt the pen fence should be large enough for some grazing and be able to expand when needed. He wanted the field to be near and totally visible from the cave.

Continuing on the fence where his thoughts left off. He took two long paces and called it one. The length of one log I assumed. He counted how many logs would be needed to make the fence elbow high by lying them across each other. He called that set of logs five high, a five. He counted the fives by each of two long paces. One-by-one he counted the paces out. He counted off the numbers out loud. The fence where He started could be seen to the rise-front of the garden. As he paced, he circled to the cliff wall near the cave on the rise side. The other end continued on the fall side of the pen behind the garden close to the honk’s pen.

After he knew how many fives were needed, he totaled them up to a number. The logs he needed for the fence were 120 fives. He sat down and marked the numbers in the dirt with a stick. 120 – 5’s. The length of the fence would be figured out by how many logs would be needed to build the fence elbow high. The fence required 600 logs. He paced out the shelter and added 8 fives or 40 logs for a total of 640 logs. He knew how many logs he needed.

I saw him chopping the logs and piling them in rows. He walked through a nearby thicket of alder like trees. He picked out all ones of about the same thick and cut them to length with his axe. This thinned the thicket and it became quite open. He made a large pile of logs as He chopped an angled notch near the ends of the logs to lock over top of the log below.

This seemed to take about a deck or two. It may have been longer. It would be a long fence. AMI worked with him as they stacked a pile of five logs by each part of the new fence to be. BOY placed the logs one-by-one and adjusted each to fit. Logs overlapped and the logs locked together. He was getting much better at building it and had organized a system. It seemed to be a stacked fence backing against the rise side of the cave hill. Mostly grasses and shrubs grew inside.

The fence was complete through a flow of time and I saw it as that.

Time was selective in just the process of building the fence. I thought wow, this resembles a sophisticated google search. A search showing a time-forward series of everything about building the fence and the shelter by BOY and AMI. Nothing else.

Then, I saw him building the shelter for the animals. He made it high enough to construct a pole and sod roof for the animals.

I saw them then standing looking over the pen. They needed two animals, one animal of work, and one of milk. How to get?

2_THE BAA

Most animals passed through the far end of the field beyond the fence. They passed through regularly as they moved toward the far pastures. BOY made a gate in the fence near where the animals moved through. He left the gate open hoping the right animals would enter to feed on the grasses of the fenced field. They would wait patiently. Animals would enter and get confused, how to get out? There were animals that entered and left, but none of the work or of the milk.

Then one day AMI noticed two long haired animals with small horns entered the gate and into the field, one was of milk. AMI saw it and motioned to BOY, for them to sneak to the gate and close it behind them. They rushed and firmly locked the gate with a log bar. The animals inside were afraid and ran all about. They ran along the fence from one end to the other.

They had placed water and grasses in the shelter and waited until they came near. When they both entered the shelter to eat and drink. BOY leapt in front and barred the exit with logs. The animals were now in the shelter and they were not happy. There were baas and bleats. They butt the walls and jumped all around. When they settled down, BOY slightly moved the logs to let one out. He let the one not of milk out. It leapt in the air and scampered away to the field. The milk one baaed and baaed. AMI looked it in the eyes and said,

Baa, baa, welcome to your new home. You are so cute. I will call you ‘Baba’. We hope you to be happy here. We will protect you from predators and provide your needs. We hope you will help us and provide food for us, and warmth from your fuzz. First we must befriend you to become welcome in our group. Then we will make a time bond with you.

They decided the one of milk to keep, and they released the other from the field. The other one hung around the trail edges eating the grasses and then left. He turned back to look and stood motionless. He baaed and a baa came back. Baas also came from his kind who had been waiting. The last baa came from the shelter. Then the others all trotted away up the hillside and left. They had the one of milk.

Over a time, Baba would let AMI pet her. Baba became friendly. One day AMI placed a wide clay basin under Baba’s bottom and she sat on a log. She held her fingers around Baba’s nips. Baba sat still.

AMI drew down on the nips as she had done before without success. This time it came. and Baba released her foods to AMI. The milk came. She squirted it into the basin. It came easier. Everyone baaed. She looked over her shoulder at BOY and squirted the warm milk to his face. He opened his mouth and tried to catch the milk. They giggled and laughed. They had milk. Baba shook her head and bleated.

BOY spoke,

AMI. the milk will make you strong for child and to feed. Our child must be strong to survive the journey of life.

I then heard, THEY HAD THE BAA AND THE BAA WAS GOOD.

3_THE SNORT

Decks passed, many other things happened. Then one day a herd of small ox entered the gate and browsed in the field. BOY quickly rushed out and closed the gate. The ox herd snorted and kicked and ran about. The herd trampled in circles and settled far from AMI and BOY. They left them to settle awhile to calm their fear.

