by Beth Hoyer
hurt at the earrings. I think I’m coming down with an infection. I really hope not. I don’t want to take my earrings out. I’m feeling tired so I think I’ll go to bed now.
Yours,
Elizabeth
August 29, 2384
Dear Anne,
A Mesan’s Curse woke us up by putting a baby on each of us. It was different from having a cat thrown on me. Breakfast was fruit and goo. I’m grateful for the fruit. Bruce and I carried the babies outside. One of the babies smelled so I had to clean the diaper. It was disgusting. The diapers are washable. Outside was a beautiful day. It was very nice. Bruce brought a blanket. The babies snoozed on the blanket. I lay down on the ground next to the babies and stared at the sky. The sky was a beautiful blue color. I like the color blue. It is very good. I pulled out my diary and started writing in here. The clouds are moving by. They look a little dark. I pointed it out to Bruce. Bruce assured me a Mesan’s Curse would come over and tell us to come inside if it’s rain coming. I’m keeping an eye on the clouds. I don’t like the look of them. The wind is blowing a bit hard. A Mesan’s Curse came and told us in sign language that it was going to rain. We carried the babies inside the cave to our quarters. Gina and Duncan woke up from being held. Gina played with my ear. She was grabbing it and twisting it. It hurts a little bit. I was glad to put her down on the crib. Duncan looked at me with his eyes. I put him down in the crib next to Gina. Then I checked on the twins. They were crying to be fed so a Mesan’s Curse came with food for the babies. We fed the twins. They stopped crying after eating. They were hungry. As a precaution we fed Gina and Duncan. Duncan spitted up his food. I had to wipe the food off his face. I don’t think he likes the food. The food is yellow goo. The Samol assure us that it's safe for the babies to eat it. Well I tasted it and then threw up. I think the babies got a good stomach. Lunch was fruit and vegetables. I’m happy to eat something else besides goo. The Mesan’s Curse brought the fruit and vegetables. I told them about burying the seeds in the ground. They assured me in sign language that it was already done. The Samol babysat the babies for us when we went to the cafeteria to eat. Then I went to the cave entrance. I could see it was raining hard. Bruce followed me to the cave entrance. We stood there for awhile watching the rain. Then we went to our room where Gina and Duncan were in the crib with the twins. I wonder why. The babies were sleeping. Bruce and I watched the babies sleep. David moved a bit on his back. I’m sure it was David. I’m can’t tell which twin is it because their eyes are closed. We watched the babies squirm together. I picked up Gina and moved her to the other Crib. The boys started crying. A Mesan’s Curse came by and told us that the babies were crying and stopped crying when they were in the same crib. I put Gina back in the crib with the boys. The boys stopped crying. Then the babies squirmed some more. I patted their bellies. It was cute seeing them here in the crib. They look so cute being in the crib together. It’s dinner time for us. The white Samol babysat the babies for us while we went to eat dinner. Dinner was fruit and goo. I wonder where the goo comes from. I’m curious. The Samol fed the babies for us but they left us to clean the diapers. It was disgusting cleaning the diapers. Ugh. PU. The boys wanted to play so I left them out of the crib. We watched them crawl around the room. They were cute. It was interesting watching them crawl. Bruce shut the door. The babies crawled around the room exploring. Bruce and I laughed seeing the babies try to play with the curtain. Then I sat on the floor. Gina crawled all over my lap. She even tried to crawl up my chest. It was interesting watching the babies crawl all over me. Bruce sat on the floor and the babies crawled over him. It was funny. We had smiles on our faces. I pulled out my diary.
