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The Great Burro Crane Mystery
At Seven Mile, the Moab Burro Goes Missing...
Moab, UT, December 20, 2014 Author: Jim McGillisIt was quiet at Moab Ranch;
too quiet. Moabbey the Coyote
could not find another living soul. After searching from room to room, he finally found Silver Girl.
"Where are Coney and
Kokopelli?" he asked.
"Coney", she replied, "was mumbling something about going out to
Seven
Mile. He heard that the
Moab Burro was
missing from there. He thought that Kokopelli might help him find it."
Moabbey looked startled. "The Moab Burro has been standing on a railroad siding out by
the Union Pacific Railroad
Potash
Branch for years. Where would it go?"
"Beats me." Silver Girl replied. "But if anyone can find the Moab Burro, it will
be Plush Kokopelli, not Coney the Traffic Cone".
Meanwhile, out at
Seven
Mile, Coney and Kokopelli were not having any luck. They had looked
everywhere at the intersection of U.S. Highway 191 North and Utah Highway 313,
near the entrance to Seven Mile Canyon.
Coney looked concerned. "Last time we were out here, the
Moab Burro
was right over there, on that railroad siding. He had a pile of old railroad ties nearby
and some sections of old bent-up rail that he had replaced. If he had not repaired the Potash Branch, the Train of Pain might
have derailed and spilled nuclear waste all over the
New
Industrial Desert."
Kokopelli,
as was his tradition, said nothing. He did, however raise an eyebrow and smile.
As Kokopelli remained silent, Coney went into despair. "The Moab Burro may be out there somewhere, riding on the railroad tracks of America, lost, hurt or even worse, contaminated with nuclear waste."
While considering such horrible news, Coney stumbled and then sat down by the railroad tracks. In mock sympathy, Kokopelli sat down too and then reclined against Coney. The Moab Burro was gone, but that was all that Coney knew. As the sun set at Seven Mile, Coney remained motionless, deep in thought. Then he said quietly, "This may be the Great Burro Crane Mystery."
Of course, Kokopelli knew exactly where the Moab Burro had gone, but he did not plan to help Coney solve the mystery. He thought it would be much more fun if Coney had to figure that out for himself.
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