JC: Ed Biggers
Part 4: Adjournment
Chapter 5
By
Lazlo Zalezac
Copyright (C) Lazlo Zalezac, 2004

The Druid College was opening in two days and Druids were 
arriving from all over the country to attend the opening. This was a 
historic event as it was the first Druid College in a thousand years. 
When John Carter had become the Grand Druid it was a private 
rebirth of the Druids. The establishment of the school represented 
the public rebirth of the Druids. 

Ed walked into the administration building and looked around. He 
had not seen it since the interviews of initial faculty and that had 
been before the walls had been painted and the floors carpeted. 
Now that it was finished, it was a very impressive area. The carpet 
dampened the sound so that many people could gather without 
creating a din. Plants were scattered around the room giving it the 
feeling that nature had entered the building. Paintings of animals 
and plants decorated the walls. The lighting was not overly bright, 
but bright enough that it was not a strain to see. Chairs and tables 
were scattered around the room giving people areas to sit and talk 
without being overheard. The environment instilled a sense of calm 
on the person as soon as they entered.

Connecting the administration building to the freshman dorms was 
a wonderful passageway. A glass ceiling that curved overhead 
covered the passageway with metal supports giving the appearance 
of branches interlacing overhead. The carpet was thick and soft, 
with a pattern that reminded one of leaves on the ground in fall. 

The freshman dorm was another interesting building. This building 
was decorated to look like summer with green carpets, brown 
pillars, and a blue ceiling. There were tables and chairs spread 
around the room giving space for groups of students to study. The 
stairs to the level above reminded him of a waterfall.

Turning around and taking in the ambience of the room, he stopped 
when he spotted Kelly coming from the administration building. 
Happy to see his wife after ten days of separation, he said, "Hello, 
Kelly."

With more than a little irritation in her voice, she replied, "I heard 
you and Leroy got shot."

"Hello, Ed. How are you doing? I'm doing fine thank you. Oh yes, 
Leroy and I got shot, but it wasn't serious. It wasn't serious? Right, 
just flesh wounds."

Shaking her head at his pretend dialog, Kelly said, "Sorry about 
that. I was just a little angry that you guys were in danger again."

"I understand. You should have been there. Leroy was 
magnificent. He was wounded when he stepped in to take a bullet 
meant for me. Even after he had been shot, he took charge of the 
work there like a natural leader."

It was clear from the way that Ed talked about Leroy that he was 
really proud of the way his husband had handled himself.  She 
asked, "You love him a lot, don't you?"

"Yeah, I do. I liked him from the first day I saw him in the pool. 
He has a real honesty that I find refreshing." Actually, the fact that 
Leroy was willing to accept his judgement about whether he would 
stay or leave without complaint had impressed him more than 
anything else Leroy could have done under those circumstances.

She hadn't intended to be so bitchy and wanted to make it up to 
him. Grabbing Ed around the arm, Kelly suggested, "Why don't we 
go to our apartments so that I can welcome you properly?"

"Sounds good to me," replied Ed with the kind of smile that a man 
who knows he is about to have sex shows the world.

They went to the apartment of the President of the University 
occupied by John Carter and his family. There were more than 
enough rooms there for everyone in the Carter Clan to have one for 
their own, but Kelly shared hers with Beth while Ling shared hers 
with Little John. Leading him into one of the rooms, Kelly said, 
"Here's your room."

Ed dropped his bag near the door and moved to kiss Kelly. She 
hadn't undressed herself, so he took it upon himself to remove her 
clothes. It was a long slow process, where undoing each button led 
to a kiss on the newly exposed area of skin. When her shirt came 
off, he spent a lot of time kissing her stomach and chest. The bra 
came off next. His attention to her breasts caused her to leak milk, 
a fact that still surprised him after almost a year. It was one thing 
about her being a mother that he wasn't sure he liked.

He moved down to her skirt and slowly lowered her zipper. As the 
skirt drifted to the floor to puddle around her feet, he kissed the 
exposed skin taking special care along the edge of her panties. The 
panties soon joined the skirt on the floor. He kissed the skin 
exposed by the removal of the panties, but avoided her wet cunt. 
By the aroma of her womanly scent it was easy to tell that his 
administrations were having the desired effect on her.

Kelly stood with her legs apart, enjoying how Ed paid attention to 
every part of her body. When he had finished kissing her front, he 
moved around and planted kisses from the base of her neck down 
to her feet. She was writhing under the knowledgeable touch of his 
hands as he tickled all of her erogenous zones. By the time he had 
finished, she was frustrated that he was still dressed. 

