The Island, part 1
By parthianstories@yahoo.com


My stories can be found at :  sites.google.com/site/thelittlemanandtheamazon

This is my fourth attempt at writing.  Questions or comments are welcome.


For frank, herman, larry and mike, life had been especially good.
Born into some of the most influential families of new england who
went back all the way to the mayflower, they had almost had it all.
Their families were into breeding horses, and they had sent their sons
to learn horseback –riding when they had been very young.  That is
were they had all met, and subsequently become best of friends.
Given, they were all very small in size,  they had all been very good
at riding horses, and even considered becoming jockeys.  However, on
the insistence of their parents, they all decided to go to school
instead.  They had all also been very intelligent and fascinated with
technology as kids, and had consequently spent a lot of time
programming computers, and playing video games.  Consequently, when
they decided to go to college, it was a no-brainer.  They all got
accepted to Harvard and majored in computer science or engineering.
For them college was a breeze, and they all graduated with honors.
However, they didn’t really have much of a social life in college, and
didn’t date much, as they were all small and shy.  Frank was 5 ‘1’”
tall and weighed 110 pounds, herman was 5’ 2” tall and weighed 115
ponds, larry was 5’ 3” tall and weighed 120 pounds, and mike was 5 ‘4”
tall, and weighed 125 pounds.  All four graduated from Harvard at 22,
and went on to found a technology company.  With their intelligence
and network of people that they knew through their families, their
company took off in America.  After 5 years of skyrocketing profits,
now at 27, they decided that they should expand into the international
market, and chose japan as their first overseas venture.  They all
decided to fly to japan in January, and booked their flight in first
class for their trip.

In a remote part of rural china, Fang-Hua (fragrant flower), Hua
(flower), Lien-Hua (lotus flower), and Mei-Hua (beautiful flower) had
all been born into large and poor rural peasant families.  By now they
were all 23, and single.  In their community, all the other girls
their age had been married, but due to their appearance, these four
girls had remained single.  They were all very attractive, it was just
that they were all very tall, statuesque, and voluptuous.
Specifically, fang-hua was 6’ 8” tall and weighed 275 lbs, hua was 6’
9” tall and weighed 285 pounds,  Lien-Hua was 6’ 10” tall and weighed
295 pounds, and Mei-hua was 6’ 11” tall and weighed 305 pounds.  These
girls had all been sent to 'basketball camp' by government recruiters,
and that is where they had met.  They had all had dreams of becoming
basketball players, but once puberty hit, their bodies started to turn
voluptuous, and they became too heavy and big-boned, their prospects
for a basketball career ruined. Since leaving school at 18, these four
girls had spent the past five years helping their families on the
farm.   They were all looking for a way out of their current
situation, until they ran across an add in the local paper.  A Chinese
businessman in los angeles wanted women from china to be nannies to
wealthy chinese families in California.  All necessary training was
offered, and interested applicants were encouraged to apply,
indicating their desired wages.  Given how poor the girls were, they
were willing to work for the lowest wages.   They responded to the ad,
and after a month, all fou got offers of employment, including the
plane tickets to California.