When they settled into grazing, AMI and BOY came out to watch. The ox moved away but kept grazing. This was a good sign, but they only need one. Could they separate the one they want and release the rest? Over time I saw the one they wanted, it was brown with a white dot on its forehead. He looked strong and was low enough to fit in the shelter.

AMI needed to get baba out of the shelter to make room for the ox to calm down. She made a rope out of cords and tied it around baba’s neck. Then she led Baba out of the shelter with a tray of water and tied her to a tree.

BOY tried to separate the herd of ox and head some to the gate. AMI would open the gate when they would near and let some out. Selectively they brought it down to two. Only two left. BOY jumped into the field to separate them and let one out. The larger one charged and knocked him over. BOY got up holding his stomach and limped after him. The animal saw the open gate and ran through. AMI locked the gate and came running to BOY. He was fine just the wind knocked out of him. The one they wanted hid in the shelter. They opened the shelter and let it out to graze. As time passed, the work one settled down and would take feed from BOY’s hand. BOY said;

You are still small yet strong. You are fast and smart. I will call you Snort’. You will have all you need in your field and you can share the shelter with Baba when you meet as friends. We will supply the rest. We hope you will work with us to help build our sanctuary.

Snort was a young bull and full of energy as young can be.

They had tied Baba to a log in the cave over a few nights and fed her there. She got along well with Ahoo and Oink. When Snort was tamed to pet they went into the field with Baba. Baba stayed close to them as Snort was much bigger. When they all came close together Snort curled around them looking at Baba. Baba bleated and ran behind BOY. AMI stroked her hands over Snort’s neck and back, and Snort slowly ambled away. They all walked apart and Baba grazed on the ground. Many times they came close. Many times eyes met. Maybe they knew neither to be a predator. Many days it went this way.

One day when close, Baba ran under Snort’s belly. Snort kicked and jumped sideways and jumped again. They ran around together and Baba would run between AMI and BOY. Then back again. They became friends and had the shelter to share. BOY decided to add more to the shelter. As time passed, Baba gave more milk and AMI learned many uses for the milk. BOY said

Now we must make good use of Snort. What best use can he be?

AMI said;

He is strong and he is fast. Could you hold onto his strong back and see if he will carry you?

BOY said;

I will try. Let us test his acceptance. Please bring me two lengths of cord. I will find two short logs for the test.

He found two logs, each about two feet long and about leg thick. He tied the cords around the end of each log and joined them together. They were tied about two feet apart. Then they placed a piece of cork to pad

Snort’s back. Each took a log and walked to Snort’s side. They slowly placed the cord over Snort’s back.

The logs hung like legs hanging over Snort’s sides. Snort shook a little and walked ahead and the logs slapped his sides.. He then bolted. He kicked and thumped and jumped up and down. When he turned in circles the logs flew away. He stopped and looked and then trotted triumphantly around the field. For sure Snort did not like the logs on his back.

They tried it again later when feeding him. It was less spirited. Over time Snort had no problem with the logs on his back and wore them long parts of the day. They slowly added more logs and heavier weight to more cords. They padded the cords on his back and walked away. Snort was annoyed. He shook and kicked a little. Snort ran about the field and rubbed against the fence.

The weights were secure and would not move. Snort soon accepted them. They no longer seemed to be of great concern to Snort as long as he could get them off at night, and occasionally during the day. AMI said to BOY,

You are much heavier than the logs with weight to the top. You must hold tight to his neck to stay on. He is strong and he is fast. I will make cork to protect you from a fall.

AMI fashioned pads for his elbows, knees and shoulders.he would sit on the cork padding. She had one cork boot of use and tied a round cork lid on BOY’s head.

In the morning they went to Snort and led him to the fence with a blocked circle of rope over his neck. Snort sputtered and shook his head. BOY climbed the fence and slowly put his legs around Snort’s back. Snort kicked. BOY grabbed Snort’s neck and held tight.

Snort kicked again and flew through the field kicking and jumping. BOY held his arms around Snort’s neck. Snort turned in fast circles. BOY could not hold on. He went flying. He screamed when he passed straight off to the side and into the air. He Landed against the fence and rolled to a stop. He landed on his front and rolled over in pain. He would try again and then again.

At one point it seemed as if Snort felt it was more bother, than it was worth. He slowly stopped and lowered his head. He then grazed unconcerned. BOY let loose of snort’s neck and sat up high as Snort trundled along grazing here and there, and said.

He will carry, he will carry. AMI come ride him through the field.

They changed protection and he carefully lifted AMI onto Snort’s back. Snort shivered and slowly moved ahead all the while grazing. AMI then bounced on snort’s back and yelled, Yip eee!

