[Eric]

The inhabitants of a remote village deep in the tropical jungles of some jungle like country worshiped their local gods: two porpoises who lived in a small, freshwater lake just outside the village. Oral historical tradition stated that they had been there even before the village was founded 14 generations ago. Local tradition held that these aquatic mammals were immortal. The only thing that these gods would eat were offerings of mynah bird meat that the villagers fed to them. Because of global warming and local deforestation the local mynah population became quickly extinct. The porpoises became weaker, and weaker as they slowly starved to death. Whatever substitute food the natives tried to feed them was refused.

A council of elders selected the tribe's greatest warrior to find mynah meat for the gods. He was a western educated native, who had aquired some of the gadgets produced in a modern society, and some of these gadgets, a blackberry, a portable freeze drying machine, and a tranquilizer gun, he took with him on his quest.

After 40 days and 40 nights in the wilderness (sorry about the obvious biblical allusion) he found a tree, in the middle of a clearing. And in the tree were hundreds of mynahs. However, lying in the shade of the tree were several obviously unfriendly lions. What to do? The mighty warrior took his tranquilzer gun and rendered the lions unconscious. Then he captured the birds, killed them and used his portable freeze drying machine to reduce the mynah meat into lightweight cubes which he then put into a backpack ....

And now back to the village, hoping to be in time to save the local gods. (Which as a western educated person, he did not really believe in). As he was leaving the area, two armed FBI agents jumped out from behind a tree and arrested him.

And the charge was: Reducing mynahs and transporting them across sedate lions for immortal popoises.