ALLIE'S MESSAGE

By Peter Vuono

   Depicted here is my friend Allie. In the past, she was pretty active doing almost 50 magic shows a year and entertaining hundreds of kids. For the past 6 years, she's been on a very well deserved retirement. Allie is 27 years old and has NEVER been to the Vet! One would wonder as to why. Allie has a remarkable genetic blueprint from her ancestors

   Allie is a descendant(as are many birds) from a family of dinosaurs called Dromaeosaurs

. It is this family that contained all raptors  and similar claw footed predators . Sixty-five million years ago the world was in dire straits with multiple volcanic eruptions, shallow seas drying up and an asteroid which would land in the Yucatan Peninsula.

   The Dromeosaurs learned to adapt and evolve. They actually grew wings and acquired feathers so that they could fly to a safer destination to survive and allow nature to take it's course in evolution. I then wondered as to what we humans can do in a world that is rife with ecological, political and sociological degradation. Then it came to me; we can pray!

   In 1350 BC the Pharaoh Ikhnaton became monotheistic. One hundred years later, Moses would come to honor Adonai and save his people. NOW, most religions are monotheistic and we can all talk to the same God but in just different languages.

  It doesn't matter if we are Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu, Shinto or even Zoroastrian! We sure don't have Allie's remarkable ancestry to help us survive but her message is strong and we may have something better. We can pray!