Snort lifted his head and front feet off the ground. He shot ahead and trotted about the field. AMI held tight to Snort’s neck. Then she loosened her grip on Snort’s neck and pulled Snort’s neck hair to the right. Snort turned to the right. She pulled Snort’s hair to the left. Snort turned to the left. When she sat up and pulled Snort’s hair straight back, Snort stopped. AMI directed Snort back and told BOY:

We can ride Snort to go, and lead him the way.

This was great to ride. What else could Snort do? BOY said,

Mostly he can do the grunt of many, and the grunt of many things, Snort can pull a metal wedge through the soil. We can build a much larger garden.

Now he set to work on building a wedge made of the metals. He formed it into a long and deeply curved blade. He formed a wide wooden back and fire hardened it to make hard, to pull on the blade. The blade fit inside a groove in the wood and the long end of the handle was reinforced into the blade with the joining of hot metals.

AMI formed a thick open U shape chunk of wood cushioned with pieces of cork. She made the wood cork to fit under Snort’s neck and up over his shoulders. She then tied thick woven cords around the cork and over Snort’s chest and neck and then back to the blade where they were attached to the wood pulling the blade.

When BOY hooked it up and yelled a ‘yip eee’ to Snort, Snort moved. The blade bit into the ground and the woven cords stressed and broke. They needed much stronger cords. By now they were making stronger ropes from the fiber plant and they replaced the woven ones with much stronger fiber ropes.

They then went to the edge of the first small garden area outside of the garden fence and set the plow blade into the rough soil. ‘Yip eee’ BOY called while clicking his teeth and Snort pulled again. BOY held the handle tight and pulled back with all his weight to keep the blade at the right angle to the soil. When they hit rocks, he yelled ‘ho’, and pulled on the cords. Snort would stop while he removed the rocks. They were plowing. The ground turned and turned. In a few short partitions they had turned more soil than all they had previously turned. They turned and they turned. The garden grew big. They re-plowed it removing all but the soil, then they raked it to plant their seeds. They hugged Snort, and brought him a young carrot. Oh what a reward! A carrot. Snort loved it and nudged BOY’s arm for more.

Then I saw BOY hooked his cart to Snort, and hauled the rocks away. He sorted the rocks into sizes and shapes and laid them out to dry. He moved wood and earth and supplies in the cart with Snort pulling. Much happened much quicker. I heard,

THEY HAD THE SNORT AND THE SNORT WAS GOOD.

4_THE SHED

BOY then said,

With these animals and the larger garden we will need a roof near the garden to hold the straws and the wood and the tools.

He started immediately. He walked around where the shed would go, next to the garden, with its back to the rising big-light. I watched him as he drove two straight sticks into the ground about three long paces apart. He tied a tight cord between their bottoms. Then he took one long pace from one end and marked it directly under the cord, and then another and he marked it. He had four lined markers in a straight row about the same distance apart.

Then he took two long paces toward the fall and at a right angle from one end marker. There he placed a marker and paced it off again even with the first row.

He placed a marker at that end. He used a long stick to make sure the distances were the same apart, then he tied cords diagonally across the corner markers to be sure they were squared. Each cord would be equal if they were square. He made several adjustments and drove all the marker sticks in tight. The two rows of sticks looked about six or seven feet apart. He dug holes at each corner marker and laid fine gravel in the bottom.

He took his new sharp metal axe and cut down four large straight poles a little higher than him and four more a little bit longer. Snort pulled them back on the sled.

Short poles went to the back row and long poles to the front row. He would place a pole in the hole and then he pounded small rocks and fine sand around the opening between the pole and the hole walls to secure it in place. He tied a rock onto a cord and dangled it near the top of the pole. The string and the pole must match to be straight.

He measured the height and placed another row pole in a hole at the end of the back row. He then rested a cross pole over the top of the two row poles and this kept the same height for the other poles. He installed the other poles in between.

To set an even height for the row poles, he took a clay basin from the cave and half filled it with water. He marked the water level around the inside of the basin. Then he placed the basin on the cross pole and checked that the water levels matched. It was not, so he adjusted the height of one pole by adding more gravel to the hole.

Then he did all the same with the higher front poles. The cross poles were level, somewhat. The cross poles fit inside the grooves he cut on the top of the end poles and he tied them there with the fibre cords. The cross poles hung over the ends of the end poles. He placed the rest of the poles in the ground under and supporting the cross poles.

He then filled in the ends of the shed by stacking smaller saplings in between the two walls of logs about half way up, and tying them to the posts. He made one to cover the complete back and piled rocks, sod and debris on the back outside to support the wall. These walls supported the whole structure and now he could lay long skinny poles as rafters close together over the roof joining the two rows together. The rafters were flattened where they fit onto the cross poles. The roof had a wide overlap all the way around.

At first he covered the roof with overlapping leaves and a thick layer of sod. Later when he had a saw made of metal, he would saw flat pieces of wood and overlay them over the roof then laid sods of grass over the flat woods to hold it all in place.

