Chapter 4: Sleeping Beauty and Papa Bear

"Colonel, here is the record player." LeBeau said caring the heavy machine into Hogan's room.

"Good, thanks. Kinch I will help you get the sound down while Newkirk is making your costume. LeBeau, I want you to help Carter, Olsen and Cummings get as much hair or fur as you can find. I don't care where you get it from." Hogan grabbed the record player and motioned for Kinch to follow him to the tunnels.

Hogan set the recorder up. "The creature I heard sounded something like this. Waaarrrrrrah! Now you try."

"No offence Sir, but do you think this will really work?"

"We wont know unless we try. Now the sound."

"Warrah."

"I know you can do better than that. Put some feeling behind it and now try it again." Hogan held up his hands like a music conductor.

"Waarrrah."

"Better, but you are still lacking something. I know! Try it again."

"Alright. WAAAARRRRAH! Why did you kick me in the shin?"

"Perfect! Now try doing that again without me kicking you." Hogan turned on the recorder.

"Waaaarrrrrah!" Hogan motioned his hands for him to keep it up. Kinch rolled his eyes. What I do for my country. "Waaaaarrrrrrah!" I will be the laughing stock in Detroit if this gets out "Waaaaaarrrrrrrah! Waaaaarrrrrah! Waaaaarrrrrrah!"

"Great! Now I want you to hook up the speakers and play a little bit of this at a time. Keep doing it off and on for a while until we have Sleeping Beauty." Hogan patted Kinch on the shoulder and went to see how the others were doing.

"Sir, Shultz is coming!" Thomas yelled down to the tunnel.

Hogan ran up the ladder. "I want you three in my office and shut the door and pretend you are playing a game of poker." No sooner did the door to Hogan's office close and Shultz walked in. "Hi Shultz! What brings you here?"

"Big Shot and Major Hochstetter want to talk with you."

"What about?"

"I know nothing, notttthhhhhing!" Shultz shook his head.

Hogan pulled a candy bar out of his pocket and started to unwrap it. "Are you sure about that?"

"I…um…. please Colonel, why must you do this to me?"

Hogan gave his mischievous grin. "I don't know what you are talking about?" Hogan waved the candy bar under Shultz's nose.

Shultz grabbed the candy bar from Hogan's hand. "Hochstetter wants to have a talk with you and the woman in Kommandant Klink's office." As Shultz was indulging himself in the candy bar, his eyes noticed how empty the room looked for everyone being confined to barracks. "Colonel, where is everyone?"

"Come on Carter, are you in or out?" Came a voice from Hogan's room.

"Go fish." Came another voice. Hogan looked at the door to his room.

"Carter how many times do I have to explain to you we are playing poker not Go Fish?" came an accented voice.

"They are having a poker game in there. Stakes were too rich for my blood so I came out here."

Shultz looked to the door and then to Hogan. "Are you sure everyone is here?"

Hogan grinned, "Would I lie to you?"

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Carter dressed in a Gestapo uniform and made his way to the Hammelberg barber to get all the hair he could from him.

Olsen and Cummings were also in Gestapo uniforms and headed for the Holtz farm because they have a lot of horses. "We'll simply tell them we need for you to trim the manes and tails of all your horses" Cummings said

"If they ask why, We'll use the good stand by answer The Gestapo don't have to explain their actions to anyone" Olsen added with his best German accent.

LeBeau went to the barber there at camp and got all the hair he could from him and took it to Newkirk.

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Hogan walked into Klink's office. Langenschdidt had gotten Sleeping Beauty while Shultz was getting Hogan. "You wanted to see me?" Hogan noticed Sleeping Beauty sitting in a chair and the scared look on her face. She was the most beautiful woman he had ever seen. She had long blonde hair that appeared as spun gold. Her eyes sparkled as sapphires. Her skin was a soft ivory and her lips were as red as a ruby.

Hochstetter noticed Hogan staring at Sleeping Beauty and smiled. "Colonel, I want to introduce you to Eva Hoffman. You might better know her as Sleeping Beauty."

Hogan was lost in her eyes. He reached out and took her hand in his and brought it up to his lips and kissed it. "A pleasure to meet you Ms. Hoffman."

Eva started to relax and blush. It had been a while since she had met anyone who was polite to her.

"That will be enough Hogan!" Klink slammed his fist down on the table to get his attention.

The sound brought Hogan out of his trance. "Did you say something Kommandant?"

Frustrated, Klink yelled. "Yes I did…"

Hochstetter laughed this might be easier than I thought and cut Klink off "Fraulein Hoffman, this is Colonel Hogan. You might better know him as Papa Bear." Hochstetter studied her face for any sign that she recognized the code name. Eva just focused on Hogan's chocolate brown eyes that caused her to want to melt. Hochstetter noticed that she didn't react at all to the code name. Hummm. She is supposed to have all sorts of information about the underground. Certainly she has heard of Papa Bear. But why didn't she react?

Eva smiled "Nice to meet you Colonel."

Hogan returned her smile. "Major I appreciate you giving me the chance to meet…"

"Waaaarrrrrrah! Waaarrrrrrah!" Came a sound from outside.

"What was that?" Klink asked shaking

"It was nothing, probably just some animal." Answered Hochstetter calmly.

Shultz came running in the door. "Herr Kommandant, did you hear that? I have never heard anything like it before. Not even at the zoo."

Hochstetter looked from Klink to Shultz. "I often wonder how Germany will win this war with cowards like you."

"I know I haven't heard anything like it at the zoo either. Tell us major, what kind of animal do you think it was?" Klink asked.

Hogan smiled and decided to play along. "Yes Major, what kind of animal was it?"

Hochstetter had no clue what kind of animal, but he would never admit it. "That is not important. Can we get back to the matter at hand?"

Shultz looked at Hogan and asked "Colonel Hogan do you know what kind of animal that was?"

You know Shultz, for not having rehearsed this you have perfect timing. "I have heard a sound like that one time when I was in Arkansas…"

"Is that where you are from?" Hochstetter asked. He would not pass on getting any personal information on Hogan.

Hogan just smiled at Hochstetter Keep guessing Major "I heard a sound like that."

"What was it?" Klink asked stepping around from his desk

"Well, I didn't see the animal, but the police department got many calls stating that people saw…never mind. You wont believe me."

"Saw what? Tell me and that's an order!" Klink demanded shaking his finger in Hogan's face.

"Since you put it that way. People reported seeing a large hairy creature that was about seven feet tall, walked upright on two legs and had a face that was similar to a man."

"What are you talking about? There is no such creature." Hochstetter said

"Are you talking about a Sasquatch?" Shultz asked

Everyone stared at him. "How do you know about them?" Hochstetter demanded.

"I was listening outside of barrack 2 just after mail call and heard Sergeant Carter talking about his family hearing one."

Hogan looked shocked "I can't believe you would do such a thing. How would you like us to listen in on your conversations?"

"I am sorry Colonel. I didn't mean anything bad by it. I just heard the topic and wanted to hear more. I wont do it again." Shultz apologized

"I have never heard stories of such a creature, but I have not heard of a Sasquatch sighting here before much less hearing one. I wonder why we are hearing one now?" Klink inquired.