Bitten On the Butt Dancing Butterflies - By Anakin1218
-No butts, butterflies or piranha's where hurt in the making of this story. -All characters from The Road To El Dorado belong to Dreamworks; I just borrowed them for some funJ -The Mayan/Aztec people did give namess based on the events of a person's life, although the city of El Dorado is pure myth; its people (as seen in the film) are based on the cultures of the Maya and the Aztec. For further reading try, "Aztec" and "Aztec Autumn" both by Gary Jenning -Thanks: To Reba for giving me the 'words' to run with the story,
As the new 'gods' of the city, Miguel and Tulio quickly found out that they had to prove their godliness.
The lavish gifts of gold and such where the best part than came the odd 'local' stuff that took some getting use to.
Like a tiny flower that made the eater's face turn beet red; Tulio almost fell off his throne laughing at that one. Miguel of course didn't find it funny but he had a chance to laugh at his best friend; when Tulio accidentally ate a toadstool.
The poor fellow was seeing 'colors' for days after that; even little Bibo looked 'tripppy' and Tulio couldn't walk a straight line if his life depended on it.
However they still had to prove they where gods;
Early one morning the chief lead the two 'gods' to a quite pool of water near the center of town. He explained that the pool had become infested with a kind of fish called a 'piranha'. And they where terrorizing anyone who chose to bath in the scared pool.
It was up to one of them to get rid of the offending fish; Miguel and Tulio flipped a peseta to see who would be the exterminator. Tulio lost,
Now the little fish didn't look that bad to Tulio and
he figured that he could pull this scam off and he and Miguel would be home
free.
The assembled people watched in awe as Tulio leaned over the water and pondered how to get rid of the fish; Miguel suggested he fish them out one by one.
This sounded like a good idea and just as Tulio was about to cast his net he lost his footing and fell into the well butt first!
SPLASH! Everyone was laughing, including Miguel as he reached for his sputtering friend; Tulio was trying to grab his hand when he felt an odd sensation on his butt. Than he felt a bite and he hollered as he jumped clean out of the water.
Clinging to Tulio's backside was a little fish with a big set of teeth; Miguel was shocked that such a tiny fish could cause so much pain.
The chief was excitied, taming of the devilfish was indeed a sigh of divinity; The crowd cheered for all their worth. Poor Tulio didn't even pay them mind; he was trying to pry the piranha off his butt.
Miguel helped his 'smarting' friend onto Altivo (with Bibo acting as a cushion) and lead the way back to the god's temple.
Back at the temple a doctor treated Tulios backside and suggested that he tattoo the nasty gash to make it look better. With him being tipsy from the sedative Tulio agreed to anything! So he said ok and before he knew it he was the proud owner of a fine Mayan tattoo.
A few days latter after the bandages had been removed, Tulio asked Miguel what his tattoo looked; he was hoping for something 'manly' like a snake or eagle. Miguel immediately burst out laughing when he saw what was stenciled oh his friends backside. It was a flock of blue butterflies!
Tulio demanded what was so funny and Migule had to
explain; Tulio went from red to purple with embarrassment. Miguel held a
polished piece of mica as a mirror so his friend could get a better look at his
new artwork. the sunlight caught the pigment and caused the insects to blaze
azure blue. Great! Now he had a blazing blue butt to boot thought Tulio sourly.
The chief chose to make an appearance and Tulio didn't have time to grab a palm frond to hide behind. Pleased with the 'artwork' the chief gave Tulio his knew name; bitten on the Butt Dancing Butterflies; Miguel fell over laughing again.
The chief explained that from now on Tulio would be the representation for the 'word' surprise in the codices (the holy books); a man with a fish on his butt and a cloud of butterflies coming from his open mouth. They glyph would appear on the temples too, even the street markers; it was quite an honor even for a god.
When the chief left, Tulio glared at his laughing friend; Miguel was whipping the tears from his eyes and trying to stand up; to make up for laughing he handed Tulio a pair of pants from the table. Tulio grabbed them and proceeded to put them on gingerly, after all his 'artwork' was still smarting. Halfway through the second pant leg he yelped, bumped into a floor lamp and landed on the bed.
Miguel looked up and saw Bibo poking his pointy ears from Tulios right pant leg, the little fellow had been using it as a cozy napping place; speaking of naps, Tulio had fallen asleep where he lay exhausted from the long morning of new names and butterflies. . Now Bibo had spied the dazzling butterflies on Tulios butt and made a beeline for them, after all chasing them was his favorite activity. Chuckling to himself, Miguel scooped up the sneaky armadillo and found a blanket to cover his snoozing friend; with Tulio dreaming of gold he hoped ;Miguel walked outside to enjoy the tropical air.
Bibo scampered at his feet and soon forgot the butterflys; it had been an odd, long week for everyone.
At least Tulio had a nice souvenir.
The End