The floor was just dirt but later he ran posts around the bottom of the posts and built a flat floor for the shed.

The shed was crude but elegant in its way. It served a great purpose and was filled with dry hay and away from the moist ground. One side held piles of wood and tools and baskets hung from the rafters. I felt inside me there was much more to come.

5_THE OINK

Time passed as the animals had grown, and had young and had freedom to move throughout Sanctuary during the day. The animals mixed openly and they never went far from their home. Time appeared when the honks and some new quacks were let out to explore the fenced field. It was quite a sight to see. Baba and Ahoo, Oink and Snort, with the honks and the quacks, all together in the field. Coo perched on a fence post and cooed with his friends nearby. There were new Ahoos and Snorts and all.

They took turns and rode Snort’s backs. There they were all together in Sanctuary all accepting each other. Snort even allowed Ahoo and then Oink to try riding on his back. Oink went leaping to the ground and rolled away when Snort moved. Ahoo to stay on but in a turn he slid off. The Honks honked as they ran from the scene. Two quacks slowly waddled to the other end of the field. They quacked as they waddled and pecked at the ground. Coo perched on Snort’s back purring repeatedly. Oink grunted and snorted and trotted around. Ahoo yapped and ahooed. BOY and AMI did too.

BOY yelled

‘AMI’,

AMI yelled

‘YIPEE’.

They called in each of their sounds, and made friends of them all. They made happy sounds the animals would know. BOY played his bone pipe and everything jumped about.

There they were, all together in Sanctuary. Everything was so amazing in its simplicity. They used the Codes. They had figured out what was needed for their mission, then they used what they could find, to create what was needed. They knew the Codes and the vision to use them. New things were like the sparks. Each one fired in the kiln of their Vision. Ideas were everywhere, with many directions to take. They had the knowledge, it was true. It was their choice that made the difference. But it was their mission that drove them on.

They used their vision to show a pathway to create what was needed. They used the Codes to fulfill their vision through the energies. Given time, I felt as if they had the power to create anything to accomplish their mission. They were full of life, but I reminded myself they were of mortal flesh and must die some time. How could this end?

The animals all roamed freely. Not one would want to leave. One light Oink was out foraging for leaves, roots, small rodents and reptiles and dark fell upon them. Oink did not come back in. Everyone was worried. They went out with lanterns and searched. They followed Ahoo as he sniffed here and there. He led them to the woods near the animal trail. BOY looked at the tracks and saw Oink had met tracks the same as hers. They would be off somewhere. He said,

It is nature’s way, we can only wait and hope Oink will return.

They waited and worried and I saw Oink returned a few days later. She ambled up to them like nothing had happened. She was well and in good spirits. A few oink’s were exchanged, no other sounds needed. Life resumed as normal. AMI,

We will know in a few decks if Oink is of seed.

Within several decks Oink gained weight and they knew she was of seed. She behaved normal all the time but spent more time by herself. It seemed many decks and Oink would be ill. She was not able to run as before. Oink was of seed, and would deliver 8 young oinklets in 10 decks. Oink’s body grew big and her many sacs hung below her, all ready to feed her young with. BOY prepared a soft bed of hay in the shed for Oink to lie in and give birth. When ten decks arrived, Oink slowly plodded to her bed in the shed. AMI and BOY followed her out with lots of warm waters to sooth her with.

When time was due they laid with her and talked quietly to her and pet her snout. Oink laid on her side with her huge sacs to the front. They waited. The odd grunt, and then a squeal. They waited. Oink jerked and let out another squeal. She strained and her back leg kicked. Then out came a blob and two front legs. The rest followed quickly and a new Oink was born. Not much bigger than my hand, there it laid squealing and kicking searching for a button to latch onto. AMI said,

It is a baby, a new life. It is real. Watch it move. It cannot see where to crawl, its mouth searching everywhere for a button to have.

Soon another squeal and another dropped out and landed on top of the other. AMI stood and clapped and jumped for joy. Then another popped out. A long wait in between and then two more popped out. All were stumbling and crawling on their bellies looking, searching for the buttons to hang onto to feed. Each by each when they found a button they latched on and fed. In all there were eight. One did not live and BOY took it away from the rest. They would jostle and push and take each other’s button away. Oink laid exhausted and put her head to the back while her kids fed.

As the little ones grew, they learned oinks, squeals and grunts that talked to each other. In the hot weather they would roll in

the mud by the bog to cool off. Oink would leave and they all followed her. She went to a spot past the edge of the fence near the forest and released her bwa and burf. All her kids did the same. I noticed from then on the kids all went to the same place. She fed them for three decks then they ate from the same trough as their mother. I felt sure this was just the beginning of the taming of animals.

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