Zach, a young man with mysterious powers, lives in the magical land of Zhanth. One day, the evil ruler Marthin takes over Zhanth, transforming its people and landscapes. With the help of an imp-like creature named Xya, Zach is turned into a wolf and journeys to defeat Marthin. After a fierce battle, Zach regains his human form and saves Zhanth, though it is unclear if Xya was real or part of Zach's imagination.
Two sisters, White Rose and Red Rose, live with their mother in a small hut in the forest. They help their mother and get along with the forest animals. A bear visits them each night and the children play with him. In the spring, the bear leaves but gives White Rose a gold token, hinting at buried treasure. The sisters later encounter a dwarf three times, and each time have to cut his beard to save him, making him angry. They finally see the dwarf with a prince he had cursed, and the prince kills the dwarf, breaking the curse. The prince and his brother marry the sisters and they share the dwarf's treasures.
1) The story introduces King Shadeem who goes hunting in the jungle every Thursday but cannot find a suitable queen.
2) On one hunt, he chases a golden deer but a mysterious girl whistles and stops the deer. When he sees her beautiful but ragged appearance in a tree, he is speechless.
3) She introduces herself as living in the jungle all her life but agrees to meet the king again. That night the king is disturbed by curiosity about the girl and sends men to search for her.
Many decades have passed since the peace ended between the People and the Dragons. It's been decades since Drax the Fearsome, the Emperor of Dragons, has seen the battlefront. In this time, he hasn't been doing anything else than taking care of his two sons.
But everything changed once Hans – the first Yellow Dragon – was born.
He brings only trouble to his family. He learns to be so evil that a war with the People seems to be imminent. But up to the war, Hans tries to help the Good Sorceress by fighting the hounds of the Grizzled Wolves. There he learns that being at war with other creatures, isn't exactly the Dragon's way of life...
1) Leon brings home a woman named Maria as his new wife. She is described as lovely, tall, and graceful.
2) Maria meets Baldo and Labang, their bull. She is initially hesitant around Labang due to his large horns but warms up to scratching his forehead.
3) Leon pays the driver and introduces Maria to Nagrebcan, where they will live. They laugh and seem happy together. Baldo drives them home in a cart pulled by Labang under the stars.
Q2 l3 how my brother leon brought home a wife 2Jareleny Nava
Leon brings home his new wife, Maria, introducing her to his younger brother Baldo. They take a cart pulled by their bull Labang from the outskirts of town to their family home. Maria seems nervous about Labang at first due to his large horns but warms to touching his forehead. As they travel the dirt roads in the fading daylight, Maria and Leon laugh and talk together affectionately. Baldo drives the cart along an alternate forest path at his father's instruction, as the stars come out above them. Leon and Maria admire the bright stars and sing together until they emerge from the forest onto the open rice fields, nearing their home.
Ghani Khan was a 20th century Pashto language poet from Hashtnagar, considered one of the best of his time. He was the son of Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan. He studied art in India and later worked in sugar mills. He was imprisoned from 1948-1954 for his political activities supporting Pashtuns. It was during this time that he wrote one of his most famous poetry collections. His poetry focused on cultural, psychological, and spiritual themes rather than politics.
Zach, a young man with mysterious powers, lives in the magical land of Zhanth. One day, the evil ruler Marthin takes over Zhanth, transforming its people and landscapes. With the help of an imp-like creature named Xya, Zach is turned into a wolf and journeys to defeat Marthin. After a fierce battle, Zach regains his human form and saves Zhanth, though it is unclear if Xya was real or part of Zach's imagination.
Two sisters, White Rose and Red Rose, live with their mother in a small hut in the forest. They help their mother and get along with the forest animals. A bear visits them each night and the children play with him. In the spring, the bear leaves but gives White Rose a gold token, hinting at buried treasure. The sisters later encounter a dwarf three times, and each time have to cut his beard to save him, making him angry. They finally see the dwarf with a prince he had cursed, and the prince kills the dwarf, breaking the curse. The prince and his brother marry the sisters and they share the dwarf's treasures.
1) The story introduces King Shadeem who goes hunting in the jungle every Thursday but cannot find a suitable queen.
2) On one hunt, he chases a golden deer but a mysterious girl whistles and stops the deer. When he sees her beautiful but ragged appearance in a tree, he is speechless.
3) She introduces herself as living in the jungle all her life but agrees to meet the king again. That night the king is disturbed by curiosity about the girl and sends men to search for her.
Many decades have passed since the peace ended between the People and the Dragons. It's been decades since Drax the Fearsome, the Emperor of Dragons, has seen the battlefront. In this time, he hasn't been doing anything else than taking care of his two sons.
But everything changed once Hans – the first Yellow Dragon – was born.
He brings only trouble to his family. He learns to be so evil that a war with the People seems to be imminent. But up to the war, Hans tries to help the Good Sorceress by fighting the hounds of the Grizzled Wolves. There he learns that being at war with other creatures, isn't exactly the Dragon's way of life...
1) Leon brings home a woman named Maria as his new wife. She is described as lovely, tall, and graceful.
2) Maria meets Baldo and Labang, their bull. She is initially hesitant around Labang due to his large horns but warms up to scratching his forehead.
3) Leon pays the driver and introduces Maria to Nagrebcan, where they will live. They laugh and seem happy together. Baldo drives them home in a cart pulled by Labang under the stars.
Q2 l3 how my brother leon brought home a wife 2Jareleny Nava
Leon brings home his new wife, Maria, introducing her to his younger brother Baldo. They take a cart pulled by their bull Labang from the outskirts of town to their family home. Maria seems nervous about Labang at first due to his large horns but warms to touching his forehead. As they travel the dirt roads in the fading daylight, Maria and Leon laugh and talk together affectionately. Baldo drives the cart along an alternate forest path at his father's instruction, as the stars come out above them. Leon and Maria admire the bright stars and sing together until they emerge from the forest onto the open rice fields, nearing their home.
Ghani Khan was a 20th century Pashto language poet from Hashtnagar, considered one of the best of his time. He was the son of Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan. He studied art in India and later worked in sugar mills. He was imprisoned from 1948-1954 for his political activities supporting Pashtuns. It was during this time that he wrote one of his most famous poetry collections. His poetry focused on cultural, psychological, and spiritual themes rather than politics.
