Dear all, here is a little story I made up. Hope you like it! Once there was a very greedy and cruel shell dealer. He collected live shells without mercy. He would collect many more specimen's than local regulation's allowed. He would also, occasionally, smuggle an endangered species out of it's home country to sell. One time, he got the opportunity to go on a research vessel in the Bahamas. The vessel had a deep sea submersible, and he was allowed to watch the sea bed and choose any shell he wanted. Of course, he chose many Pleurotomaria midas. On deck, he observed his 20 P. midas. He screamed: I'm rich! I'm rich! He then began to laugh evilly. Just then, the midas he was holding began to extend from it's shell. It caught his eye. He was carefully watching the animal, as if it might pose pose some threat to him. The animal lifted it head, and although it was blind, it appeared to look straight at him. Suddenly a beam of bright yellow light shot from the animals mouth. The beam hit the man, and in an instant he was turned into a solid gold statue. The crew of the vessel, terrified, threw all of the midas specimens overboard. After they had regained their senses, the crew realized what they had on board that would make THEM rich. The statue! So the crew returned to port with their prize, happy as larks. The end. Moral: The ones that suffer will get their revenge. ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]