[Fred Brackin]

"Oooh. Where am I?"

"You are on back of camel with the other baggage."

"But they're just helpless puppies!"

"Who will grow up to be Chaotic Evil, have 6 hit dice and a breath weapon. Animal Friendship spell is only working on them because they are in terrible twos. They will be as intelligent as you are when they grow up."

"Maybe more."

"Hey! What's that happening out there!"

"Is magic desert people having kaffeklatchs."

"Should we wake the others?"

"Why? There is no one here any more intelligent than we are."

"Not even the puppies."

"Look! The magic desert people have taken pity upon us and left us a map!"

"Where's our new map?"

"I think the Bard has eaten it."

"As long as it's not the puppies."

"Was not in Common anyway. Hard-working barbarian goes to the trouble of learning to read and write Common and then maps turn up in other language. Is not fair."