Tenuous Peace Still Reigns o'er the Mighty Hobolochitto

Factions from the Chunky River district held fast yesterday, day seven of a tentative ceasefire called between the Chunky Ever-Victorious Army and the Hobolochitto Hussars, who have been locked in grueling stalemate for more than five months.

Local warlords met under the aegis of UN peace-broker Jan da Mahn last Tuesday morning, and hammered out a tentative halt to offensive operations on both sides.

The Chunky-Hobolochitto War began in September of 2004, when Hobolochitto cattle rustlers raided a camp near the Chunky stronghold of Chunkytown. Analysts say they anticipate that this cease-fire will hold, eventually being upgraded to an armistice, then a truce, and, finally, a treaty of peace.

"May peace reign long o'er the Hobolochitto," said UN General Secretary Kofi Annan yesterday at a session in New York. "Several lives kind of depend on it."