Mires came back with Mr. Reed."The prodigal returns," he announced loudly."Prodigal?" I heard behind me. "Hey, is that football, like quarterback?"Mr....Reed smiled even bigger. "Prodigal is a funny word. According to the dictionary, it means wasteful or a spendthrift. But when we talk about the prodigal or the prodigal son, we usually mean long lost, someone who's been gone a long time." He looked at me. "You've been recruiting. You've brought me fresh meat." For the day. These are my cousins.. For the next couple of minutes we were very busy, as we cleared the area between the bunkers and the front gate. It was a large clear area, where they usually held formations, inspections, guard mount, and where patrols formed up before moving out.I was busy trying to judge the wind direction by looking at the flags (Thai and American) when Tweed ran up.“What’s up?” he asked.“Chopper coming in. I need you to pop smoke over by the perimeter bunkers when I signal,” I told him, and handed him the. "Sorry," Imanaged to add, "but the idea seems a little outlandish."Spook #1 nodded. "It did to us as well at first. But let me show yousomething." He brought up an image on screen which was obviously takenfrom a spy satellite. The resolution was incredible. I looked carefullyat the projected image. It just looked like farmland interrupted by aridge of low hills. Then I noticed something odd..."What's that line paralleling those hills?" I asked.Spook #2 took that question with a knowing smile.. If you do not wish to read thistype of literature, or you are under age,PLEASE DELETE THIS FILE NOW!!!!_________________________________________When I was in college, I used to work at a hospital as a computer operator. My hours were 6:00 PM to 6:30 AM Saturday and Sunday nights. I loved the job because it was quiet at night; the computer room was isolated on the top floor of the hospital and no other area was on the floor. As a matter of fact, I used to be the only one on after midnight (it.