It is a night with no stars visible due to heavy cloud cover. A powerful storm is raging with roaring winds that contain the souls of millions of escaped lunatics tearing trees from their roots. The sea has also joined the frenzy, kicking up huge waves trying to reach the dark sky. Flashes of fearful light reveal thousands of deadly black shades spreading sorrow and despair as they dance madly with joy. The poet prays to Mother Kali, a terrible yet powerful goddess, to come and put an end to the monstrous situation.
Q2 l3 how my brother leon brought home a wifeJareleny Nava
Baldo's brother Leon brings home a woman named Maria as his wife. Maria steps gracefully from the carriage and is introduced to Baldo and the family bull Labang. Leon pays the driver and the group takes Labang's cart into town. Maria is nervous but happy to be with Leon. They admire the stars during the ride. When they arrive home, Maria is worried Father won't like her but Leon reassures her. Father welcomes Maria from his bedroom, having heard Leon sing to her on the ride. He seems to approve of the marriage.
1) Maria arrives with Baldo's brother Leon to visit their family home in Nagrebcan. She is described as tall, lovely, and fragrant.
2) Leon introduces Maria to Baldo and their bull Labang. Maria hesitantly pets Labang at Baldo's encouragement.
3) They take Labang's cart along an unusual route back to the family home, with Maria and Leon laughing and talking together affectionately in the back of the cart.
The man awakens in a cold forest with no memory of how he got there. He is barely dressed for the harsh conditions. As he tries to walk, he sees a pair of glowing eyes watching him from the bushes. He eventually finds a small clearing but is attacked by wolves. A giant eagle swoops down and rescues him by carrying off one of the wolves. He falls down an abyss but is caught by something before he hits the bottom. When he awakens, he is in a warm bed being cared for by a woman named Helge. She explains that he is in a land called Thorland and that his name is The Squire, as foretold in an ancient prophecy about saving the
This document contains a collection of riddles with varying levels of difficulty. Some riddles have obvious answers like "salt" for "You eat something you neither plant nor plow. It is the son of water, but if water touches it, it dies." While other riddles have more obscure or ambiguous answers open to interpretation. The riddles cover a wide range of topics and themes and are intended to puzzle the reader and stimulate critical thinking through their creative use of language and metaphor.
The document provides a summary of a short story in three paragraphs. It describes how the Buddha sees a murderer named Kandata suffering in hell. He remembers that Kandata once spared a spider, and so takes a spider's thread from paradise to lower it into hell to rescue Kandata. Kandata climbs the thread to escape hell but grows tired. He sees many other sinners also climbing the thread and yells at them to get off, causing the thread to break and Kandata to fall back into hell.
Grey Wolf is struggling to survive a harsh winter as the buffalo have not returned to the plains. He recalls a warning from the tribe's medicine man, Red Claw, about the buffalo disappearing and the tribe being destroyed when the "ghost faces" arrive. Grey Wolf encounters a drunk white fur trapper who brags about killing vast numbers of buffalo for profit, which Grey Wolf finds unbelievable. A crow leads Grey Wolf to a small herd of buffalo, saving his tribe from starvation that winter.
1. The document contains poetic verses praising God and the Prophet Muhammad. It describes their beauty, splendor, and how all of creation reflects their glory.
2. It discusses those who were devoted to God and sacrificed themselves, like Tabrez who agreed to be skinned alive. All things were made by God alone.
3. The verses express that there is no other god but God, and that God is the master and creator of all worlds who all things pine for. Every creation reflects God's glory and chants that God is the eternal Lord.
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner - in class noteslramirezcruz
The Ancient Mariner kills an albatross that was seen as a sign of good luck. This act leaves him and his shipmates stranded at sea with no wind to sail. The Mariner is forced to wear the albatross around his neck as a symbol of his sin. After his shipmates die one by one, the Mariner is left alone with their corpses. He is eventually able to pray again and the albatross falls from his neck. The Mariner is rescued by hermits and finds redemption by telling his story to sailors in order to teach them the lesson of his sin.
The document contains poems by Rolf Jacobsen translated from Norwegian to English. The poems cover themes of love, nature, life, death and reflection. They use vivid imagery and metaphor to explore complex ideas concisely. The poems vary in length but all capture profound insights in just a few lines through their creative use of language.
This document is a short story told from the perspective of a girl named Lola about her dreams of a "Fairy Prince" who takes her on a tour of his magical palace. The palace has 10 houses representing different stages or levels of consciousness. They pass through houses representing more basic functions and encounters, towards houses with more profound symbols and experiences. In each house, the Fairy Prince kisses Lola to keep her from becoming too sleepy or getting stuck in the dreams of that house. The story ends with Lola feeling tired from writing but promising to tell more about their journey through the higher houses of the palace in the future.
The ancient mariner fears that the wedding guest sees him as a ghost due to his skinny hand and lank appearance. He reassures the guest that he is no ghost but one of the few survivors of a doomed voyage. For a week, the mariner was tormented by the haunting eyes of his dead crewmates whose bodies did not decay. Upon blessing some snakes, the curse of the dead was lifted and the albatross fell from his neck, freeing him of his burden.
Atma yoga Story time for Restorative YogaAtma yoga
During Systematic relaxation, we like to read sacred stories to the class. These stories are toldhave been re-written especially to be read during Sivasana
The short story introduces a man who is alone late at night waiting for a taxi. He gets into a taxi headed for Valencia but becomes anxious during the ride as the driver says nothing. His anxiety increases when the driver pulls something from the car that looks like a weapon. The man screams for the driver to stop, fearing for his safety. However, the car continues until the man demands to be let out. The story surprises the reader by revealing at the end that it was the driver, not the passenger, who felt threatened during the ride.
The document discusses the importance of co-curricular activities in developing well-rounded students and preparing them for an uncertain future. It states that having a wide range of experiences through co-curriculars such as sports, speech and debate provides students with transferable skills and allows for flexibility should their initial career paths change. Co-curricular activities also develop leadership, communication skills and provide health benefits to students. Emphasizing co-curricular activities alongside the standard curriculum can result in students who are better equipped to handle multiple possibilities after graduation.
