From: Dryad48 <dryad48@aol.com> Subject: [PW!] The Lonely Cobra Date: Saturday, May 01, 1999 8:33 PM "I'm glad we've finally escaped from that old power plant," Kathy said. The others looked around. "Hey," said Dern. "How come it looks as if the pokemon are sick?" "Well," Derrick replied. "In this part of the world, it is the beginning of spring. The time of year the pokemon get together. Mating Season is what it's called." "Mating season?" "They're not sick, they're in love." They observed the Spearows flying around each other. They saw Sandsrew go in another one's burrow and put up a "Do Not Disturb" sign. Somehow, the Voltorb were more cheerful. And above them were Butterfree doing their courtship dance. "We shouldn't catch any pokemon here," Kathy said. "That would disturb the mating season." "Yeah, yeah." Along the way, they also faced many annoying trainers who had only Pidgey's and Rattata's. With this in mind, Derrick pretended most of the way to not be a trainer. "Finally," they said hours after passing through the beginner frenzy. Derrick let out his pokemon to rest a while. "What's wrong Arbok?" She seemed even lonelier than before. "Ch..a.a.a.a.a..b.ok.." "Oh, I see. She's looking for a mate." The three looked around, but found that the other Arbok had found a mate. "Cha.a..a...a.a..bok..." The lonely cobra wandered in circles miserably. To Be Continued ------------------------------------------------------------------- ~Dryad48 "If there's a key, then there must be a door..." "And I intend to find it."