Message #011

Greetings.

The other day I was walking through the neighborhood and noticed a small hill in a nearby park. The hill was normally something I ignored, but having just purchased a brand new Vista laptop, I figured it might be a nice place to rest.

After arriving at the hill, I sat down. I opened up my laptop, and began tapping away at the keyboard. Suddenly, a light appeared before me. A voice boomed "Dig here!"

I turned around and saw nothing special. I looked down on the ground around me (I was at the top of the hill) and set my laptop down. I examined the earth. Nothing interesting.

Later that evening I returned home, yet felt an urge to return to the hill. I returned under cover of the night with a spade shovel and began digging. Five minutes later, I heard a metallic clink as my shovel hit something. I dug a bit more, and suddenly found myself digging up a set of golden CDs. On the CDs looked to be some type of script...were they reformed heiroglyphics?



I kept digging and found about twenty CDs in all. I also found a set of beer bottles. One of the CDs said that in order to translate the other CDs (funny, this one was written in English) I would need the beer bottles. One was labeled "Ummin" and the other was labeled "Strummin".

Thus, I have embarked on a mission to translate these CDs into what I will soon call the "Book of Vista". The first few lines (so far) speak of an ancient civilization and giant, ancient abacuses here in the Americas.