Still a little tired from so many months on the island, but determined to enjoy this contest, I watched appreciatively as Alura snagged her coconut! I continued to look around for a coconut as big as my head and suddenly spotted the one! Now how the hell was I to carry it back without using my hands? I looked at the netting and two rubber bands and suddenly had an idea. I lay the netting on the ground and pushed the coconut in the middle of it with my foot. I gathered the netting around the coconut and used one of the rubber bands to tie it together. I tried to lift it and the rubber band slipped off easily. Dammit....now what was I to do? I really didn't want to disappoint Sir Chuck and the others. Especially Ruby who had come up with the idea. I was suddenly startled by movement beside me. I looked up and saw the beautiful Jade. "Need some help LTP?", Jade asked. "Oh yes Jade! How did you know I was having trouble? I thought you had already gone back to the ship?" "I was on the beach and just sorta knew", Jade answered. She helped me to get the bands to stay put and made something that looked like a purse almost with the bands used as handles. I picked up my prize coconut by the rubber band handles and carried it like a purse, never touching the coconut. "Wow! You are brilliant Jade! How did you ever think to do that?" "Just intuition hun. Now let's walk back together!" "You won't get in trouble, will you Jade? I appreciate your help, but I don't want to be the cause of any trouble for you." "Don't worry LTP, just trust me." I gave her a hug and a kiss on the cheek and we walked back to the beach to find the others.






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