Death
Star: episode #26 Begger's Canyon
Previously: I told you about the Rebel School for
children of those involved with the Rebellion. They will also be going to Yavin
for the meeting. Mr. Idiot just put a
bounty on Luke and me. Mr. Idiot sent
his daughter Maggie out on some assignment.
As
soon as Beru lands, Luke says, "Come on…I want to get home before my aunt
does."
Mos Eisley, the biggest spaceport on
Tatooine, and was formerly named Mos Espa, is where we had to start
from…because that is where Beru had landed.
"Are you going to
tell your uncle about how your aunt treats you?"
Luke says, "I don't know…I was going
to, but…"
I look directly at
Luke.
"You should
tell him. And if you won't, I
will."
Luke tries to stop me. "Lissy, please…I could get in a lot of
trouble."
We are at this moment walking by a stand
that sells Siesel cakes…and old programs and things. Ana old lady is standing
behind the counter.
We paused there
long enough for her to say, "Would you like any Siesel cakes?"
Luke hardly ever gives any of the street
shops any business. He usually walks by them as quickly as he can.
He turns to her and says, "No thanks…I kind
of need t get home."
We start to walk away.
I look at him
questionly and whisper, "What are Siesel cakes?"
Luke whispers
back, "I don't know. I've never had one before."
We continue on to a place with a bunch of
landspeeder.
"We just purchased one…it's not new…but it's
in working order."
"How's your aunt
going to get home?"
"She'll have a
ride with one of her top notch friends. She always does. When e got this she said I could go back on my own so
she wouldn't have to be embarrassed by me."
"That's awful."
"I don't mind…at least I get away from her
for awhile."
He opens the door for me, then goes around to
the other side and gets in.
"Thanks," I say. Luke smiles, "I always wanted to do that. Crap, we'd better get home…I thin there's
going to be a dust storm, judging form the way things look. I hat them. Sometimes they give me asthma. They prevent me from doing anything except being sensed with my aunt
when my uncle's not home."
Luke floors it as soon as we're both safely
in, "I sure hope you know what you're doing," I say.
"Don't' worry, I've driven these things
before. I probably shouldn't take the
shortcut…but if I don't Aunt Beru'll probably beat us here. Are you in for a little adventure?"
I say, "It depends
on what it involves."
Luke answers, "Aw, it's nothing…it's just
something called Begger's Canyon. My
friends like racing each other there with landspeeder. Don't' worry, I wont' take stupid risks. I'm
not going to geo as fast as they do. I just want to see what it is. They talk about tit all the time."
"All right, whatever. Just as long as you don't get us
killed…you're the driver."
He
smiles, "good. And I'll try not
to."
Luke says, "Of
course my uncle'll probably kill me if this thing even gets one scratch, but
I'm willing to risk it." Then he pulls us into this canyon thing. HE slows down. "I think we should still beat
my aunt even if SI go at this rate."
Even going slowly, the place is
dangerous. Luke almost fails to avoid
hitting a rock, but his reaction is very fast and just as we're about to hit
it, Luke pulls away.
"That was close," I say.
"Yeah, sorry abut
that…this is narrow than I thought it would be. Man, that was a close one, though."
'Look out," I say as another rock is
directly in our path.
"I see it," is his response.
He maneuvers around it. Then he has to go a
hard right fast and then left right away to avoid 2 more rock formations.
Luke says to me, "If you're thinking it was a
bead idea to try this, I'm beginning to agree with you."
You're reading my mind," I say smiling.
"How'd you know what was what I was
thinking."
Luke says, "I don't know…if I were a passenger
in a landspeeder and this was going on, that's' what I would be
thinking."
We both laugh.
Luke ahs to dodge a few more rocks and then we're all clear of the canyon.
"I'm glad you were the one driving," I say.
Luke said, "Yeah, I scared myself back there,
too. It was close a couple of times…a
lot closer than I would have liked."
"But you got us
out safely."
Luke smiles, "Yes, I did."
His homestead was
in view. Luke looked at little
puzzled.
"Looks like we've
got company. I wonder…"
Luke stops the speeder and helps me out, then
turns to me.
"I have to go see
what's going on and tell my uncle about you. You can come with me."
Luke head s off to talk to his uncle. I
follow, unsure of what to expect.
Until next time!