She attacked his clothes with a vengeance, popping buttons as she 
removed his shirt. Looking down at his feet, she saw that he was 
wearing his dreaded boots that were impossible to remove with any 
kind of grace. Frustrated, she pushed him on the bed and bent over 
with his leg between her legs to remove his boots. The sight of her 
cunt and ass so prominently displayed to his sight was enough to 
get Ed fully erect despite the restriction of his jeans and briefs. The 
boot came off with a satisfying thump. She turned her attention to 
his other boot and it soon joined the first on the floor. 

Ed wiggled out of his jeans, getting them to the edge of the bed. 
Tired of waiting, she grabbed the pant legs and pulled his jeans off 
with an effort. All that was left was the briefs. As she went to 
remove them, Ed startled her by leaning forward and running a 
finger over her cunt, letting it settle for a split second within her 
crevice. The surprise action forced a squeal of pleasure to escape 
her lips. She practically ripped off his briefs and pushed him back 
on the bed. 

Now that she had him at her mercy, she was suddenly of two 
minds as to what she wanted to do with him. Looking up at her, he 
smiled and said, "Go for it."

With a gleam in her eye as an idea came to her, she said, "I'll be 
right back."

"I'll be waiting," he replied wondering why she had to leave.

Two minutes later, she returned to the room with her strap-on and 
the medium size dildo that she liked to use on the men. It had been 
a long time since she had done that to any of her husbands and Ed 
knew that he was in for a real ass pounding from her. She quickly 
lubed his ass and then the dildo.

She said, "I want you on your knees with your head on the bed."

Once he had positioned himself according to her request, she 
pushed the head of the dildo against his asshole. It slowly slipped 
into him as he relaxed his muscles and pushed out. It had taken 
John and him a long time to teach Kelly how best to insert the 
dildo in their asses. Once the head had passed the sphincter 
muscles, she pushed it in harder. She started thrusting her hips 
back and forth slowly working the dildo deeper. 

When she bottomed out, Kelly started thrusting into his ass with 
long easy motions that were performed so that her clit rubbed 
against the harness. The effect slowly led her toward an orgasm. 
Ed grunted as the dildo was slammed into him.  He moved a hand 
between his legs to stroke his erection. She moved around to adjust 
the angle of the dildo. The effect was to increase her stimulation 
and to massage his prostate gland. 

It was a surprise to Ed when Kelly suddenly broke her rhythm as 
an orgasm washed over her. She screamed when her orgasm 
peaked and froze in spot with the dildo half in his ass. The 
temptation to rock back onto the dildo was strong, but Ed resisted 
it. After a minute she recovered and started stroking the dildo into 
his ass in a slower rhythm that allowed her orgasm to subside 
slower and the next one to build sooner. 

The effect was to drive both of them to an orgasm with Ed coming 
before Kelly. His come shot out over his hand and onto the bed 
beneath him. Kelly came shortly after that, screaming out her 
pleasure as her orgasm struck with unexpected intensity. Ass sore, 
Ed collapsed onto the bed as Kelly leaned back to rest on her heels. 
The dildo pulled out of his ass. 

Kelly removed the strap-on and laid down on the bed next to Ed. 
Smiling, she said, "Hello lover boy."

"Hello, Kelly," answered Ed with a smile. 

"That was good. I've missed doing that."

Knowing that it had been a while since she had done that with him, 
Ed asked, "When was the last time you used the strap-on?"

"Before I got pregnant."

That shocked Ed since that was almost a year and a half ago. It was 
funny, but the sexual dynamics in the family had changed since 
Beth died. It had been ages since Kelly and another one of the 
wives had fed him his own come after sex. Winking at her, Ed 
asked, "Why don't you talk to Ling or Linda about a little come 
sharing with me?"

Kelly laughed and answered, "Linda loves come so much she won't 
share it with anyone and Ling isn't all that wild about it."

That news surprised Ed and he wondered if Kelly didn't miss that. 
Perhaps Cathy would enjoy doing that with them the next time 
they were at home. He changed the topic and asked, "So where is 
everyone?"

"John is working on the last minute details of the first three days. 
Ling is watching the children. The other Druids are around doing 
Druid kinds of things," replied Kelly.

"So we aren't the only ones that are having sex."

