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On 3 Jul 2004 18:55:47 -0700, in alt.startrek.creative,
pseudonymsockpuppet@hotmail.com (Pseudonymonious Puppet de Sock) wrote:

Title: Kai's Fables: You Reap What You Sow.
Author: Pseudonymonious Puppet de Sock 
Contact: pseudonymsockpuppet@hotmail.com
Series: DS9
Rating: G
Archive: sure, whatever, where ever. 
Summary:  If you plot the downfall of your neighbor, you often will be
Author's note:  With apologies to Aesop, these are various Aesop's
Fables re-written for the Star Trek Universe.  As before, yes, I'm a
sock puppet.  If I wanted the world to know who I really am, I would
have posted it at my website and as myself.  Since I'm not, I don't.


	"Tell us a story," the children begged, crowding around the elderly
Kai.  They were in the garden of the temple after school on a hot
afternoon and the Kai always seemed to have time to sit in the shade
with them and tell stories.

	Smiling at their youthful exuberance, she sat on a bench in a shaded
area of the garden and waited for the children to settle in at her
feet.  "What shall it be today?  Perhaps the story of the Bajoran and
the Cardassian?"

	"Yes," the children cheered in unison.

	"It was an ill-fated time," the Kai began.  "The Bajoran was trying
hard to improve himself and his surroundings for his children, to
create a place where they could live their lives and be happy.  The
Cardassian lived beside the Bajoran and even though he thought himself
better than the Bajoran, he pretended to be a good neighbor.  Then one
day, evil threatened the Bajoran and the Cardassian; it was the
Dominion coming to take everything in its path.  The Bajoran was
determined not to be conquered ever again and so he sought others who
felt the same way, an alliance of those who would not bow to the
ominous force of the Dominion.  The Cardassian continued his pretense
of friendship with the Bajoran, but secretly, in the dark of the
night, he would sneak away to meet with the leaders of the Dominion.

	On the fateful day when the Dominion appeared, the Cardassian turned
his back on the Bajoran and the Alliance.  He had formed a pact of his
own with the Dominion, agreeing to help them defeat the opposition in
exchange for power and all of the space that he felt entitled to.  The
Cardassian who had pretended to be a good neighbor now fought
alongside the Dominion and their allies, trying to slaughter the
Bajoran and all others who would defy them.  He used all of the
knowledge that he had gleaned from the Bajoran and the other Allies to
help the Dominion plot the downfall of every member of the Alliance.

	The Bajoran fought hard, everyone in the Alliance struggled and
sacrificed, many lives were lost in the battles that followed.  Now
the Alliance was comprised of the most unusual members, people who had
despised and fought each other for ages.  In the face of the
overwhelming force that the Dominion was threatening with, they put
aside their hatred and worked together, combining their unique
knowledge and abilities to become stronger.  They created a whole that
was greater than the sum of its parts.  Many individuals, including
the Bajoran, reached deep inside their hearts and found strength that
they had never known.

	The Cardassian's home was the site of the final battle and it
suffered major destruction.  When the Alliance emerged victorious and
the Dominion left, the others who had sided with the Dominion also
turned their back on the Cardassian and left him to face his neighbor
alone.  The Bajoran could have killed the Cardassian in revenge, but
he saw the rotten fruits of the Cardassian's labors and remembered the
wisdom of the Prophets.  He did not want to reap what the seed of
bloodthirsty vengeance would cultivate, so he left the pitiful
Cardassian standing among the ruins of his home.  He went back to
working toward the betterment of his own home, living a simple life
and striving to be a good Bajoran in the eyes of the Prophets."

	When the story was over, the sun was beginning to set.  Kai Kira sent
the children on their way and sat in solitude watching the shadows
slowly creep across the grounds, confident that tomorrow morning it
would rise again on a free Bajor.

-- 
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