You open the websight and see photos of a great mansion of a house, many white barns, long white fences, and what has to be thousands upon thousands of open acres. The addvertisement reads like something out of a South sea cruise.
Opening the many pages it tells of the Doctor leading his field in D.N.A. Reformational Processes. His years of exploring the animal world has culminated in this his greatest venture yet. A remote self sustaining Laboratory where he and those willing to come continue to make strides for science.
APPLICATION FOR EMPLOYMENT
NAME________________________________________
ADDRESS_______________________________________________________________
CITY___________________________ STATE____________ ZIP CODE____________
PHONE NUMBER_____________________________________________
E-MAIL __________________________________________________
PRESENT EMPLOYMENT STATUS:
_______________________________________________________________
MARRIED OR SINGLE..............DATE-OF-BIRTH___________________
CLOSEST LIVING RELATIVE(S)
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
The application went onward asking the common things but at the end it had this disclaimer.
"All those who may apply and be therefore accepted for living and remaining at or within chosen lines of long term employment will be compensated for their gift of time and any discomfort. Upon leaving the confines on the Thule Foundation or Estate all ties and responsibilities will be vanquished. Any and all personal items left and or remaining on premises will become the said property of the Estate and not returned."
So, you fill out the application just maybe for fun but with reservations as to what this day's wealth of occurences has produced.
Its morning and a bright sunny Sunday morning as you prepare for going to church. A quick check of your e-mail brings a response to the application you toyed with the night before.
"Dear Sir,
Our many opening are made for those much younger than yourself and would in our opinion cause you personal distress or even injury. We are under federal law to accept all comer's but feel this warning must be given your attention.
The present openings also do not afford any real value according to your present position of employment. If per chance there be some special ability to which you owe and have not mentioned your application will be placed in reconsideration.
Sincerely Yours,
Doctor Ultima Thule
President and CEO
Thule Foundation and Laboratories
There you were declined and the wild thoughts are put to rest!
A morning church serivce were from the pulpit comes a thought which makes you wonder. On returning home your plan is to check the e-mail and offer a small query which might just spark some interest from the Thule Lab.
As you write your respose to the e-mail from Doctor Thule one placed in the contexted a small note of graditude.
"I was saddened to read that my application for employment was declined. Having recently conversed with my long time friends and past neighbors, Justin and Marge Franks I was let down about your not letting me come and work there as well. I did note that on a bronze placard was the name of Justin and Marge Wolthouse as making a personal contribution of two African Water Buffalo. This after I conversed with as Justin wrote in the sand reminded me that Marge's maiden name was Holthouse and therefore the placard was wrong.
Anyway I thought you might be interested and then maybe contact the Zoo here and have the name on that placard changed and corrected.
Sincerely,
Your name....."
Off it went and you await any response, but as minutes pass there comes nothing at all.
You return to making a Sunday dinner until from the bedroom comes a sound of your fax machine printing a form.
"Dear Sir,
We are displeased in your humor and joke about our past employees Justin and Marge Franks. They have made and are to this day making new and real progress in the realm of animal husbandry. We here are enthoused about their progress but wish to make it quite clear as per the two of them are out of contact presently with anyone inside the United States.
Furthermore we do not understand your mentioning the writing in sand of Justin but this too is just part of a silly and very poor taste in humor.
Good Day,
Doctor U. Thule
It would seem a proper letter if one did not know more about the writing in the sand. You sit back and then come with yet another idea for dear Doctor Thule.
Starting up your Hp scanjet the photo's of Justin's writing as it shows his cloven hoove finishing the last letter, and the photo of Marge still having a wedding ring burried in a hoof.
Dear Professor Ultima Thule, MD.
Photo one with a remark "Justin's hoof and printing" then a second picture "Marge, note her wedding ring embedded in the hoof!"
As you can see from the photos taken yesterday our mutual friends are well and cared for at the Zoo!
Yours wondering,
Your Name..................
Now you wait as the proof of the pudding is setting before the great Doctor Thule.
Minutes turn to an hour and you wander away from the fax and computer doing your dishes and about to take a dip in one welcoming hot tub.
Ring, ring, your phone is calling you. You pick it up an address the called saying your name and about to ask who it is, when there comes an angered voice.
"How much!" said the voice soon to be known as that of the great Doctor.
"Huh, oh you think I'm going to blackmail you!" you reply seeing his thinkings.
"Well?" he asked as a sigh comes over the phone.
"I want to know how you changed two nice young married people into a couple of African Water Buffalo? I suspect by their actions that Marge had a tougher time with her transformation then she lost more of her working knowledge. I bet Justin the ole' college stud he was soon rolled along with the situation leaving him with more mental and physical abilities, am I right?" you ask.
Silence from the other end till a question is fired back at you.
"You say he wrote the letters in the sand, why if this be true would a Buffalo do such a thing?" asked the Doctor trying to sidestep the real issue.
"A normal ignorant Buffalo wouldn't, but one with retained human learning and memories of a life gone, might!" you placate the Doctor.
Again only silence from the other end of the line. You wait and wait but not a sound do you hear. Then at long last he speaks, "I'm at a loss how you witnessed such an occurence and if so how an ignorant animal could write like this, so to foster and open lines or more direct communication I'm sending you a plane ticket for coming to Montana." offers Doctor Thule his suggestion of you to come.
"Who me, I mean if I come there then what?" you ask seeing what might be in store for you there.