Kelly laughed at that statement. Druids tended to have lots of fun 
when it came to sex and any gathering of a large number of Druids 
was always accompanied by lots of swapping of sexual partners. 
She said, "I imagine that beds everywhere in the instructor 
apartments are getting a workout."

Entering the administration building, Ed found the receptionist 
arguing with a middle-aged couple and the eighteen-year-old girl 
with them. Curious about the discord, Ed wandered over, his robes 
swishing as he walked, and asked, "May I be of some assistance?"

The receptionist said, "Please, Dr. Biggers. This couple would like 
to know why their daughter was not accepted into the program."

Looking over at the couple, it was easy to see that the man was 
angry while his wife gave the appearance of being there against her 
will. The young woman would not meet his eyes and that made 
him think that she knew very well the reason she wasn't accepted. 
He asked, "Do you want the truth?"

"Of course, I want the truth," replied the man, belligerent that he 
would be questioned in that fashion. His hand went up to his collar 
and adjusted it. It was clear that the man wasn't used to wearing a 
suit and tie, but had worn it to look much more important than he 
felt that he was. Ed would have respected him more if he had come 
dressed in blue jeans and workshirt.

Ed replied, "Many people think they want the truth, but are very 
unhappy when they learn it. So I ask you again, do you really want 
the truth?"

"Yes."

Ed turned to the receptionist and said, "Get her application records 
for me please."

The receptionist left the desk, happy that she wasn't required to 
deal with the couple. It was several minutes before she returned 
with a folder and handed it to Ed. Glancing at the cover, Ed saw 
that the young woman was named Kristie Prevatt. Ed said, "Let's 
go over to that table over there."

After the family had seated themselves at the table, Ed opened the 
folder and read the contents. She was a very intelligent woman 
with an IQ in the upper quarter of a percent percentile and a poor 
high school transcript. The interview showed that she had social 
problems in high school, but that they appeared to be rooted in 
family problems. A smile crossed his face as he read that she had 
been accepted, but had not returned her acceptance letter. This was 
going to be an interesting exchange. He looked up and asked, 
"How is it that you think she was not accepted?"

"She told us so," replied the man. 

"She was accepted, but didn't return the acceptance letter," replied 
Ed as he watched the young woman. She blushed and looked down 
at the ground. It was clear that she hadn't expected the parents to 
come to the University and complain. 

The father rose out of his chair and looked at the Kristie with anger 
in his eyes. In a voice that carried across the room, he shouted, 
"You whore! Why did you lie to us? This is your only chance to go 
to college!"

As the young woman wilted, Ed rose and, with eyes flashing, 
stared at the man. He didn't like to see people harming another 
with words in that fashion. Leaning across the table, he said, with 
iron in his voice, "Sit down, sir. We do not tolerate that kind of 
treatment of another human being on this campus."

The man found himself sitting down before he even knew that he 
was following Ed's instructions. He turned to say something to Ed, 
but one look at Ed's eyes stopped him. The mother asked, "Can she 
enter now?"

Returning to his chair, Ed ignored the parents as he turned his 
attention to the young woman. In a quiet voice, he asked, "Do you 
want to come here?"

"I want to go to the school that my boyfriend is going. I was 
accepted, but my parents won't pay for it," the girl answered as she 
sulked. 

In a very serious tone of voice, Ed said, "That doesn't answer the 
question that I asked. Do you want to come here?"

"I would come here if my boyfriend came here, but he is going to 
the University of Alabama."

"Again you have avoided answering my question. Do you want to 
come here?"

Puzzled, the girl felt that she had explained why she wanted to go 
elsewhere rather than here. She asked, "What do you want me to 
answer?"

"It is a simple question that deserves a simple yes or no answer," 
replied Ed with considerable patience. With many young people, 
they answered with justifications without ever answering the 
question. This young woman was very defensive, probably as a 
mechanism to protect her from her father. 

Her mother looked around nervously as though she knew that what 
she was about to say would upset her husband. Summoning her 
courage, she asked, "Does it matter what she wants? She has to go 
to this school since it is the only one that we can afford."

Looking over at the mother, Ed said, "Yes, it does matter. It 
matters very much if she wants to go here. We are discussing her 
life choices and not yours. She has come of age. It is time for her 
to take the reins and direct her life."

The father snarled, "I am her father and she'll do what I tell her."

"She may be your daughter, but she is not your property. Donating 
sperm does not make someone your property," replied Ed as he 
narrowed his eyes. The father shrunk under his intense look. 
Relaxing as he looked over at the young woman, Ed added, "You 
might not want her to come here because we will teach her that 
lesson and you would never be able to control her again."

