A/N-Here is my third installment of this story. Thank you all so much for following this, reviewing and words of encouragement.. I apologize for the grammar errors, I am terrible with it tho' I am trying to improve, somebody has offered to be the beta for this story, if you will send me a PM with your e-mail, we can talk about it! Until then, here goes.
The Castaways, lead by the Professor, walked back to the cave. All the men bent down and picked up a stick with the top wrapped, Skipper light all three then they went on. When they got to the cave, they all went in very carefully then Mrs. Howell said, "Oh, how horrible! Somebody should come in here and clean the place!"
Mary Ann looked at her then asked, "Why Mrs. Howell? The only things that live here now is spiders."
Lovely thought about it then she said, "I'm sure even spiders would appreciate a clean house to make spider webs or whatever they do."
Mary Ann and Ginger rolled their eyes then the Professor said, "I'm sure what few things they had is further in the cave."
Skipper nodded his head then he said, "I'm sure Professor, you lead the way Gilligan."
Gilligan looked at him in horror then asked, "Me? Why me?"
Sipper thought about it for a half a minute then he said, "Because your lantern is the brightest."
Gilligan nodded his head then started to go on but then he looked at the Skipper in amazement but he went on, with all his friends following him. They did go in further and stopped when they came to a large in cave pond. They look all around the cave then Gilligan looked up then he said, "Look at those crazy rock icicles!"
The Professor smiled then he said, "Gilligan, those "Rock icicles" are stalcites and an excellent examples! And look at these stalagmites! Also prime examples of what I've ever seen! The geological examples I have seen on this island are quite remarkable!"
Gilligan just nodded his head like a dummy on a string then Skipper asked, "Gilligan, did you understand that?"
Gilligan shrugged his shoulders then he said, "No, not a word but it sure sounded like something I should nod to."
Everybody smiled and giggled at that then the Professor said, "Gilligan, I merely said what the scientific name for those "rock icicles" were and that the were the best I've seen."
"Oh, Professor, you sure got a funny way of saying what you like."
Professor smiled then Mary Ann said, "Gilligan, come over here...everybody come over."
They all follow Gilligan and as he puts the firelight in the back of the cave, they see handmade bowls and spoons scattered all over the place then the Professor said, "Why, this must have been their kitchen area."
MaryAnn picked up a bowl and a rough spoon then she said, "Why, these are remarkable! I wonder how they made them?"
The Professor looked at them more closely then he said, "I don't believe they did...these look amazingly like the artifacts that was found on other islands made by ancient natives."
Skipper then asked, "Are you sure Professor?" "Well, I have seen them in the museums in Hawaii and I'm quite sure, these are marvelous artifacts found by Matthew and Kathryn."
Just then Mister Howell spoke up and said, "My word! They must be worth a fortune."
Professor looked at him then said, "Well, they couldn't cash in on that fortune but they may have been worth a fortune to Kathryn."
Mary Ann started picking them all up then she said, "And they will be to me, come on Ginger, help me here."
Ginger and Mary Ann started gathering up all of the bowls and spoons and forks then Professor said, "Wait, I don't know if we should move these, they are hundreds of years old."
Mary Ann looked at him then asked, "And who is going to use them? They are just going to waste here and we need them."
Skipper and Professor looked at each other then Roy gave a look of defeat to Mary Ann then Mary Ann continued her kitchen treasure grove then Mrs. Howell said, "What about the mirrors? That's what we came here for."
Gilligan looked around then said, "Mrs. Howell, there's a small space back there, maybe they are there."
"Let's go Gilligan, lead the way."
Gilligan looked at the Howells then asked, "Me again? Why not you Mister Howell?"
Thurston smiled then he said, "Gilligan my boy, Howells only lead in the matter of business ...Gilligans lead the way in caves."
Gilligan smiled then he started to take them over to the spot then he stopped and looked at Thurston in a puzzled look but walked on anyway. The Skipper started to follow when he noticed a yellowed piece of paper laying beside where the bowls were, he picked it up and read it then he said, "Look at this Professor, it's a recipe but not like one I ever saw."
The Professor looked at it then his face lost all color then he said, "Good Lord! This is a crude recipe for poison!"
Skipper gasped then he asked, "Poison! Why would they need poison?"
Professor looked confused then he softly said, "I don't know."
Skipper thought about it then he said, "Maybe it's for the rats and insects we've seen on the island."
Professor looked at everybody gathering up individual things and he watched as Mary Ann and Ginger were leaving the cave then he pulled the Skipper to the side then said, "Skipper, what I'm going to tell you, please don't alarm the others for this poison is very, very deadly. This particular poison was never meant for rodents or insects...it's only purpose was to kill other humans.
Skipper's face falls to the ground and all his color drains. Suddenly, they hear Ginger and Mary Ann scream, they keep screaming until they get to the girls. They find that they are off to the right of the cave and a ways off is a little pond then the Professor asked, "What is it?"
Mary Ann gathered her breath then said, "We thought we would wash the dishes off in this pond but..." Ginger pointed to a bush then they look down and see another skeleton of a hand, then Skipper bent down and pushed the bush back then saw three other human remains.
They all look at each other in silence wondering what was going on?
Sand n' Sable