This document describes a man who gets drunk and mistakes his sister's friend for his sister. He sneaks into her bedroom at night and proceeds to sexually assault her, believing it is consensual. However, it is revealed that the person he is assaulting is actually his underage sister. The document contains explicit and criminal content.
Our attitudes are the most important assets we have and affect everything in our lives. While a good attitude may not be what makes us great leaders initially, we will never reach our full potential without developing positive attitudes. It is improbable that someone with a consistently bad attitude can be a successful leader long-term. Each individual is responsible for cultivating their own attitudes, as our reactions to life's circumstances are within our control, not the circumstances themselves. The leader sets the tone, as the attitudes of followers will reflect the attitude demonstrated by the leader.
This summary provides context for a conversation between Falcon and his wife Devin in the early morning hours. Falcon wakes Devin to tell her something important that has happened. Devin is wary, as Falcon's profession in organized crime often keeps her awake at night worrying if he will return home safely. Their conversation touches on Falcon's ongoing infidelity with another woman named Ava, which causes Devin great pain, though she finds it difficult to truly hate Falcon due to her deep love for him. Falcon asserts his dominance over Devin by reminding her that she belongs to him. Their relationship is complex and troubled, defined by both deep love and betrayal.
It is a night with no stars visible due to heavy cloud cover. A powerful storm is raging with roaring winds that contain the souls of millions of escaped lunatics tearing trees from their roots. The sea has also joined the frenzy, kicking up huge waves trying to reach the dark sky. Flashes of fearful light reveal thousands of deadly black shades spreading sorrow and despair as they dance madly with joy. The poet prays to Mother Kali, a terrible yet powerful goddess, to come and put an end to the monstrous situation.
Q2 l3 how my brother leon brought home a wifeJareleny Nava
Baldo's brother Leon brings home a woman named Maria as his wife. Maria steps gracefully from the carriage and is introduced to Baldo and the family bull Labang. Leon pays the driver and the group takes Labang's cart into town. Maria is nervous but happy to be with Leon. They admire the stars during the ride. When they arrive home, Maria is worried Father won't like her but Leon reassures her. Father welcomes Maria from his bedroom, having heard Leon sing to her on the ride. He seems to approve of the marriage.
1) Maria arrives with Baldo's brother Leon to visit their family home in Nagrebcan. She is described as tall, lovely, and fragrant.
2) Leon introduces Maria to Baldo and their bull Labang. Maria hesitantly pets Labang at Baldo's encouragement.
3) They take Labang's cart along an unusual route back to the family home, with Maria and Leon laughing and talking together affectionately in the back of the cart.
The man awakens in a cold forest with no memory of how he got there. He is barely dressed for the harsh conditions. As he tries to walk, he sees a pair of glowing eyes watching him from the bushes. He eventually finds a small clearing but is attacked by wolves. A giant eagle swoops down and rescues him by carrying off one of the wolves. He falls down an abyss but is caught by something before he hits the bottom. When he awakens, he is in a warm bed being cared for by a woman named Helge. She explains that he is in a land called Thorland and that his name is The Squire, as foretold in an ancient prophecy about saving the
This document contains a collection of riddles with varying levels of difficulty. Some riddles have obvious answers like "salt" for "You eat something you neither plant nor plow. It is the son of water, but if water touches it, it dies." While other riddles have more obscure or ambiguous answers open to interpretation. The riddles cover a wide range of topics and themes and are intended to puzzle the reader and stimulate critical thinking through their creative use of language and metaphor.
The document provides a summary of a short story in three paragraphs. It describes how the Buddha sees a murderer named Kandata suffering in hell. He remembers that Kandata once spared a spider, and so takes a spider's thread from paradise to lower it into hell to rescue Kandata. Kandata climbs the thread to escape hell but grows tired. He sees many other sinners also climbing the thread and yells at them to get off, causing the thread to break and Kandata to fall back into hell.
Grey Wolf is struggling to survive a harsh winter as the buffalo have not returned to the plains. He recalls a warning from the tribe's medicine man, Red Claw, about the buffalo disappearing and the tribe being destroyed when the "ghost faces" arrive. Grey Wolf encounters a drunk white fur trapper who brags about killing vast numbers of buffalo for profit, which Grey Wolf finds unbelievable. A crow leads Grey Wolf to a small herd of buffalo, saving his tribe from starvation that winter.
1. The document contains poetic verses praising God and the Prophet Muhammad. It describes their beauty, splendor, and how all of creation reflects their glory.
2. It discusses those who were devoted to God and sacrificed themselves, like Tabrez who agreed to be skinned alive. All things were made by God alone.
3. The verses express that there is no other god but God, and that God is the master and creator of all worlds who all things pine for. Every creation reflects God's glory and chants that God is the eternal Lord.
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner - in class noteslramirezcruz
The Ancient Mariner kills an albatross that was seen as a sign of good luck. This act leaves him and his shipmates stranded at sea with no wind to sail. The Mariner is forced to wear the albatross around his neck as a symbol of his sin. After his shipmates die one by one, the Mariner is left alone with their corpses. He is eventually able to pray again and the albatross falls from his neck. The Mariner is rescued by hermits and finds redemption by telling his story to sailors in order to teach them the lesson of his sin.
The document contains poems by Rolf Jacobsen translated from Norwegian to English. The poems cover themes of love, nature, life, death and reflection. They use vivid imagery and metaphor to explore complex ideas concisely. The poems vary in length but all capture profound insights in just a few lines through their creative use of language.
This document is a short story told from the perspective of a girl named Lola about her dreams of a "Fairy Prince" who takes her on a tour of his magical palace. The palace has 10 houses representing different stages or levels of consciousness. They pass through houses representing more basic functions and encounters, towards houses with more profound symbols and experiences. In each house, the Fairy Prince kisses Lola to keep her from becoming too sleepy or getting stuck in the dreams of that house. The story ends with Lola feeling tired from writing but promising to tell more about their journey through the higher houses of the palace in the future.
The ancient mariner fears that the wedding guest sees him as a ghost due to his skinny hand and lank appearance. He reassures the guest that he is no ghost but one of the few survivors of a doomed voyage. For a week, the mariner was tormented by the haunting eyes of his dead crewmates whose bodies did not decay. Upon blessing some snakes, the curse of the dead was lifted and the albatross fell from his neck, freeing him of his burden.