His statement decided the young woman. The idea of escaping 
from the domination of her father was half of what was driving her 
to go with her boyfriend. He was the only one who she had seen 
that was able to stand up to her father. She answered, "Yes, I want 
to come here."

Nodding his head, Ed said, "You are facing six years of the most 
intensive educational experience in existence. There is no time off, 
free summers, or holidays spent at home. Every day will be spent 
learning. Are you willing to make that kind of commitment?"

After thinking about it for a full minute, the young woman 
answered, "Yes, I think I am."

"You are or you aren't. Which is it?"

"I am."

He heard the truth in her words and nodded his head. The young 
woman was willing to make that kind of commitment. He asked, 
"Are you willing to present yourself to the Gods and Goddesses at 
the end of your education?"

The father said, "That's a bullshit requirement."

"No, it is not. I am a servant of the Two-Sided One and I take that 
service very seriously. If your daughter goes before them, they 
may or may not select her for service. What happens after that is 
their choice and not hers." 

The young woman, feeling that she was about to escape her 
domineering father, answered in a very confident voice, "Yes, I 
will present myself to the Gods and Goddesses."

It was important to separate the young woman from her father as 
soon as possible. Ed looked around the room for a moment before 
spotting Laura Brockmire, the Druid in charge of the medical 
facilities on the campus. He called her over, "Laura, could you 
come here a moment?"

The Green Robed Druid walked over to the table where Ed was 
seated. Once she arrived, Ed asked, "Laura, would you be willing 
to put up with a roommate for one night?"

Looking over at the young woman, Laura nodded as she answered, 
"Sure."

Ed turned to the young woman and said, "Kristie, you can stay 
with Laura until it is time to present yourself with the other 
students tomorrow. For now, sign this form and I'll put it in your 
folder."

He turned to the father and saw the anger in his posture. This man 
would create trouble, claiming that they abducted her and 
undermined the family. The school didn't need to start with those 
kinds of charges made in a public forum, even if those charges 
were not true. He said, "Before you leave, I want you to do one 
small thing."

The father blustered and said, "I'll sue this school. You can't treat 
the parents of your students in this fashion."

As Ed looked at the father, he pulled the medallion from beneath 
his robe. In a very quiet voice, Ed said, "Touch my medallion."

The father looked at the medallion with suspicion and asked, 
"What is that?"

"It is a symbol of my service to the Gods and Goddesses. All I 
want you to do is touch it," answered Ed.

The man reached out and touched the medallion. As soon as his 
finger touched it, a blank look crossed his face. Sitting back in his 
chair, he stared off into space as though he was seeing something 
that was inaccessible to everyone else. A minute later, the man got 
up and said, "Come on honey. Let's go home. She's better off here 
than anywhere else."

"You may come and visit her anytime you want. We are not a cult 
and do not want to destroy the relationships between student and 
family. It is our desire to improve them," said Ed believing that 
this was probably the only time the parents would come here.

As the couple left the administration building, the wife followed 
the husband puzzled by his sudden change in attitude. The man 
moved slowly as though he had learned something about himself 
that he didn't quite like. At the door, he turned to look at his 
daughter. Although she couldn't hear him, he said, "We'll see you 
someday soon."

Watching him, Ed knew that he would never speak of what he had 
seen when he touched the medallion. He just wished he knew what 
it was that the man had seen. After seeing the look he gave his 
daughter, Ed corrected his assessment, the man would come back 
to see his daughter.

A very stunned Kristie, after looking back at Ed for a moment, 
followed Laura to her temporary quarters. Ed picked up the folder 
and carried it over to the receptionist. Handing it to her, he said, 
"Put her in the computer as having signed the letter of acceptance."

"She was accepted?"

"Yes," replied Ed. He walked away happy that another student had 
been added to the roster. Of the students that had been accepted, 
only a third had returned their signed letters of acceptance. He 
wondered how many students would show up tomorrow morning.

The freshman gathered in the administration building. Watching, 
Ed was pleased with the number of students that had shown up. It 
was more than he had expected despite the confidence that John 
had that they would have a hundred students. Once again, John 
was correct in his optimism, not that Ed minded. 

