Trueque, one of the stories in the Angel Zabar Series
Trueque is one of several stories in Bob Miller’s An Angel Named Zabar. “Ghost Mountain,” Trueque
muttered while staring into the thicket. “Good name for the place.” This is a spiritual, uplifting, rainy day or
bedtime short story book. It's perfect for adults and adolescences alike. Trueque by Bob Miller
“All right, enough already, Mr. Elephant. We’ve gone over this a hundred times. Humans, not the
committee, named Old Fuzz Face the ‘King of the Beasts.’ No one here doubts your ability to, as you so
eloquently put it, 'jerk a knot in his tail,' but we’ll have to decide what to do about naming a new ‘king’
some other time.” Owl clicked his beak wide and spat out some eggshells. Then: “Should known better
than to eat turtle eggs. Give me indigestion every time.” Trueque by Bob Miller
From the Publisher: They call him the Taciturn man. He walks the path
between heaven and earth as if it were Dorothy's yellow brick road.
Seemingly, without the effort it would take to decorate a Christmas tree, he
retired at age 48. He married two widowed millionaires, and on his departure,
he left both of them better off financially. Like the wind, he's here today and
gone tomorrow. He's been honored by the Who's Who in Hollywood and
locked away by the Who's Who in Washington. He beat the casinos in Las
Vegas at their own game until he was barred without a stated reason from
the Frontier and Landmark Casinos.
We asked this Taciturn man, Bob Miller, what it was like living in a world of
smoke and mirrors. Where no one is who they claim to be and death is
always waiting just around the next corner. He laughed and said, "What a
crock. There's far more danger and pain involved in going to the dentist than
I've experienced. Excitement and adventure, yes; but smoke and mirrors, give
me a break. The secret of wealth and peace of mind has never been a secret.
I have never needed or wanted anything in vain because I've always been
open minded and humble before those whose only purpose is to lead us
down a path of fulfillment and contentment."
All of that may be true, but there is something that's both energizing and foreboding about a man who
has rubbed shoulders with men like Martin Luther King, Frank Sinatra, Alan Alda, Jerry Falwell, and Tony
Spilotro.
From the author: "Hardly a day goes by that someone doesn’t write to say that they do not believe in
angels. Why they go to this trouble beats me. I don’t ask people to believe in angels or anything else. I
have simply recorded my travels with my friend and guardian angel, Zabar. For what it’s worth, angels
are mentioned the in the books of the Old and New Testaments 299 times in 280 verses. So I can only
assume that those who don’t believe in angels don’t believe what's written in the Bible either; and that,
too, is okay with me. I will admit that I find people somewhat amusing who tell me in one breath that they’
re unhappy, broke, and their lives are boring, and then turn around and make fun of my beliefs and
lifestyle." - Bob Miller
These short stories about an angel named, Zabar, are only a small sampling of events that take place
around the world at every moment. If your life is not living up to your expectations or you're unhappy but
don't really know why, help is available. Like the teachings of Jesus, the predictions of Michel de
Nostradame, and the visions of Joseph Smith, it's entirely possible that in a hundred years or so author
Bob Miller's diary entries about an angel named Zabar will serve their intended purpose. The good news
is you do not have to wait until others wake up to the fact that all their dreams, hopes and wishes can
come true.