Atma yoga Story time for Restorative YogaAtma yoga
During Systematic relaxation, we like to read sacred stories to the class. These stories are toldhave been re-written especially to be read during Sivasana
The short story introduces a man who is alone late at night waiting for a taxi. He gets into a taxi headed for Valencia but becomes anxious during the ride as the driver says nothing. His anxiety increases when the driver pulls something from the car that looks like a weapon. The man screams for the driver to stop, fearing for his safety. However, the car continues until the man demands to be let out. The story surprises the reader by revealing at the end that it was the driver, not the passenger, who felt threatened during the ride.
The document discusses the importance of co-curricular activities in developing well-rounded students and preparing them for an uncertain future. It states that having a wide range of experiences through co-curriculars such as sports, speech and debate provides students with transferable skills and allows for flexibility should their initial career paths change. Co-curricular activities also develop leadership, communication skills and provide health benefits to students. Emphasizing co-curricular activities alongside the standard curriculum can result in students who are better equipped to handle multiple possibilities after graduation.
This document describes a man who gets drunk and mistakes his sister's friend for his sister. He sneaks into her bedroom at night and proceeds to sexually assault her, believing it is consensual. However, it is revealed that the person he is assaulting is actually his underage sister. The document contains explicit and criminal content.
Our attitudes are the most important assets we have and affect everything in our lives. While a good attitude may not be what makes us great leaders initially, we will never reach our full potential without developing positive attitudes. It is improbable that someone with a consistently bad attitude can be a successful leader long-term. Each individual is responsible for cultivating their own attitudes, as our reactions to life's circumstances are within our control, not the circumstances themselves. The leader sets the tone, as the attitudes of followers will reflect the attitude demonstrated by the leader.
This summary provides context for a conversation between Falcon and his wife Devin in the early morning hours. Falcon wakes Devin to tell her something important that has happened. Devin is wary, as Falcon's profession in organized crime often keeps her awake at night worrying if he will return home safely. Their conversation touches on Falcon's ongoing infidelity with another woman named Ava, which causes Devin great pain, though she finds it difficult to truly hate Falcon due to her deep love for him. Falcon asserts his dominance over Devin by reminding her that she belongs to him. Their relationship is complex and troubled, defined by both deep love and betrayal.
The document summarizes a 2-day wilderness survival camp organized by the Kelab Kembara club at Management and Science University. The camp aims to teach students basic wilderness survival skills through hands-on activities over the weekend at Out Bac Broga Camp, including constructing shelters, cooking over fires, purifying water, navigation, first aid, and team-building exercises. A total of 15 students will participate in the camp, taking part in a structured itinerary of survival lessons and recreational extreme activities designed to build confidence and cultivate leadership skills.
Adverbs of manner modify verbs to describe how an action is performed. They are usually formed by adding -ly to adjectives and placed after verbs or objects. Common adverbs include well, fast, hard, and early. Adverbs of manner can come before or after verbs but must follow objects. In passive sentences, adverbs precede past participles.
The document announces a wilderness survival camp organized by the Kelab Kembara club at Management and Science University on August 15-16, 2015. The camp aims to cultivate survival skills, boost confidence in tough situations, and promote an appreciation for nature. The 2-day camp will teach techniques for shelter, fire-craft, food and water procurement, navigation, and rescue signaling. Participants will have the opportunity to sleep overnight in shelters they construct themselves and learn about important survival gear. The budget details expenses for activities, food, facilitators, transportation, equipment rental, and prizes for the 40 expected participants.
The document discusses various perspectives on bilingualism from different studies:
- Thompson (1952) argued that bilingual children are handicapped in their language development.
- McLaughlin (1987) suggested that first and second language acquisition follow common principles.
- Later studies classified bilinguals into different types based on factors like early vs late acquisition, balanced vs dominant proficiency levels, and additive vs subtractive impacts on the first language.
- The importance of maintaining the mother tongue for bilingual children's personal and educational development was also emphasized.
- Gaston Leroux wrote the novel The Phantom of the Opera in 1911, which was based on legends of a ghost living at the Paris Opera House.
- The story follows the Phantom, a disfigured musical genius who lives underground and teaches the young soprano Christine.
- Christine falls in love with her childhood friend Raoul, but the Phantom is obsessed with Christine and will stop at nothing to keep her as his own.
To write an email, one logs into their account and clicks compose to open a new blank email window. In the "To" box, the recipient's address is entered and the subject line describes the email's purpose. The email text can be formatted like a word document using various icons and spelling can be checked. Finally, the message is typed and sent by clicking the "SEND" button. An example is provided of writing to a teacher about a friend.
This document provides information about adjectives including their definition and use. It states that adjectives describe nouns and pronouns by indicating qualities like size, type, texture, or color. Examples are given of sentences using adjectives correctly and incorrectly based on order. The document also notes that articles, possessive pronouns, and numbers can function as adjectives. Practice sentences are included for identifying the adjectives.
The poem explores the theme of loss through the speaker's assertion that "the art of losing isn't hard to master." Over the course of the poem, the speaker describes losing increasingly significant people and possessions, from small everyday items to loved ones and homes. By the end, it is evident the speaker has not truly mastered their sadness over losing the person referred to as "you." While insisting loss is not difficult, the poem ultimately suggests some losses are more difficult to accept than others.
This document discusses comparatives and superlatives in English. It provides five rules for forming comparatives and superlatives from adjectives: (1) add -er or -est for single-syllable adjectives, (2) double the last consonant and add -er or -est for stressed single-syllable adjectives ending in a consonant-vowel-consonant, (3) remove the y and add -ier or -iest for adjectives ending in y, (4) add more or most for adjectives of two or more syllables, and (5) there are a few exceptions like good, bad, and far. Examples are given like "the
Adverbs of manner modify verbs to describe how an action is performed. They are usually formed by adding -ly to adjectives and placed after verbs or after objects of verbs. Common adverbs of manner include quickly, gently, loudly, and well. These adverbs can be placed before or after verbs, and must follow objects when verbs have objects.
This document discusses WH questions, which are questions that begin with question words like why, how, and where. WH questions are used to gather information from others by asking about specifics like a person's name, reasons for things, or locations. The document provides an example question of "What is your name?" to illustrate how WH questions are asked at the beginning of conversations to learn information about someone new.