It was soon time for the Druids to talk with the students before 
they were allowed into the freshman dorms. There were three 
hundred Druids gathered together, each dressed in their robes. All 
wore medallions of a God or Goddess. Many of the Druids would 
be instructors at the college, although most would not start their 
teaching duties for several years. When called, all entered the room 
with Ed walking somewhere in the middle of the crowd with Kelly 
beside him. It was not an orderly march into the room, but there 
was a smoothness that one might suspect was choreographed 
despite the fact that it wasn't.

John pointed to the Druids and said, "These are recognized Druids. 
You will know them by the medallions they wear around their 
neck."

He turned to face the Druids assembled in the room. A solemn 
look appeared on his face as he removed the medallion from under 
his robe. With great deliberation, he set it outside the robe and 
declared, "From hence forth, you shall wear your robes when 
performing your duties and your medallion outside your robe. It is 
up to us, the recognized Druids, to create a reputation that shall 
serve as a foundation for our students. We have to gain the prestige 
that shall force the powerful to seek out the opinions of Druids."

Ed had not known that he was going to be required to wear his 
robes from that day on. He looked over at the other Druids seeing 
the same looks of surprise on their faces. The reason made sense. 
Like most of them, he wondered what would be the long-term 
consequences of the decision.

John smiled at the students. "For the next hour you may talk to any 
Druid in this room. You can ask any question of them that you may 
wish."

Several students came to Ed asking why so few Druids wore black 
robes. It was a good question and one that Ed could only answer 
that he didn't know why. A young black woman came to Ed and 
asked, "Why is it that most of the Druids are white?"

"I don't know," answered Ed in total honesty.

"Are the Gods and Goddesses racist?" asked the woman with an 
accusatory tone in her voice. There were only a handful of Blacks 
and Orientals among the Druids present.

"No, they are not," replied Ed. Pointing to the new students, Ed 
said, "Every race is represented here."

"I think you guys are racist," replied the woman. Kelly and Ed 
looked at each other and laughed at the accusation. Disturbed by 
their reaction, she said, "That's not funny."

"One of our husbands is Black, one of our wives is Oriental, and 
one wife is Native American," replied Ed watching the surprise 
spread over her face. He added, "Better not tell them that we are 
racists, our sex lives would definitely suffer."

Confused by their reactions, the woman walked away wondering if 
this group actually had no problem with race. 

Kristie Prevatt came up to Ed and thanked him for intervening on 
her behalf. Standing next to him, Kelly leaned over and asked, 
"Another damsel in distress?"

Shaking his head, Ed answered, "I find them everywhere, even in 
the lobby."

At the puzzled expression oh Kristie's face, Kelly explained, "He 
seems to find women in trouble where ever he goes."

That still didn't explain much to Kristie, so she smiled and 
answered, "What ever."

Her comment brought a smile to Ed and Kelly. Letting her off the 
hook, Ed said, "Kelly is my wife. She has noticed that I have a 
tendency to find young women in trouble with unusual frequency."

"At least every week," remarked Kelly with a smile. Noticing the 
expression of concern on the young woman's face, Kelly added, 
"Don't worry. I know there is nothing to be jealous about."

Relieved, the young woman asked, "So what's the worst situation 
with damsels in distress that you've been involved in?"

The question actually was much more difficult for Ed to answer 
than he thought. He answered, "I guess I would have to say the 
young women that had been captured by the white slavers."

Disagreeing, Kelly said, "I think it was the two young ladies that 
you rescued from the serial killer."

Listening to the exchange, Kristie couldn't believe that this man 
had been involved in such dangerous situations. She asked, "That 
happens often?"

"Something that bad only happens about once a year," answered 
Ed. 

"Oh."

Kelly watched her walk away and then noticed that John was 
looking over at them. When she waved to John, Ed looked over at 
John. He saw that John was surrounded by students and gave him a 
little wave as well. Another student came over to Ed and said, "The 
Grand Druid just gave me a check for ten million dollars."

"Congratulations," replied Ed as he looked down at the check. He 
asked, "So what are you going to spend it on?"

Still incredulous that John had given her ten million dollars, the 
woman said, "Is it real?"

"Sure, it's a real check." Kelly answered after glancing over at the 
check in the hand of the student. 

"I don't know what to do with it," said the young woman. 

"Why did John give it to you?"

"I told him that I wouldn't be satisfied without a lot of money and 
then he gave me this check," answered the student.

Smiling because he knew the answer to his question, Ed asked, "So 
are you satisfied?"

"That's exactly what he asked me."

Glancing over at John, Kelly said, "So what are you going to do 
with it?"

