--------------------------------------------------------------- PROBLEMS? Please try viewing this with Netscape Navigator. --------------------------------------------------------------- _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ Andrew Roller Presents NAUGHTY NAKED DREAMGIRLS in BIKINI BRIGADE _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ Chapter Eighteen ÒWhat a place to be at midnight,Ó Al muttered. Their tumbril had stopped before a black, brooding swamp. It smelled of molasses. Percy and Paul had jumped down out of the tumbril and were showing Polly their raft. ÒThis is it, maÕam,Ó the two peanuts said respectfully, pointing to a raft of bamboo lying in the brush along the shore. ÒI think we can just crowd onto it. WeÕll have to leave the cart behind, though.Ó ÒYes,Ó Polly agreed. ÒLeave the tumbril, boys,Ó Polly called to the peanuts whoÕd pulled them. ÒMay we rest, maÕam?Ó a peanut called out in the night. ÒYes, if you wish,Ó Polly said. ÒItÕs quite late.Ó She turned to Matilda. ÒUsually when I come to the Citadel, itÕs because the Sultan has sent for me, in his royal coach. Then he sends out his royal raft, from the castle, and it is put in the far end of the moor and transports me across it. I suppose weÕll have to make do on our own, this time. Or I can send Percy and Paul ahead. Perhaps they can have the Licorice Lad send out the royal raft for us in the morning.Ó ÒNo time!Ó Matilda said. She gazed at the dark swamp, and felt a chill run up her spine. ÒItÕs awfully dark,Ó Al said. There was a sliver of moon overhead, but in the swamp theyÕd lose it, in amongst all the cypress trees. Al thought he saw something move in the swamp. ÒAn animal. Or a bird,Ó he muttered hopefully, wondering if it might be something worse. ÒThis bamboo raft will just have to do,Ó Matilda said. She stepped out onto it. It rocked in the still molasses muck of the swamp. ÒGet on, Al,Ó she said. ÒShouldnÕt someone stay behind, in case thereÕs trouble?Ó Al asked. An owl hooted. He jumped onto the raft. ÒThen again, I donÕt want to be left behind!Ó Al said. They were alone, just the four of them, plus Polly, Percy and Paul, and a group of peanuts whoÕd pulled their tumbril. Al guessed the peanuts whoÕd pulled them would stay behind. He didnÕt want to be left alone with a strange bunch of midgets who insisted on wearing peanut costumes. Wilma got onto the raft behind him, then Glenda. Somewhere he thought he heard the column of peanut-pulled tumbrils, rolling along the road. Then again, perhaps it was just his imagination. The others might have chosen to stay behind and make camp along the Sea of Cream, despite PollyÕs order for them to catch up. Al gazed at the forest behind them. It looked spooky. TheyÕd passed between oaks and pines, and between patches of wet-looking grass. There hadnÕt been any savory fruit hanging off the branches of those trees. The branches of the trees waved against the sky, as if trying to clutch at the moon. ÒAlright, shove off,Ó Matilda told Percy and Paul. The two peanuts picked up a pole lying on the raft and stuck it into the swamp. They found the bottom with the end of it and gave a push. ÒHelp them, Al,Ó Matilda said. The bald man cringed a little, but took hold of the pole. ÒOn the count of three, guys,Ó Al said. ÒOne, two, three!Ó Together he and Percy and Paul all pushed on the pole at once. The raft glided out into the bog. 30 ----------------------- Dreamgirls! ----------------------- -Back issues (and stories): type http://www.dejanews.com/ into your browserÕs ÒLocationÓ window. Press your ÒreturnÓ key. Click on ÒPower SearchÓ in the middle of the screen. Next, Type in: roller666@earthlink.net in the box that appears. Click on ÒfindÓ (the button to the right of the box). -Other providers: Usenet Newsgroup: alt.sex.stories.moderated or by e-mail: file.request@backdrop.com or via the Web: http://www.netusa.net/~eli/erotica/assm/ -When visiting Barnes and Noble, ask for: Jock SturgesÕ Radiant Identities and David HamiltonÕs The Age of Innocence. Support art! -Also by David Hamilton: A Place in the Sun, and Twenty Five Years of an Artist Need a book? http://www.amazon.com - JOIN the worldÕs greatest organization! Send $35.00 to The North American Man/Boy Love Association for a one-year membership. NAMBLA, P.O. Box 174, Midtown Station, New York, NY 10018. -Naughty Naked Dreamgirls (Library of Congress ISSN: 1070-1427) is copyright 1998 and a trademark of Andrew Roller. -END OF story EMISSION