My friend's letter
Hello, my dear friend.
How are you?
Where are you now?
As I remember, you were going to visit a small island in the Pacific Ocean and I suppose you are lying in the hammock, sipping cocktails and listening to music of the ocean. It will be cool for you. But how do you guess, where am i right now?
Recently I have got a new job and three month ago was moved to a special calm place. Near three month I will be working with geological equipment and make a geological researching. So I was delivered by plane with one man who was my coworker for all this long time.
First, my aware with him was awful. He is short, squat, bald and quite fat man with harsh features of his face. He has enormous red big nose and he is always gloomy. In our flying he got three large bags. I didn't know those moment what he kept in this ones but they were quite large and heavy.
I have got just wearing, some food, few books, my computer and water, because i knew water is the most important thing in those places. However, it was my mistake. Water there was everywhere.
When we were got off from plane with all our bags I could look around. The airplane has gone with a small hurricane of white snow in the air, and now around me was just one picture - white field in the bright of the solar rays. It overwhelmed me in a wink. Beside me was a small squat wooden building with long antenn on the roof and geological equipment close to the wall. It will be our home for a next three month.
We trudged with bags forward to this misunderstanding. It has just one small room with a table against the dark window and a bunked bed. My companion, by the way he gets name - Bambur, even didn't take off his clothes; he opened small bottle and drunk. Then he got a spot on the top of the bed and started snoring. So it was just my first day in this palace.
I discovered that it is a really good place for the one alone man. This day I put up my things from bags and put on the shelves, and then I fall down on the bad and fall asleep. I got up early with a shivering in my body, because it was really cold in house. I was really getting cold. My teeth banged each other. I got spare clothes from bag and rapidly put it on myself.
-Oh, it is perfect, - said i with a big grasp
- Summer came back, - I heard immediate from the top, - would you like a little drink? Without answer, he made a long sip and got loud swallow.
-Oh, no! - I thought, all this time I have to pass with him. Is he a damn alcoholic?
For two hours, we used to open the door, because I couldn't even suppose what a stupid man build it, but at the end we understood - our door has been closed outside. It was horrible.
For the getting away from our home, we need to open window and have been passed through him for the cleaning door. I got out without any problem but Bombur was stuck in the window. His red big nose was a good accompaniment for his red eyes and blue face. I didn't understand his language but I thought these words were not so good. At last he ripped his clothes and fell down like a big hard bagful.
We took two hours to get into house from outside. After all, when half an hour went behind us, I have been getting information from equipment and listening to his complaints even through the closing door.
When I have returned at home for the sending message on the main land, he put out his things from the bags. First bag was empty yet and he put up the things from second bag. It was awful as for me because I could see just a few clothes other were only bottles with wine, konyak and spirt.
Second time I have got a confirmation, he has got a big problem with alcohol. But when he opened last bags I have seen just alcohol I understand - he is really crazy. He opened one bottle and started drinking. At least this time we got a common silence. After this procedure he tousled his scarce red haired and said: try on, we need to get a parcel.
Airplane landed past 5 o'clock. We got an instructions, new equipment, lots jerricans with fuel, three boxes with food and four jerricans with spirt. I didn't believe in it - instead water they sent us spirt. Do they really think we are alcoholics? Seems it is impossible. Airplane was gone and we got an attempt to carry all our things to house. This time I got a great pity because we didn't have any loader in our possession and we should take care about one on one's pat. After a while when we got near half of our way carrying our things, Bambur suddenly shouted quite loudly, pulled my sleeve and swiftly got away.
I threw one look backward and have seen a couple of bears. I ran even more quickly than Bambur and in wink overtook him. I pulled a door but can't open it. Bambur ran to the corner of this bulding, I ran behind. One of the bear still pursued us. We have come around the building and i saw the second bear in front of us.
-Quickly on the ladder, shouted Bambur and we have got at the roof in one second. Then for a long time we sat on the roof between antennas and have been seeing how two this white thieves were getting our food and boxes. When they were bored and gone we can inspected our property. It has been nothing. Only jerricans with fuel were saved. Bambur was upset. In this bags were our store for a month.
Now we had got just a food what we took for themselves. Next day i've got last food and made a breakfast. - What is a pleasure flavor? said Bambur. This pleasure flavor is our last food. -Nothing, said Bambur. On the south of our possessions I have seen a penguins. We can try to get some eggs. After while we have been lying in a snow and waiting when we could steal a few eggs. Operation has been passed successfully. But just we returned at home we met our white friends. They started pursuing us at this moment. Ran near the window I have got for a moment to stayed here my eggs. Bambur ran forward near me without stopping. Then we ran round our home but near the ladder one bear waited for us.
We ran out from the corner and stayed shortly against this beast. Bambur was the first against one. He said something not good and threw at his face two eggs, one by one. While our white friend wasseating in a daze we ran forward to the window. As I expected, Bambur was stuck in the window again. I pushed him with all my might and he flew in room straight under the bad. I closed the window and threw a look on the eggs. Just two eggs.
Small lunch and small breakfast for us tomorrow morning. - Oh my suit, said Bambur. Where did you get this suit? I asked. - I got it from Karden, He is my good friend. We were growing together. Then he opened new bottle of whiskey and sipped it slowly. I am from Ireland. I am from Ireland said he again and closed his eyes.
Next morning I felt myself badly. Could you get me a glass of water? - I asked him
Where have you seen there mother Theresa? it was answer on my question. But I am getting cold, and have a thrill. Ok - said Bambur gloomily. He gave me a glass of water and said then I had a hot temperature. I will cure you just in a wink. Then he gave me the glass of the whiskey and rubbed up me with spirt. This day we have made nothing except curing.
From this day we started to get on with Bambur quite well. I even didn't remember how plenty of his store we were drunk.
Next morning i got up with a good mood. -Get up, Barbara, I said. Have you got some food?
- The baby got angry after the walk - he answered. No! No food, no money, no shops this area and no alcohol. Get off me, my name Bambur.
No alcohol? I was wondering, but he was not answered. I was got over from my ill and my friend got rid of the alcohol but, maybe he is going to kidding me?
However all bottles were empty, like and jerricans.