Date: Sat, 21 Feb 1998 21:59:42 +0800 From: Raymond McDowell Subject: INT: The Wong's Visit to Hillbilly Haven (The story so far: Ms. B.B. Loi, top secret agent for the HKSAR, has been dispatched by her government to quell the conspiracy that has caused the wholesale slaughter of HK chickens, the sudden volitility of the Hong Kong Hang Seng Index and the El Nino weather pattern. To accompany her on her mission, she has chosen her mother, her husband and his cyber-familiar. They have now reappeared in Hillbilly Haven, minus the mother-in-law. This series in not Y2K compatible.) Haints or not haints, my pig Mable had come to the point where instinct overcome caution and she started to root around in the dirt lookin' for grub or grubs, whichever come first. Her first oink made the whole haint fambly come to attention. To tell the truth, I didn't know whut to do next. Honor sed I had to stay and help the pig, but common sense tol' me to dive for cover. In my heart of hearts I knowed which I had to do. I throwed myself over Mable so's any haintish deviltry would have to go through me t' get to her. Well, Mable didn't take too kindly to that. She didn't seem to understand I was tryin' to save her life. 'Stead, she reared up and started gallopin' around the square, gruntin' and squealin' to beat all get out. All I could do wuz to grab hold o' her ears and hang on. (to be continued) (to be continued) (For anyone wishing to capture the full impact of this meandering saga, Tink has graciously allotted it some space on the WRITERS section of his Web presentation. Just tune your Web browser to the following URL: http://web.mit.edu/mbarker/www/road/road.html) Cast: Ms. B.B. Loi: Former Hong Kong pop star, now a secret agent for the HKSAR. Also wife of Rqy. Momma Wong: B.B. Loi's mother. Rqy: Now disguised as a buddhist monk, he is a ne'er do well and a vagabond. In short, a writer. Husband of B.B. Loi. Xiao Da Shing Shing: Cyber-monkey turned hominid. Johnny Magrill: A hillbilly with a penchant for narration.