CHAPTER 4

"Oh, where are my manners? Would you all like to stay for dinner. We can talk more and get to know eachother better." The Skipper was obviouly excited.

Vala smiled and put her hand on her stomach. "Sounds like a plan."

Ginger fluttered her eyes at Teal'c. "MaryAnn and I will start fixing the food."

MaryAnn and Ginger left the group.

Gilligan was jumping around behind the Skipper impatiently. The professor studied Daniel. There was a pause.

"Well, do you mind if we have a look around the island before dinner?" Daniel asked.

"Maybe you could help me decide what type of mushroom it is that I have found near one of the caves." The professor looked at Daniel. He seemed to know that Daniel was the brainier one of the three.

"Umm, I'm more specialized in history and ancient languages, but we could take a look..."

"Alright, and afterwards we can go to the cave that I discovered some time back that had native writing inside, since that might be more in your area."

The Skipper looked at the professor. "Maybe we should let our new guests relax a bit. I mean, they haven't even met the Howells yet."

"I suppose they could meet them after we look at the mushroom, and save the writings for another time."

"Sounds good to me." Daniel followed the professor as he led them into the woods.

The others followed.

"So what do you think of the visitors?" MaryAnn asked cheerfully as she began preparing a coconut cream pie.

Ginger added ingredients to the soup infront of her. "The tall musculer one is rather attractive. I think he called himself Teal'c."

"I wonder what that gold symbol on his forehead means."

"It could be a symbol of wealth in some exotic country." Ginger had a dreamy look on her face.

"I'm pretty certain that it's a Neonothopanus Garneri. An extremely rare glowing mushroom. It glows throughout the day, but it is best seen at night. It could also be a Mycena Luxaeterna, which is also rare." The Professor stood infront of a single tiny mushroom on the gound next to a small cave.

"Boring..." Vala said under her breath.

Daniel bent down and looked at it closer. "Well, I couldn't tell you, but when we get back home I could show it to some people who would be able to identify it."

"Excellent." The professor replied happily.

Gilligan tapped the Skipper on his large shoulder.

"What is it little buddy?"

"I've decided what to name the village. We'll call it Wonderville."

"Gilligan, that has got to be the dumbest name for a village ever."

"No its not. That's where Captain Good battled the evil Tentacle Woman. She reached out with one of her long sticky tentacles and rapped it around his arm, but he lifted his other arm and-"

"Gilligan! Would you stop spouting nonsense! We are not naming this village Wonderville."

"Well, Gilligan town was my first idea, but then I-"

"Gilligan, we are not naming the village anything right now. We don't even know how much longer we're going to be here. Now that Daniel and the other two have come, we could be off this island in a matter of days."

"Sorry to interrupt, but I was wondering where it is that we are going to sleep." Vala smiled.

The professor paused. "Perhapes we could make plans to split you up and share huts with some of us. I have plenty of room in my hut."

Daniel whispered to Teal'c. "I would prefer it if the three of us shared a hut..."

"You could sleep with MaryAnn and Ginger." The professor looked at Vala.

"Daniel Jackson expressed his wish to share the same hut as Vala Mal Doran." Teal'c said to the professor.

Daniel looked shocked. "I did not! I said that I would prefer it if we all shared a hut."

Vala shook her head at Daniel. "Did you think that no one would realize that you said that just so you could sleep with me?"

"I did not!" Daniel replied defensively.

Vala smirked. "You naughty boy..."