Saving Fish from Drowning - Heal Burma

SAVING FISH FROM DROWNING
a lock of hair, which can then be viewed centuries later by pilgrims
seeking renewal.” He was proud that he had thought to say that. It
was important that people identify with the place and not think
it was foreign and thus incomprehensible and bizarre.
A few flights more, and he saw another convenient excuse to stop:
a statue of a woman kneeling before the Buddha, offering him some
pies. He glanced down at his notes. Good Lord! Those weren’t pies;
they were breasts! What was this statue supposed to symbolize? And
why was the Buddha smiling? What would the Buddha possibly
do with the breasts? “And here we see a pious woman,” he quickly
thought to say, “offering a gift of... herself.” He was about to make
some cultural comparison to Christian martyrs, but decided against
it. That would not benefit his friends in any way. With the image of
severed breasts in his mind, he resumed climbing, now less buoyant,
less certain.
Finally he reached the top, and a pagoda made of blue and silver
glass. He was cheered to see the two search-and-rescue dogs. As he
walked closer, he saw Saskia. She was sitting on one of a row of tall
stools positioned for viewing the landscape from a bird’s-eye advan­
tage. She was not smiling, he noted, and fear ran down his scalp.
Body parts, he guessed, the dogs had found body parts. The camera
crew followed him as he walked toward Saskia.
“Any developments?” he asked as coolly as possible.
To his relief, she shook her head. “I gave them the scent samples.
The dogs did a search. The entire terrace, the steps, and they came
up with a big nothing.”
Harry exhaled. “So we’ve eliminated this spot. False report. Well,
we might as well enjoy the view before we head to the other side of
town. And don’t forget. If you see anything suspicious, any sign of
the Americans, call the Bear Witness Hotline number on the screen.”
Conscious of the camera still aimed in his direction, he walked to
the edge of the terrace and looked out. The plain reached past pago­
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