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/> “The big deal is that nobody knows what to expect.”
“I get it.”
The friendly ADGEF joined them with: “Ah, what a life!”
“Who is he?” Chris asked the DMDGEFC in a whisper.
“He’s our ADGEF.”
“I see,” said Chris.
Turning to Lenny Bach and Chris Burger the ADGEF exclaimed: “Don’t you want to eat or drink anything?”
“No thank you.”
“Why don’t you join us?” asked the ADGEF in apprehension, being aware that the DMDGEFC is there too.
Lenny Bach looked at him with pity.
“We don’t belong here,” he said hesitatingly, “we belong somewhere else.”
“Aren’t you guys homeless?” asked the DMDGEFC.
“What makes you think so?” said Lenny.
“Well, it’s obvious, isn’t it?”
“Our home is the jungle,” said Chris with determination.
Lenny Bach looked at him amazed.
“Are you trying to insult us?” asked angrily the SWOMBATGI (Speaker of the Wildly and Openly Modified Broadband Achromatic Twyman Green Interferometer) who had just joined the DMDGEFC, and overheard what Chris had said.
“Sorry, I didn’t mean to offend anyone of you,” Chris said, “I meant that we belong in the real jungle.”
Stunned Lenny Bach couldn’t believe his ears and couldn’t hide his joy.
“Do you mean that?” he asked Chris.
“I certainly do,” replied Chris.
By then Lenny Bach and Chris Burger were surrounded by quite a lot of people.
“What’s going on in here?” asked the JAG (Judge Advocate General) who joined the crowd.
“Just talking with these people who seem not to belong to us,” said the EBGLTSA (Executive of the Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender and Supporters Alliance) as if excusing himself.
While many of the mourners were busy talking among themselves, Lenny Bach whispered to Chris: “Are we really going back?”
“Sure thing,” whispered Chris in return.
“Do they know that the DCLS had died?” asked the FEAITF (Female Executive Audit Issues Task Force)
“We’re leaving,” said Chris and stood up. Lenny stood up too.
On hearing that the CGSTT (Chief Generation Skipping Transfer Tax) rushed up to them and almost screamed: “Not so fast! You can’t leave before we have a new DCLS!”
“We’re not from here,” protested Lenny.
“Aren’t you familiar with the GAAFRUA?” angrily asked the CGSTT.
“We’re not from here and we’re not familiar with all this,” said Chris apologetically.
“Don’t you know who the GAAFRUA is?”
“How do you spell that?” asked Chris.
“G, A, A, F, R, U, A.”
“I’m not sure.”
“He’s our Governmental Accounting, Auditing, and Financial Reporting Undercover Agent.”
While this heated conversation took place, the PRICO (Principal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) and the CWLWIEC (Chairman of Work/Life and Women's Initiatives Executive Committee) joined the JCS (Joint Chief of Staff) who seems to recognize Chris Burger as the USA army Capitan, who piloted the plane of the OSS team that parachuted in 1945 in northern Vietnam and saved the leader Ho Chi Minh.
“Leave them alone!” forcefully ordered the JCS!
Everybody left Lenny and Chris in haste and joined the others in the middle of the park.
“You are Capitan Chris Burger, aren’t you?” asked the JCS.
“Yes sir!” Answered Chris in an almost mocking fashion.
“What brings you here?” asked the JCS, “you didn’t run for the new DCLS, did you?”
“No, not at all. My friend here Lenny Bach and I want to go back to the place in the jungle where I crashed.”
“I could surely help you,” said the JCS.
“Wow! That’d be great!”
“I’ll have only to talk to the AVM and issue a D-notice.
“That’s OK,” Chris exclaimed happily.
“What’s a D-notice?” asked Lenny fearfully.
“Don’t worry,” said reassuringly the JCS, “it’s just an official request to news editors not to publish items on specified subjects, for national security reasons.”
“And who is the AVM?” Lenny insisted.
“He’s the Air Vice Marshal.”
“When could we be on our way?” asked Chris in anticipation.
“Within hours!” came the reply. And leaning toward Chris, he whispered, “I’m going to reveal to you a top secret of the first degree, so listen carefully.” The AVM paused for effect. “Actually you are the DCLS!” He whispered to the overwhelmed Chris. “We couldn’t reveal it even to you…”
“What d’you mean?” Chris was in total shock.
“Do you know what DCLS means?”
“No! What?”
“Even if you knew it meant Deputy Certified Location Specialist you wouldn’t know which location you were specialist on and what sort of specialist you were…Do you get it?”
“No…?”
“The moment you crashed in the jungle, the Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) decided to elevate you to be our DCLS.”

“I didn’t know about it ! What is my mission as DCLS?”
“The Deputy Certified Location Specialist’ mission is to find the best location in the jungle where we should build a twenty stories parking lot as the animal-tourism of the world’s rich and famous has increased in the 21st century. And you found it!” The AVM exclaimed.
And again because many of the details of how Chris and Lanh reached Ho Chi Minh City, that is Saigon, are still top secret under the laws of QCIC (Quality Control Inquiry Committee) they cannot be revealed at this time.
That’s how Chris Burger and Lenny Bach found themselves going by bus from Ho Chi Minh City to that isolated and lonely spot in the jungle, where Chris for the first time met Lenny Bach, aka, Lanh Ba.ch who helped him survive in the jungle.
On arrival they were shocked. A vast area was cleared of trees and a huge twenty-story building was erected on the spot. A part of Chris’ airplane was put as decoration on its roof. A huge sign was screaming from the front of the building:
“ALL MEMBERS OF OUR GOVERNMENT WISH TO THANK THE DCLS FOR HIS RESILIENCE IN MAPPING OUT THIS CERTIFIED LOCATION FOR DEVELOPING AND CREATING THIS GLORIOUS PARKING LOT.”
Now everyone knew that the DCLS was the Deputy Certified Location Specialist of the parking lot in the jungle.
Lanh Ba.ch who saved Chris Burger wasn’t mentioned in any of the ceremonial speeches that followed.
FIN

The author wish to thank Mr. Shai Sahar and Ms. Erga Netz for their helpful remarks.

© Izzy Abrahami, 2010
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Izzy Abrahami
izzy@antv.nl
Abrahami-Netz TV Productions
Koninginneweg 89, 1075 CJ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Tel: + 31 20 6710616, Mobile phone: + 31 653668320
Fax: + 31 20 6797378
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Publication Date: 05-13-2010

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