The Late Unpleasantness

Eight / Lion's Den

By Jo Dora Webster

How will Danielle remain unharmed in the lion's den?

Eight / Lion's Den

Cyrus Trudeau succeeded to the office of the Prime Minister. Danielle became a close advisor to Cyrus as well as a close friend. The Canadians had a religion that worshiped Money so much that they made a statue of a dragon. The religious clergy of Money thought the dragon was alive and not just a statue so they fed and watered the dragon every day. Danielle would have nothing to do with Money and instead continued to worship The One and pray only to Him.

Danielle, being the friend of Cyrus, was asked by Cyrus, "Why do you not worship Money?"

"Because I do not revere idols made with hands, but the The One, who created heaven and earth and has dominion over all living creatures, Cyrus"

"Danielle, Do you not think that Money is a living god? Do you not see how much he eats and drinks every day?"

Danielle laughed, "Do not be deceived, Cyrus for this thing is only clay inside and bronze outside, and it never ate or drank anything"

Cyrus was angry and called the priests of Money and said to them, ‘If you do not tell me who is eating these provisions, you shall die. But if you prove that Money is eating them, Daniel shall die, because he has spoken blasphemy against Money"

Danielle spoke to Cyrus, "Let it be done as you have said."

Cyrus and Danielle went into the temple of Money where there were seventy priests of Money. They spoke to Cyrus with a plan

"See, we are now going outside; you yourself, Cyrus, set out the food and prepare the wine, and shut the door and seal it with your signet. 12 When you return in the morning, if you do not find that Bel has eaten it all, we will die; otherwise Daniel will, who is telling lies about us."

The priests were unconcerned because they had a trap door into the temple of Money which they used to go into the temple with the door closed and eat all the food and drink all the wine so it would be gone the next day when the temple was opened again.

After the priests had left the temple area, Cyrus set out the food and wine. After this Danielle and her friends covered the floor of the temple with ashes. They noted at the time the temple was sealed up and the great seal of Cyrus affixed to the door that the ashes on the floor were undisturbed. During the night the priests of Money entered through the trap door and consumed the food and wine like they usually did.

Early in the morning Cyrus and Danielle came to the temple of Money and Cyrus asked the guard that was set to watch the entrance, "Is my Great Seal intact on the sealed door?"

"Yes the Great Seal is intact, Prime Minister Cyrus Trudeau!"

As soon as the Great Seal was broken, Cyrus saw that the food and wine had been consumed. Cyrus shouted out, "Money you are great and you have not acted with deceit!"

Danielle called the attention of Cyrus to the floor where a series of footprints were found in the ashes leading to the trap door where the priests had entered. Cyrus said," I see the footprints of men women and children in the ashes."

The priests of Money were called for by Cyrus. They had to admit their treachery and showed the trap door and the tunnel where they had accessed the temple. Cyrus according to his word had the Priests of Money executed.

"Danielle, I give to you the Money Dragon and dispose of it as you will."

Danielle aided by her friends destroyed the hollow image of the dragon.

Dnnielle was taken by Cyrus to an animal pen where a living dragon was kept.

"Danielle here is a living Dragon that the people worship. I want you to worship this dragon as well." You see Cyrus wanted to have the last word on the subject of worship.

"I worship only The One. Cyrus give me permission and I will kill this Dragon without using any weapons."

" Danielle, I give my permission."

Danielle made cakes out of pitch, fat and hair which she fed to the dragon. After the Dragon ate the cakes the Dragon burst open and died.

"See what you have been worshiping!" proclaimed Danielle.

When the Canadian men of Science heard about what had happened with the image of Money and the Dragon and the Priest of Money who were killed, they declared, "Cyrus has gone over to the dark side and has become a worshiper of The One."

The Men of Science came to Cyrus and told him, " Unless you give us Danielle to do with as we please, we are going to assassinate you."

Cyrus under duress handed Danielle over to the Men of Science. They threw Danielle in the Lion's Den where she was for sis days. There were seven Lions in the den who were fed daily two sheep and two person's bodies.

The prophet Henrietta was in the CSA where she had made a stew and was about to give it to the less fortunate among them. Before she could do that she heard the voice of The One, "Take the stew to Canada and give it to Danielle in the Lion's Den."

"The One, I have never seen Canada and I have no idea where to find the Lion's Den."

Then The One teleported Henrietta to Canada and the site of the Lion's Den. Henrietta shouted, "Danielle, take the food that The One has sent to you."

Danielle prayed, "You have remembered me, The One, and have not forsaken those who love You!"

Danielle ate the stew and Henrietta was teleported back to the CSA by The One.

Cyrus came on the seventh day to the Lion's Den and found Danielle safe and sound.

Cyrus proclaimed, "You are great, The One who is worshiped by Danielle. There is none who can measure up to The One."

Cyrus had Danielle removed from the Lion's Dan and instead called for the Canadian Men of Science. They came and Cyrus threw them down into the Lion's Den where they were immediately eaten.

Cyrus upon seeing that they all had died said. "That will teach you not to threaten to assassinate me!"

Danielle and her friends were in captivity for seventy years. At the end of Danielle's days the empire was run by Prime Minister Xavier Trudeau. who had an official named Harry in his government who hated the transwomen and sought an occasion to put them to death. Even though Xavier's wife Esther (who was a a stealth transwoman) interceded for the transwomen and the CSA, before she would win their release, Danielle was killed by Harry. At the end of the seventy years, all the Transwomen and the CSA were released due to the actions of Esther and her uncle Morty. In the end Harry was hung on the gallows he had prepared to hang Morty upon. When the transwomen and the CSA returned to Atlanta D.A. they saw that the walls around the city had been torn down. The workers worked from dawn to dusk building back the walls, so Atlanta D.A would be safe. But that is yet another book.