The document contains summaries of several Jataka tales, traditional Buddhist stories that are meant to teach moral lessons. The tales included are:
1) The Hare on the Moon, about a hare that sacrificed its body to feed a monk, after which its image was placed on the moon.
2) The Wise Lion, about a lion that investigates a rumor of the earth breaking up started by a hare and stops a mass panic.
3) The Elephant and the Forester, about a kind elephant that is exploited and killed by a greedy forester.
- The story describes a conflict between the Vedins and the Indus civilization over control of the wealthy city of Mohenjo-Daro. After many battles that caused heavy losses for both sides, Damyanti's husband Gagan is killed fighting for the Vedins.
- Seeking answers, Damyanti travels to Mohenjo-Daro and meets with the ruler Iraquan. During a tour, Iraquan brags about killing a Vedin man who had thrown a spear at him from a tree, not realizing it was Damyanti's husband. In a blind rage, Damyanti drowns Iraquan in his pool.
- With their
The Elven Heritage Legacy 1.2: Off to See the WizardScribalGoddess
Haldir seeks help from Eluisa after his wife Viridia contracts a deadly human illness during her second pregnancy. Eluisa senses strong magic in the nearby mountains and believes a powerful wizard living there may be able to save Viridia. She guides Haldir and Talon toward the wizard's tower, but her allergies prevent her from going further. They continue on and find a strange path that leads to a sign warning them away. Ignoring the sign, they enter the forest and head toward the wizard's tower, hoping he can save Viridia.
Hannah discovers that her brother Theobald has been lying to her and is not actually a witch. The townspeople have found Theobald guilty of witchcraft and plan to execute him. Hannah realizes that the people she thought Theobald had accidentally killed were actually killed by her own hands unknowingly. She tries to see Theobald one last time but he has already been taken away for execution. Cecily tells Hannah that there is no mercy for those accused of witchcraft.
The document provides a summary of several European folk tales and legends, including "The Legend of Etna" from Italy and "Gediminas' Dream-the legend of the founding of Vilnius" from Lithuania. It also includes a longer story titled "Once Upon a Time in Dalmatia" from the Dalmatian region of Croatia that describes how an orphan child and a faithful dog are cared for by a kind woman in a house that mysteriously appears from a magical chest.
This short story collection from Ghana contains 9 stories:
1. The King's Ring - A young farmer's son dreams of finding a hidden ring to claim a kingdom's throne.
2. The Statue - Two siblings get lost in the forest and witness a strange ritual near a statue.
3. Adventure - A woman gets lost returning home from the river and finds an unexpected new route.
4. My Saturday - A boy helps catch a thief in the market square.
5. Johnson - A man's night out is filled with misfortune as he encounters thieves, storms and accidents.
6. The Rainforest King - The animals argue over who should be their king and hold a race to decide.
Adora discovers a magical portal in the forest that leads to a wondrous rainforest landscape. There she meets a beautiful Babaylan (healer) who gives her a golden egg to heal her ravaged world. Adora places the egg in the field, and it hatches into a colorful bird that brings rain, restoring the forest. Years later, Adora establishes a nature reserve to protect the regrown forest, fulfilling the Babaylan's message to make a difference.
This document contains summaries of several mythical creatures from Cantabrian folklore in northern Spain:
1. Anjanas are described as delicate, winged beings that help animals and lost people in the forest.
2. A story is told of a boy from Lierganes who discovered he could breathe underwater and explore the Bay of Santander, later being found by fishermen with a human head and fish scales.
3. The Ojancano is a large, hairy ogre-like creature that lives in the mountains and wields a magic cane that can transform into animals.
4. The Sirenuca was cursed by her mother and turned into a woman with a fish tail
Spanish Traditional Tales and Stories. Mythology from Cantabria (ppt)colegiolasallecorrales
This document contains summaries of several mythical creatures from Cantabrian folklore in northern Spain:
1. Anjanas are described as delicate, winged beings that help animals and lost people in the forest.
2. A story is told of a boy from Lierganes who discovered he could breathe underwater and explore the Bay of Santander, later being found by fishermen as a unknown marine creature.
3. The Ojancano is presented as an enormous, hairy ogre that lives in the mountains and forests, considered the most evil of Cantabrian mythical characters.
This three chapter summary provides the essential plot details:
Daniel is a gardener who is in love with Josie, the most beautiful girl in the village. After spying on Josie bathing in the river, he is embarrassed and loses hope. His work then suffers, and he loses his job gardening for the king. Hoping to win Josie and regain his position, Daniel must find a way to redeem himself.
The story follows three little pigs who leave home to seek their fortunes. The first builds a house of straw, the second of sticks, and the third of bricks. A big bad wolf blows down the houses of straw and sticks, forcing the pigs to take shelter with the third pig in his brick house. The third pig built strongly by combining techniques learned from the other pigs. Just like a levada spreads water, the two pigs spread information to the third pig to ensure everyone's safety from the wolf.
This document summarizes the story that Russell H. Conwell would tell in his famous lecture "Acres of Diamonds". It describes an ancient Persian farmer named Ali Hafed who was content with his life until a Buddhist priest told him the story of how diamonds form. This made Ali discontent, and he sold his farm to search for diamonds. He became poor and died, while later a diamond mine was discovered on his former property. The story's moral is that opportunities are often right where we are rather than in faraway places, and we should make the most of what is around us.
1
A Worn Path
Eudora Welty
It was December—a bright frozen day in the early morning. Far out in the country there was an old Negro
woman with her head tied in a red rag, coming along a path through the pinewoods. Her name was
Phoenix Jackson. She was very old and small and she walked slowly in the dark pine shadows, moving a
little from side to side in her steps, with the balanced heaviness and lightness of a pendulum in a
grandfather clock. She carried a thin, small cane made from an umbrella, and with this she kept tapping
the frozen earth in front of her. This made a grave and persistent noise in the still air that seemed
meditative, like the chirping of a solitary little bird.
