About this time, Sharon finally happened by. She noticed several naked people standing around. One was a eunuch (Sean), one was a woman (the jogger), and the third was... Jim! "Jim, what are you doing here? And why are you naked? And why are [b]they[/b] naked?"
"Oh, it's a long story," Jim said and he took her aside to explain.
Meanwhile, someone else happened along, a Middle Eastern businessman. He noticed several naked people on the trail and averted his eyes until he realized what he saw when he accidentally glanced at Sean. He then walked over to where Sean and the jogger were standing together.
"Excuse me, allow me to introduce myself, my name is Fakhir Abdul-Azim. I am a businessman, and I couldn't help but notice that you are a eunuch," he told Sean.
"Yeah, there's this crazy plant that....," Sean began.
"Yes, yes, never mind about that. Eunuchs are highly prized in our culture but it is against Islam to make a man into a eunuch, thus they a rare and valuable commodity. Are you available for purchase? I would pay greatly."
"Yes, you can buy him from me," the jogger interjected quickly.
"Ah, good," the man said, averting his eyes from her female nakedness. He quickly wrote her a check and said, "I think this is an adequate sum."
Her eyes bulged out when she saw the princely sum that was written on the check. "Yeah, that'll do," she said.
"Hey, you can't just sell me!" Sean complained.
"Looks like I just did," the jogger replied. "This will adequately repay me for being attacked by that weird plant."
"That wasn't my fault," Sean muttered.
Seeing Sean's unhappiness, the man told him, "Do not worry, you will now live a life of ease and opulence. You will live among a harem. It is obvious that you can not interfere with a woman sexually, so you can be trusted to guard the women against other male intruders. Does that not sound like a good life?"
Sean thought that harems were only the stuff of legend or at least the stuff of history. He didn't there were harems around any more, but he was more willing to see for himself. "Sure, I guess there are worse jobs. I'm all yours."
"Excellent," the man said and led Sean away.
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