Sunday, October 27, 2013

CHAPTER TWENTY, HAIRY RISK TAKER, A NOVEL

As Hairy was flying to Tuvalu in his private jet, he began reminiscing about his relationship with Warren. They had a long standing friendship based on business. Warren was the second wealthiest man in the United States and owned the largest insurance company in the world, Berkshire Insurance. Hairy was the most famous high risk insurance agent in the world and had saved Warren’s bacon more than once. Even though Warren had a war clause exclusion in all his insurance contracts, he was afraid that Tuvalu’s “secret weapon” might not be defined as an act of war. Just in case, Warren wanted Hairy to arrange reinsurance and use his expertise to eliminate the risk. And Warren was concerned about the future of the United States for obvious reasons. More importantly, Warren did not want anything to disrupt his company’s  amazing record of 48 years of 19% annual growth!

When Hairy’s plane arrived at the Funafuti International Airport, it had to make several passes to wake up the natives who were napping on the runway. Natives often sleep on the runway to avoid their hot, overcrowded houses. The average year round temperature is 85 degrees, both day and night. After the runway was cleared, the plane landed and pulled up to the terminal building. 
Funafuti Atoll, December 2000. People often sleep on the runway to avoid overcrowded and hot modern houses - at least none of these stories are that dangerous!

The Governor General, Lakopa Italeli,  met Hairy and took him to the Government bldg.  
                                                   

                            Vaiaku Village photo gallery (Tuvalu, Funafuti) | Tripmondo
After enjoying a meal of coconut crabs, they got down to discussing the declaration of war.

                                                             To be continued....   









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