She wore a dark striped dress reaching down to her shoe tops, and an equally long apron of bleached
sugar sacks, with a full pocket: all neat and tidy, but every time she took a step she might have fallen over
her shoelaces, which dragged from her unlaced shoes. She looked straight ahead. Her eyes were blue with
age. Her skin had a pattern all its own of numberless branching wrinkles and as though a whole little tree
stood in the middle of her forehead, but a golden color ran underneath, and the two knobs of her cheeks
were illumined by a yellow burning under the dark. Under the red rag her hair came down on her neck in
the frailest of ringlets, still black, and with an odor like copper.
Now and then there was a quivering in the thicket. Old Phoenix said, 'Out of my way, all you foxes, owls,
beetles, jack rabbits, coons and wild animals! ... Keep out from under these feet, little bob-whites ... Keep
the big wild hogs out of my path. Don't let none of those come running my direction. I got a long way.'
Under her small black-freckled hand her cane, limber as a buggy whip, would switch at the brush as if to
rouse up any hiding things.
On she went. The woods were deep and still. The sun made the pine needles almost too bright to look at,
up where the wind rocked. The cones dropped as light as feathers. Down in the hollow was the mourning
dove—it was not too late for him.
The path ran up a hill. 'Seem like there is chains about my feet, time I get this far,' she said, in the voice of
argument old people keep to use with themselves. 'Something always take a hold of me on this hill—
pleads I should stay.'
After she got to the top, she turned and gave a full, severe look behind her where she had come. 'Up
through pines,' she said at length. 'Now down through oaks.'
Her eyes opened their widest, and she started down gently. But before she got to the bottom of the hill a
bush caught her dress.
Her fingers were busy and intent, but her skirts were full and long, so that before she could pull them free
in one place they were caught in another. It was not possible to allow the dress to tear. 'I in the thorny
bush,' she said. 'Thorns, you doing your appointed work. Never want to let folks pass—no, sir. Old eyes
thought you was a ...
1) A little fir tree grows lonely in the forest until one winter day it begins to snow, filling the tree with joy and wonder.
2) Men soon arrive to cut down trees, and despite trying to hide, the little fir tree is chosen and taken to a family's home.
3) The fir tree loves being decorated for Christmas and bringing joy to the children, though is sad when it is undecorated, but is happily planted in the garden to remain there every year.
The Earth on Turtles BackFrom the Onondaga-Northeast Woodland.docxarnoldmeredith47041
"The Earth on Turtle's Back"
From the Onondaga-Northeast Woodlands tribe, Retold by Michael J. Caduto & Joseph Bruchac
Before Earth was here there was only water as far as one could see in all directions, with birds and animals swimming around in it. Up above in the clouds there was Skyland. In Skyland was a great and beautiful tree with four white roots stretching to the four sacred directions. Every kind of fruit and flower grew from its wide spreading branches.
The Chief of Skyland's young wife was expecting a child. One night she dreamt she saw the great tree uprooted. The next morning she told her husband her dream. "This is very sad," he said, "for it is a dream of great power and we must do all we can to make it come true." Then the chief called all the men together and told them they must uproot the tree. But the roots were so deep and strong they couldn't budge it. So the ancient chief himself wrapped his arms around the tree and strained and strained, until with one last great effort he uprooted it. Now there was a great hole where the tree's roots had been. The chief's wife came and leaned over to look down, holding the tip of one of the uprooted tree's branches to steady herself. Far below she thought she saw something glittering like water. Leaning out further, she lost her balance and fell into the hole. Her hand slipped from the tip of the branch, leaving her only a handful of seeds as she fell.
Far, far below in the waters some of the animals looked up. "Someone is falling from the sky," said one.
"We must help her," said another. Then two Swans flew up and caught her between their wings, and brought her gently down to the water where the birds and animals were watching.
She is not like us," said one of the animals. "She doesn't have webbed feet. I don't think she can live in the water."
"What shall we do?" said another of the water animals.
"I know," said one of the birds. "I have heard there is Earth far below the waters. If we dive down and bring up Earth she will have a place to stand. So the birds and animals tried to bring up Earth. First Duck dove far down beneath the surface, but he couldn't reach the bottom and floated back up. Then Beaver tried. He went even deeper, so deep that it was all dark, but he couldn't reach the bottom either. Then Loon tried and was gone a long, long time, but he too failed to bring up Earth. Soon it seemed that all had tried and failed. Then a small voice spoke.
"I will bring up Earth or die trying." They all looked to see who it was. It was little Muskrat. She dove down and swam and swam. She was not as strong and swift as the others, but she was determined. She went so deep that it was all dark, and still she swam deeper. Her lungs felt ready to burst, but she swam deeper still. At last, just as she was becoming unconscious, she grasped at the bottom with her little paw and floated upwards, almost dead. When the other animals saw her break the surface, they thought she had failed. Then .
The legend of Sleepy Hollow tells the story of schoolteacher Ichabod Crane who falls for Katrina Van Tassel, but must compete for her affection with the strong local man Brom Van Brunt. One night, as Ichabod rides home alone after a party at the Van Tassel's, he is chased by the legendary Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow. Ichabod is never seen again, leaving the pumpkin he was carrying smashed on the ground. It is believed the Headless Horseman carried Ichabod away. Katrina eventually marries Brom.
Char and his hunting partners Lorfel and Ranur have killed a large black bear in the woods. However, Ranur reveals that the bear bit him. Knowing the dangers of such a bite, Char shoots Ranur with an arrow. When Lorfel also reveals a wound from the bear, Char prepares to kill him as well but Lorfel attacks Char with an axe first.
Longhorn, the new sheriff of the town of Relis, investigates the death of Jonse Fickleson, who was killed and mauled in the woods. The wounds are unlike those of any normal beast. Longhorn realizes he is out of his depth and sends a letter requesting help, hoping to catch the
1. Solitary Arrow Ch 17
Hyandai Harlen led through the forest leads him to offer himself knew it was a bit tricky. There was
little in the Windir forest, which would provide a direct threat to a fully grown human male, or even
elven women. But that does not mean there is no reason for caution. There was a place of spiritual
power and where other Fey creatures lived. Mischievous beings that trick and betray Harlen, and
some even Hyandai.
Deep beneath the massive canopy provided ornthalion trees, they moved quietly, disturbed lands as
little as can be. Hyandai warned before leaving larger mark their passage than is necessary, because
some rangers, forest elven wise men, who, like Harlen was Morrovale, patrolled the forests, looking
for a game and watch out for intruders.
