Glacier Ham By Caroline, a.k.a. puppyeyes Hamtaro by Someone, but not me! This Prolouge happened while Maria was moving to Japan, years ago, on the plane. Bijou was only a week old.

Bijou looked out of the open window, held firmly in Maria's hand. Japan would be so much fun. Suddenly, the pilot became sick. He let go of the steering wheel to vomit in the trash receptacle. The co-pilot was snoring in his chair, but woke up when the plane crashed into the Eiffel Tower. Bijou tumbled out of Maria's hand, and into a frozen puddle. She slept, until a hawk picked up the frozen baby hamster in its talons. Bijou woke up immediately. The hawk landed in a nest, with hungry babies. Bijou yawned from the long journey. Ice blasted out of her tiny mouth! The hawk and its babies froze instantly! Just then, the plane flew by. It wasn't Maria's plane, but Bijou found out later that it was headed for Japan. She was moving in the air, like the plane! Humans called it flying. She was not just moving, little Bijou was moving pretty fast! In Japan, Bijou spotted Maria. The tiny hamster fell onto the ground, right in front of Maria, who took her home. To be continued...