"I have no idea."

Repeating his question, Ed asked, "So are you satisfied?"

"Not really. It's not supposed to be this easy."

"So I suggest you find a way to spend the money that will make 
you satisfied," replied Ed. Amused at the woman's reaction, he 
watched as she walked off still staring at the check.

When the hour had finished, John called the room back to order. 
"Students, please return to your original locations. Druids, you 
may leave now."

It took several minutes for the students to gather in front of him. 
The Druids didn't take half that long to leave the room. 
Individually each one turned and left the room at their own pace. 
Kelly dashed out of the room to go feed Beth, her breasts were 
starting to hurt from the milk filling them. Ed was one of the last 
Druids to leave the room. He turned back to watch the students and 
listened as John told the students, "I shall lead you to your new 
quarters. You will find that all of your needs shall be taken care of 
while you are here."

Knowing what was in store for the students, Ed returned to the 
president's apartment to meet up with Ling, Kelly, and the kids. 
Little John had just finished feeding and was ready to sleep. Ed 
picked up the baby and set him on his lap. Opening the geology 
book, he started reading about continental shift. Although he found 
the topic interesting, it appeared that Little John didn't, as he fell 
asleep almost as soon as Ed started reading. 

A few minutes later, Beth climbed onto the couch and after 
grabbing his finger listened for a few minutes before falling asleep. 
Ed finished the section of the book and leaned back in the chair. 
Looking down fondly at little John as he sucked his thumb in his 
sleep, Ed felt like he had the entire world in the palm of his hand.

Kelly and Ling watched Ed from across the room. Sharing a look 
that suggested they knew he would fall asleep within five minutes, 
they both stepped out of the room. Watching over the children was 
a simple matter. They just had to wait for the men to take care of 
the kids and then watch them all sleep.

It was two hours later when Kelly shook Ed awake. He looked 
down at the babies sleeping in his arms and whispered, "Don't 
wake them."

Kelly said, "It's time for you to get something to eat. Dinner is 
being served in the second year dorm for the Druids. Have fun."

Deciding that he was hungry, Ed nodded and slowly got off the 
chair without disturbing the children. Beth tried to hold onto his 
finger, but she let it slip out of his grasp. With an easy stride, he 
headed out to the second year dorm and dinner. The past few days 
of interacting with so many Druids had been a pleasure and he 
looked forward to talking with them some more.

Entering the dining hall, he was surprised that it was only partially 
filled. Wandering over to Sid Smith, with the ever present bear by 
his side, Ed asked, "Where is everyone?"

"There's a big party going on downstairs. They decided that so 
many Druids together was a wonderful opportunity for an orgy," 
replied Sid.

"So what are you doing here?"

"I was hungry and came over here to get something to eat before 
returning," replied Sid as he filled his plate with food from the 
buffet. As he piled another couple of slices of roast beef on top of 
the food already there, he asked, "So will you go there?"

"No, I don't think so," replied Ed as he eyed all of the food on the 
plate.

Winking, Sid asked, "Afraid of the wives?"

"No. I can't wait to get back to the little ones."

"You really enjoy being a father, don't you?"

Sighing with pleasure as he thought about it, Ed answered, "Yes, I 
do."

"Me too."

"Where are your wife and kids?" asked Ed as he realized he didn't 
know that much about Sid's family life.

"My wife is in the forestry service and has to work this week."

"What are you going to do when you start teaching here?" asked 
Ed. It was a long distance from the national park in Wyoming 
where he lived to here. 

"My wife has applied for a position in this area and will be moving 
here in about six months. Since I won't start teaching here for 
another two years, I'll probably wander around the park service 
looking for problems for a while."

The answer made Ed wonder what kind of problems existed within 
the park service. Curious, he asked, "Problems?"

"There are a lot of problems. A park ranger was killed last month 
and I've been working on that case. We have people crossing the 
border into the states through a park in New Mexico. There's some 
poaching going on in several of the parks. We also have had a 
number of cases of Wasting Disease among deer herds in 
Wisconsin," replied Sid. 

"Wow, I didn't realize that being a Park Ranger encompassed so 
many problem areas."

When the men reached the table, Sid set the large plate of food that 
he had been preparing on the floor for the bear. Surprised, Ed had 
thought all of that food was for Sid. Instead, Sid was eating a 
modest salad. Noticing the look, Sid said, "I have to keep myself 
looking good for the wife. Not many women will put up with 
sharing a small house with a bear."