Most Rangers were loyal to the Crown and the people Windir, but may be people who have been
undermined. Ranger, in its own timber, there was nothing to be trifled with, he warned.
Harlen was amazed at how close to many local animals would allow them to be before the pair fled.
They should look carefully, it is true, and that until a person would go close enough to touch them.
Only then would the animals go without haste, stepped just far enough out of reach. Hyandai
assured him that he would eat out of someone's hand if they had food on the menu that appealed to
them.
"Why not us fear ?" He said Harlen stood silently and not four paces from the doe and her foal.
Hyandai looked at him. "We only hunt a little, darling." She said. "You have not evolved to fear us. In
their countries that were many times were hunted to the brink of its own demise. Only those who
feared the man instinctively survived. Today everything that lives are descendants of those who lived
and were afraid." < br />
Harlen considered it for a while, and knew her place, but people had to hunt, he thought. "They did
not live long outside Windir would?" He asked.
She shook her head. "They do not avoid the man." She said.
They went on several ways, breaking for a quick lunch after a few hours of travel. It was difficult for
Harlen measure your progress as he knew none of the sites, and it was difficult to judge speed in
that world too big trees and little direct sun. It was beautiful, but majestic and mysterious ways.
Almost like cathedrals on one heard stories in the big cities. This temple was the One, he realized
just Temple One of them dared to stand alone, with the help of the firstborn.
"We're almost halfway there, we will be able to come to come in the morning." Hyandai assured him,
using her own memory sites in the forests around them. Harlen noted her newfound confidence step.
They were in their own countries now, and she knew it as Harlen knew Morrovale.
She decorates him with a grin. "There is a place you can camp at night, in relative safety." She said.
"It's my turn to provide shelter. Often I went there as a kid and it's always safe and I have never
discovered by others."
Harlen said. "Sounds like a good place, so close Embalis may be patrols of the city itself confronted
2. S." He said. "Especially when you consider that the problem is tight."
View from fear and deep thoughts crossed Hyandai face as he continued walking. "I'm afraid for my
people, Harlen." She said. " Ehladrel does not help that much in the fight armies."
He commiserated with her, stroking her long auburn hair. "I'm afraid for them, as well, an angel."
He said quietly.
The walk continues in silence, two of them lost in their individual ideas.
Hyandai mind was consumed with fear, and the fear that her people will be slaughtered by traitors
and all its culture doomed to being put out.
Harlen how humanity is accustomed to trying to figure out a way to avoid these fates. It is more than
fertility or human malice was an advantage in situations of competition, whether it's race, poker, or
war.
"The Wind Islanders are included?" He asked, breaking the silence hours.
She had to think for a few heartbeats, he spent his question. "Yes." She said. "They are still trying to
clean up rogue Ghantian regiments and individuals who continue to harass their cities and outlying
settlements. Besides, we are afraid to bring men into the deep forest to battle those who are
untrained in such surroundings. They cut down like wheat."
Harlen nodded, still following Hyandai back over undulating terrain Woodland floor.
Harlen suddenly realized he could hear water splashing. Waterfall, he thought. As noted, the
entrance to the clearing. It was like a larger version of caves in Morrovale. Or, perhaps, the cave
was a miniature replica of the place. It was wide and deep, and trees held back from encroaching
shore of a small lake. On the one hand, a large waterfall fell sharply stone formation, fall or spread
of mists in the bottom of the column of flowing water. The water was incredibly clear and fragrances
from around the meadow orchids. Rainbow formed in the mist spreading wide across the clearing
and disappeared toward the edges of the fog.
How Harlen blinked at the sheer beauty of the scene and attack the beautiful aromas on the nose,
Hyandai grabbed his arm and pushed him down. They are now cowering behind a thick bush with
white flowers covering its surface. Peering over the edge of the bush, Hyandai smiled like a child,
his thumb, then looked over.
Harlen joined her in peering over the edge of the bush. Near the waterfall just emerging from it,
there seems to be a woman. She looked at the man, tall and thin, with long, strong legs and strong-looking
arms. She was completely naked, her lithe body glistening beads of water refraction. She
moved with the grace of an experienced dancer or a warrior, or both. The only thing that let him
know that this man was not her hair. It was thick and wavy; massive mane of hair, and it was green.
However, it was not all green parts were turning brown and red and yellow and orange parts.
She walked along the shore of a small lake at some tracks before turning and walking toward the
trees, then disappeared into the foliage.
"What was that?" Harlen asked, his voice a whisper.
3. Hyandai giggled. "Fairy." She said. "Another flaky wood."
"They're all crazy as beautiful as you and her?" Harlen asked, looking over, when the fairy came
back.
Hyandai rose. "I'm afraid not." She said. "As a matter of fact, some are pretty disgusting."
Low laughter emanating from Harlen chest. "I see." He said.
Onward they traveled, the time seemed of little importance, as they went on. The sun changed
position but no real indicators of its current location and where it was an hour ago, it did not
register as important.
"Now I understand why people say that time does not pass in the elven lands." Harlen said lazily,
looking at a couple of tiny dots of sunlight pierce the canopy overhead. "If so, they do so in hiding."
Hyandai took his hand. "Fret not, dear, we are in the country, now that I know well." She said. "Or
rather well."
The light disappears again when Hyandai went up to them Ornathalion tree. She moved to the base,
looking for something, until she found it. There was a soft, wooden click and the door opened into a
tree.
She smiled at him in a surprised expression. "Come on." She ducked through the door and enter the
tree trunk.
Harlen had to bend down, but could stand upright inside. It was a small room, just two paces wide
and one deep. A narrow tunnel leads from the wall to the left of the tree, as well as huge termites
bored into it.
Hyandai carefully closed the door and said. " Use your calyondo beloved ."
Digging for a while, Harlen produced calyondo and held it before him. She crawled into the tunnel
and he succeeded. He could not complain about looking at this part of his journey, he thought,
looking ahead. Hyandai seemed to never wear a loincloth, and the view was quite frankly,
stimulating, if he had to say.
After what seemed like a long time steady crawling, and moving up that appeared on the platform,
which was very high in the treetops. Harlen looked over the edge, stretching muscles unused to such
a crawl. He saw nothing but darkening wood and mist.