Pardon my handwriting Gina is trying to play with my pen. She keeps grabbing it. I let her play with my pen. She left it and crawled off my lap. I’m sure the babies will learn how to stand and walk. I’m not sure how long it takes them to learn how to walk. I noticed that none of the babies have markings on their cheeks and arms. I asked a Samol earlier about the Numeral markings, and he told me that when they are six years old their marks appear. Gina looks a little blue in the face. I checked her. She wasn’t breathing right. Bruce put the boys back in the crib. They cried for Gina as I brought her to Jella who examined her by using her hands on her and told us Gina may have a respiration infection. A Samol came by and examined Gina. He told us that Jella’s children were put in sleeping tanks. They seemed to have infections too. Then the Mesan’s Curse came and told us the Sakul left a plague which it’s infecting everyone. I don’t believe this. I can’t believe it. A Mesan’s Curse signed to us about freezing our babies until a cure is found on a ship in the valley found there. Well Bruce and I had a private sign language talk. We agreed to let them put the babies in it. Bruce asked the Mesan’s Curse if they were infected who told us the infection was in the caves. The Samol have been giving us goo to confect the infection in the caves. We decided to let them freeze our babies. We carried them over to the ship. I got to explore the ship. There were just three decks. The ship was similar to the ship Sue and I were on. There were sections for rotating. The Mesan’s Curse led the way and showed us the tank room. The room had a lot of freezing tanks. They opened two tanks by pressing the console buttons and we put the twins in one tank and the other babies in the other tank. They showed us where Jella’s three babies were. I found tanks where the babies belonging to Lana and Lorne were. I talked to the Mesan’s Curse and told them that if I die, I wanted my diary to be put with the babies so anyone could read it. One examined my book and told me the language was unreadable. I told him it was my native language of Russian and I plan to write a translation to my writings. I wrote a translation on the first page of the diary in English. It will help people give them a clue to reading my diary.
I’m feeling poorly. I feel like I’m gagging for air. I hope there’s a cure for the virus Bruce and I are suffering from. The others are sick too. I told Bruce and the others I wanted a meeting in the cafeteria. Several seemed to be effected too. They were limping a bit. I told them about my idea about being frozen. We took a vote and agreed to be frozen. Then we limply walked over to the ship. I hope I’ll be fine. I don’t know if I’ll wake up from this virus. I’m coughing now. Bruce is in the freezing tank frozen. I’m writing in here while waiting for my turn to be frozen. I hope I’ll be fine. I don’t know if any of my children will wake up and be raised by us. I hope I’ll be fine.
Yours,
Elizabeth
August 31
Dear Anne,
Its three hundred years in the future. The computer clock says August 31, 2484. The babies are gone. I don’t know what happened to them. Let me start at the beginning. I felt myself frozen and passed out. When I came to a Mesan’s Curse was peering at me and signed that it was time for me to wake up. I asked him about the others. He told me their time came and went. They are now cured of the disease. It was cured fifty years ago. Oh. I asked him about my husband Bruce. He gestured and I got up to see Bruce run at me with a kiss and a hug. He lifted me out of the tube. It was great to see Bruce. I asked the Mesan’s Curse what was the date. He pointed to a wall. I saw the date and I pulled out my journal. The Mesan’s Curse explained that we were on a ship in space on route to a planet. I asked him about our children. He told us that they were taken out of the tubes when fifty years ago. I was annoyed at that. It irritated me that I never got a chance to see our children grow. The Mesan’s Curse explained that my journal was copied by hand. There are copies of my journal? I don’t believe this. The Mesan’s Curse gestured us to follow him. He led us out of the tube room to a hallway. The hallway was grey with yellow lights in the door then led us to a door. There was a table and windows showing an orange sky. Then he led us to a room. There was clothing on the bed. Bruce and I changed out of our coveralls to the clothing. The clothing was black pants and black turtlenecks. Bruce and I left the room and saw the Mesan’s Curse again. He told us there was a cafeteria for us to eat. He led us to the cafeteri
a to eat. Food was gray goo with green stuff to drink. Then we wandered around and came to the bridge. Many Mesan’s Curse and Humanoid aliens with pointy ears like elves were there. I noticed that they didn’t have any markings on them. A Mesan’s Curse escorted us to our room. It had a queen size bed and tables. I looked out the window and I could see yellow swirling clouds. It was nice. Bruce and I looked out the window. We saw other purple ships too. We saw three white bubble like ships. They look huge. I pulled out my diary and sat down on the table and started writing. I wonder when we’ll be in space. I’m dying to see what the planet looks like. The outfit I’m wearing has a hidden pocket in the pants. It’s small enough for my diary. I looked out the window and I could see the ships enter a vortex and then the planet appeared looking like part of it was broken off and it resembled a big machine. The Mesan’s Curse came. He told us that we would be boarding the planetary station in a few minutes. We needed permission from the commander. I wonder what the commander looks like. The
