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CHAPTER 2: THE SQUIRREL SPEAKS
1) And lo, after their defeat by the Copley-priests, the Archons schemed in their hearts as to how they might defeat the heathen enemy.
2) At long last, Archon Chris proposed that the sacrifice had not been sufficient to obtain Ozzie's blessing, and that more was needed to assure divine protection.
3) Archon Ryan, who had joined the crusade in the meantime, bespoke the cause of iniquity, and inquired of the company,
4) Wherewith can we hope to defeat the Copley-priests ourselves? And wherefore should we know what sacrice may be acceptable to Ozzie, excepting that he should show it unto us by way of a sign?
5) It was said that Ozzie was displeased with the rash words of his Archon, and that in rebuke of his blasphemy, a sign would be sent which would chastise Ryan and teach unto him the power of Ozzie's greatness.
6) And therefore as Ryan did argue with those who still held faith in the true way, a squirrel appeared on the scene.
7) Archon Chris was the first to notice, and in an awed voice he proclaimed,
8) You see, Ryan, that such is the fate of those who question Ozzie's power. For he hath noticed your rashness of speech and sent this squirrel as a sign unto us.
9) Let us therefore catch this squirrel, and sacrifice it to Ozzie's goodness, that we will forthwith gain the victory over our foes.
10) Therefore did the company form a circle around the squirrel, and didst begin to close in upon it.
11) But the sacred pets of Ozzie were not designated as such because of their stupidity; rather their alertness and fleetness of foot made them invaluable as messengers of Ozzie's will.
12) Seeing the danger thus presented, the squirrel quickly assessed its surroundings in search of a tree upon which it might make good its escape.
13) But seeing nought but hard, unfriendly faces in a fast-closing circle, an unorthodox strategy was thus called for.
14) Therefore with Ozzie's name on its lips did the squirrel charge directly at Archon Dan.
15) But rather than displaying the fortitude which he had on previous occasions, Dan succumbed to the temptations of Elvis and selfishly looked to his own safety rather than the rewards to be reaped.
16) Thus through a moment of unguarded cowardice didst the squirrel escape the trap so cunningly laid for it, and the company were left empty-handed and redfaced with shame.
17) And thus it was that upon their second attempt at passage, the faithful disciples were forced to confront the Copley-priests without having made any form of sacrifices to Ozzie, and were thus defeated easily by the heathen sorceries which the Copley-priests employed against them.
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