"The Brave 12 and the Tribe that Jumps Good"
We the Brave 12 were in the forest having dinner at night. As we sat down and rested, a figure grabbed a bowl of soup I had behind me and put it back and it was empty when I saw it.
Me: That's weird. This bowl was full.
Sakura: Hmm. That is weird.
A figure got behind us while we weren't looking and swiped our turkey and we saw it and chased after it. It was jumping in the trees and it was an amazing jumper. We stopped and he appeared to us. It was a man. He had the turkey bones in his hands.
?: Sorry.
Jack took the bones.
Jack: What sort of creature are you?
?: (Laughing) (Jumps behind Jack) I man like all of you.
Jack: I have never seen a man fly without wings.
Man: I no fly. Jump good.
He jumped thousands of feet into the air and it was an amazing sight to behold.
Me: Wow! That is a high jump.
Laney: No kidding.
The man landed with a toe tink.
Jack: Jump really good.
Man: Yeah.
Me: Can you teach us how to jump good?
Man: Tribe show me. I show you all tribe. Tribe show you how to jump good.
We followed the man as he carried Jack and he was jumping through the forest and it was awesome to see this man jump good. We arrived in a clearing and Jack got off after he landed and the man did a call. Monkeys with green faces and white fur landed.
Man: Tribe.
He was talking to them in their tongue.
Me: Wow. These creatures are amazing.
Man: Yeah. They tribe.
Jack: You are one of these creatures?
Man: No I man.
Laney: Then how?
Man: They raise me. They say that long ago I with other tribe.
A flashback shows that long ago he was a slave on a robot tank that had slave propel treads. He was a young boy when a monkey from the tribe found him and he ran away and became a new member of the tribe.
Man: And so I became honorary member of tribe and as you see all tribe jump good so I jump good.
Me: We can see that. It's amazing.
Vince: I agree.
We were later eating a bunch of fruit and it was good fruit.
Lisa: This fruit is delicious.
Laney: Mmm.
Lincoln: It sure is.
Suddenly we heard birds crying as we saw them leaving the trees. The man and the monkeys got up and knew what was happening.
Man: Danger! Must hide!
Me: What's going on?
But the man and the tribe went into the trees. We were eating and we saw a group of red face gorillas with pink fur coming toward us. They knock us away and began eating all the fruit.
Me: Hey that is not your food.
Jack: Leave now and you won't get hurt.
But they took it as an empty threat and laughed at us.
Vince: So that's how you want it to go down.
We each grab a bamboo pole and I threw a pebble at a gorilla and they saw us and roared. They came at us and we hit them in the stomach and head with our poles and beat them bad. The Man and the Tribe of Monkeys were amazed at our fighting power as we scared the gorillas off. The Man and the monkeys came down.
Me: Who were they?
Man: Other tribe.
Jessie: I take it that they don't like you at all.
Man: No they don't.
Jack: Why do you not defend what is yours?
Man: We peaceful like flower. No not how to protect ourselves. (ANGRY) OTHER TRIBE TAKE FOOD, SMASH HOME, NEVER LEAVE US ALONE! We pick up pieces. We plant somewhere else.
We did not like their lack of protection.
Man: We scared. Now like before we find new home.
Me: We could show you how to defend yourselves and how to protect what is yours.
The man was ecstatic and he lept into my arms.
Man: And we show you all to jump good!
He communicated to the Tribe.
They barked.
Man: They agree. We learn how to fight and defend.
Jack: And you will show us how to jump good?
Man: No. I mean yes.
We stood ready.
Brave 12: Lets do it.
We tie a rope vine to a tree and set a snare trap, Set up a log ram trap and made all kings of numerous traps and weapons out of vines and rocks. Next we showed the tribe how to fight with bamboo bo staffs. Now it was time for us to learn how to jump good.
Man: Lets do it!
The tribe tied heavy rocks to our arms and legs and tied heavy boulders to our backs. We had to work our way around very slowly and wait for our bodies to accept the weight of the rocks and boulders. It took hours of blood, sweat and tears to do it. 8 Hours later we jumped over a pole and we did. Our bodies have readjusted to the weight and we now have stronger speed and strength. When the rocks came off we tested it all out. We jumped thousands of feet into the air and it was awesome. We landed back down and our training was complete.
Man: You jump good.
Me: We sure did.
We got ready to go.
Me: Thank you my friend.
Jack: Yes. Thank you for everything you have shown us.
The Man hugged us.
Man: Friends.
We left and just down the way we heard a war cry and went to see. We saw the man and the Tribe fighting the Gorillas and they did really well. They had them all tied up and the man shoved fruit into the gorillas mouths.
Man: Never come again.
They were launched very far away. The tribe had triumphed victoriously. We were very proud of them. We then left the forest. But we know that we would see the man and the Tribe again one day.
Continues in Part 11.