Staking The Claim
Once Ratossa had staked
the claim on the retti, he felt relieved. He let himself fall back into his
wheelchair, and decided to go for a petti. Some would perhaps point to the
fact that going for a petti at THIS time of the year was irresponsible,
maybe even tynn. (However, these suggestions should not be paid attention
to, since there is only one time of the year in Kanuppel; that is, of
course, Tukka. Tukka was not an easy time of the yaer (eleven months instead
of twelve) for the inhabitants of Kanuppel. But the board of the Retsina
organisation had an even harder tim (half as short as our "time"), as they
had the main responsibility Ratossa didn’t harm himself when riding his
wheelchair. This may seem quite a serious task to most people, but it
wasn’t: Ratossa was blind! Panuttasdek, the chairman of the board of the
Retsina organisation, would rather drink leppi, and hang out with the others
down at the Kløver-club. When people heard the news about Ratossa being held
P.O.W. on a spaceship nearby, no one believed a single word, except for
Panuttasdek, who shamefully emptied his seventh bottle of leppi... |