EXCURSIONS-PENNY CANDY

PENNY CANDY (PROLOGUE) FIRST DATE For the mass of cells, coming down the pink flume, required little effort. They were launched into the stream and only had to go with the flow. But once they reached the delta it became survival of the fittest. One surged with rapid undulation. He was a microscopic red blur swimming upstream to mate. At first it was a struggle besting his countless contenders. But he managed to stay ahead of them. Whether the one was able to outdistance the others because he had superior aquatic skills or if it was by pure chance cannot be known. All that is certain is that the cell who most furiously lashed its tail, endured. Soon he reached the place where the one he sought treaded in waiting. When Spermatozoa came face to face with Ovum, he grew anxious. She calmed him. "I am not going nor can I go anywhere without you!" He relaxed. She allowed him to penetrate her. Now she and he were We. We swam around together fulfilling their union. Gradually they became indistinguishable, one from the other a synthesis. We continued to developed as one until they emerged onto the human plane a single newborn, Randolph Wilford. ***** Randolph Wilford had no awareness of his first date. Yet that Dream-Time coalescence would inform his urges throughout life.