In early December, the four girls said their good-byes to their
families, and got on a plane bound for California.  Their seats were
located at the end of the aircraft, closest to the bathrooms, where
the seats were the least expensive.  As the plane flew over the
pacific and got to within 500 miles off the coast of Hawaii, one of
the engines on the wing caught fire, and the fire spread throughout
the plane.  The plane started its descent towards the water, and
glided onto the ocean surface, breaking apart upon impact.  Everyone
except Fang-Hua , Hua, Lien-Hua, and Mei-Hua was burned alive due to
the fire, as it spead to inside the cabin of the plane prior to it
landing in the ocean.   The four girls survived because they were
farthest from the engine, and the fire never got to them.  After the
plane broke apart they grabbed desperately onto one of the pieces of
the plane, as the ocean currents started to carry them eastwards.
Eventually, they reached an uncharted and unpopulated small island
located 500 miles off the western coast of Hawaii.  Once the girls
were on dry land, they passed out from exhaustion.  A full day passed
before the girls regained consciousness.  Once they were fully alert,
they began to survey their environment.  In their immediate vicinity,
they noticed some palm trees with coconuts.  Fang-Hua volunteered to
climb one of the palm trees.  She skillfully climbed her way up the
tree and detached some coconuts, dropping them down for the other
girls.  The girls quickly quenched their thirst and appetite once they
had cracked the coconuts open with some rocks.  Over the course of the
next 7 days, they learned to fish by sharpening sticks, and aiming
them at the fish, although it took them a while before they became
efficient at it.  With regards to shelter, they decided that building
a common tree house for the four of them.   With regards to its
location, on top of one of the sturdiest palm-tress was probably their
best option, as they soon learned that the island floor was always
damp due to the rain, and there were also many ants and other bugs on
the island floor.  In addition, they were not familiar with the
wild-life on the island, which could have posed another danger.  As
far as they could tell, the island itself was covered in numerous palm
trees and vines, although for the time being they decided against
exploring the island’s interior.  It was now that their skills of
living off the land paid off, as it allowed them to survive, and start
construction on a large tree house with four separate rooms, and a
common living area, made from vines and branches.

As they had planned, frank, larry, herman, and mike set out for japan
in early January.  They said their goodbyes to their parents, and got
on their plane bound for Tokyo in the first class cabin.   The plane
flew into the air, and once it was around 500 miles past Hawaii, the
rear engine of the aircraft caught fire, and the fire quickly move
forward to engulf the cabin of the plane.  The plane descended toward
the ocean, and glided onto the ocean surface, fragmenting into pieces.
 By then, most of the people on board had been either burned alive, or
died of smoke inhalation.  frank, larry, herman, and mike escaped that
fate since they were the furthest from the source of the fire.  They
managed to cling onto a pieced of the aircraft, and the ocean currents
carried to them to the same island that the girls had been marooned
on.  Once they reached ashore, the guys walked onto the island and
collapsed from exhaustion.  After a day and a half, they came to, and
it took them a while to become fully alert.  The guys started talking
amongst each other as to what they should do next.  Frank pointed out
that, since they had never been out in nature alone, and that they
were city-slickers, it probably wasn’t very safe for them to venture
far inland.  He suggested that maybe they should try and climb one of
the many palm trees that dotted the island to get some coconuts.  They
each took turns trying, but all proved to be too weak.  Finally, larry
suggested that they should walk along the coastline until they ran
into someone, or they came across another source of food.  The rest
agreed and they started walking.  They walked for a while, but they
didn’t come across anything.  This continued for another 2 days, until
they finally collapsed from hunger and thirst, and lost consciousness.

Fang-Hua , Hua, Lien-Hua, and Mei-Hua were taking their daily stroll
along the beach when they came across four small men passed out on the
beach.  They all curiously ran up to them to observe them more
closely.  First the girls thought that the guys were dead, but then
they observed that their chests were moving.  Each one of the girls
went up to one of the guys, and started to gently tap on his chest,
and then gently slap his face.  Fang-Hua walked up to frank, Hua had
walked up to herman, Lien-Hua had walked up to Larry, and Mei-hua had
walked up to mike.  After a few minutes the guys opened their eyes and
made eye-contact with the girls.  What the guys saw were four very
tall statuesque voluptuous girls, with long black hair that came down
to their lower backs, average sized almond brown eyes, high
cheekbones, yellowish skin, small noses, and beautiful smiles with
perfect teeth.  They also saw them wearing traditional Chinese
clothing that had been somewhat worn out by the elements.  What the
girls saw were four short, thin guys with blond hair, blue eyes,
strait noses, and pale white skin wearing western clothing.  The guys
stood up and said hello to the girls and asked them if they spoke
English, but all they got in response from the girls was silence.  The
girls also talked to the guys in Chinese, saying hello, but they
didn’t get a response either.  Finally, they each reached out with
their hands for a handshake, and greeted each other, shaking hands and
smiling.

To be continued…