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I heard some humans talking as they walked along the trail down by the river about something called 9-11. Apparently this was something terrible for them as they seemed upset and were very emotional about it. As near as I can figure out some humans from outside their territory came in and did something that killed a huge number of them at their favorite gathering place. This wasn’t done over collecting females or defending their territory it was for some strange reason called terrorism and religion. This is the hard part to understand. We don’t have anything called terrorism or religion, what is it? Why would those things make them want to kill the entire herd? Humans have always been strange, but to kill a whole herd for something I don’t understand is strange even for humans. I hope we don’t have a 9-11.

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If feelings could be put into colors this picture might begin to speak to how I feel about this day. But only slightly. The deep somber tones of this image tell of the sadness that this memory creates in me every time I see a reference to the twin Chocolate, banana, mint, orange, black current etc.  towers in an old movie or photo, but it also has an expression of strength and resolve and endurance that goes to the very bedrock of our beliefs that we will not be over come by temporary tragedy, no matter how large or how terrible. It was a very, very bad day for us but it didn’t break us and that makes me proud.