"How high are we?" He asked.
Hyandai peered over the edge. "About two hundred paces." She said. "As close as I could ever say I
never measure."
"What is?" He asked, looking around the platform, which seemed to go all the way around the tree at
this level.
She shrugged. "I do not know, maybe watch unused contribution." She said. "But I never found the
others here., We should be safe at night."
4. Harlen pocket a ball of light and sat on a wooden platform floor. "Tell me about your father." He said
Harlen, maintaining its random thought patterns.
Hyandai sat opposite him, legs crossed, leaning his elbows on his knees and his chin in his hands.
"It's a powerful elf." She said. "A good man. He is a blacksmith, as I told you, and does many useful
things for the clan and village." Her eyes were growing misty with the passage of time, when she
spoke. "He was the head of the clan for a short time before the death of my mother. Know, we elves
are matrilineal, though we usually male ruler."
"When a man marries elf elven woman takes on her position. As my mother was an older woman in
the clan, she was the mother of the family when she married my father, he became patriarch." She
further explained. "In addition to the clan. But when the woman who binds man to his position dies,
they lose it."
Harlen said. "What is that like?" He examined. He never knew his mother or father, so it was very
interesting for him.
"As I said, strong and well." He repeated. "But also the stern and adamant in the corners." Her eyes
were shining now. "I remember trying to make me stop implementation hyandai my mother all the
time and I was just as stubborn and headstrong as he is."
She smiled a wide toothy smile. "I told you that I considered free by the elven people, it is for its
golden eyes alone." She said. "One boy, who was sent to visit his parents said something about it in a
very rude tone. Thought that my father would flatten it like steel. Villain grabbed by the collar and
pulled him from harm at the door, and on the edge of the platform, and swung it over him, said:
'More civility next time you have the honor of speaking with my daughter, otherwise you can become
my first attempt at the effects of gravity on a piece of dung'. "She paused for a long moment." He
was my hero and still is, I think, although now I have another one, as well. "
She moved her slender hand to Harlen in her small fingers as a child, in addition to their strong
points. "It reminded me of you about it when we first met, the smell of hard work." She said. "And
while some of our activities, I learned from this assessment, others have reinforced it."
"Will you love me?" He said Harlen. "Or, more importantly, to approve of me and you." His eyes held
a certain level of concern about this issue.
Hyandai shrugged. "I do not know these days." She said. "It's dark times, Harlen, you need to keep
in mind. Faced with the enemies of the South, the strong. And now, from the inside as well. My elves
do not face war as humans do, the very act of creation is, even without a single death is a curse for
us.'s not our way. "
Harlen put his hand in his and clasped her fingers, gently but firmly. "It makes beautiful." He said.
"It makes us weak." Hyandai said, almost spitting the words. Her expression changed to one of
contempt. "We avoid fights, we have to calm down, and we negotiate. Things we do not do, however,
is to win. In every transaction we lose something of ourselves. Soon we will have nothing to give, in
addition to our lives., Which by that time will be meaningless. "
"Do you think that pacifism does not work?" He said Harlen.
5. She smiled wryly. "Why else would I have been untrained in such matters, seeking Ehladrel ?" She
murmured. "Pacifism does not work, we tried it more than two thousand years. Oh, sure, some
people and others will respect the agreement on non-aggression, but just as often, as soon as it is
appropriate or inappropriate to the press again, or openly to attack."
Harlen nodded, but said nothing, simply patted her shoulder and hair.
Hyandai smiled at him. "I doubt that you want to talk about the politics of my people." She said.
"This is something that either happens or not, without you or I participate in it."
"Your concerns are my concerns." Harlen said softly. "If it bothers you, you should talk about it, but
I'm not very versed in this matter."
"Another time, then." Answered Hyandai. "I have more questions importation into my mind."
She reached out and stroked his cheek stubble and kissed him. "We're now in their countries,
Harlen." She said again speak Elven. "Let each night as a folk wood."
He only understood about two-thirds of what she said, but it was enough to deduce the rest.
After returning her kiss, he began to undress her, untied the knots that held her tunic covering the
shoulders and chest. It came free and sat it on the platform before the hand back into the palm of
the soft curve of her breasts.
The nipple hardened almost immediately and sighed when he pulled the soft flesh. She ended the
kiss and began kissing his neck and ears while he continued kneading first, then the second hill.
Hyandai to face him again, but this time opens legs straddling him, clung to him, her legs folded
under her on her knees and leaned against the massive tree trunk. He leaned forward from the trunk
while she picked up the tunic of his upper body and ran her cool hand on his chest and arms,
enjoying the feeling of muscles under her fingertips when biting and kissing his neck and shoulders.
Her hair tickled his chin when he moved from one side to the other and back.
His own hands did not remain idle, though, and he undid her skirt and placed it on top of your short
top. Now she was naked except for her soft shoes, which soon started her feet.
Finally, when he moved back to his feet and came in a low squat, unclasping his belt and pulls his
pants when he kicked his own shoes. After taking off her pants as she crouched back against him,
feeling his swollen penis against her pubic mound and stomach.
She looked at him, squeezed between their stomachs, and one of her hands followed her gaze.
When she got up, Harlen followed, not that he had much choice, had his manhood firmly in her
grasp. She kissed and tugged him when he backed toward the railing that lined the platform around.
She moved to her and felt smoothly sanded wood on the back side.
Harlen now breathes short, and thought that he knew her intention. He touched the smooth skin of
her shoulders and gently turned her on.
Hyandai grabbed the railing with both hands, her knuckles white in the dim moonlight coming
through the trees. Her chest lowered to the rail as well, to present themselves to him with her legs
6. apart.
With a slight modification of their position, Harlen stood behind her and put his organ down to her
entrance, looking back over his shoulder with a big smile, her own breath was also coming in short
gasps.
He rose smoothly to her, enjoying the feeling of her soft interior re-friendly, smooth and slick and
warm and welcoming.
Hyandai groaned as he entered her, and he felt a little muscle to contract protest against intrusion.
Or was it a welcome hug?
Soon, though she was moaning with pleasure, her body knew what was expected of him. Would it
always be so? Harlen thinking. Even if you really find the answer. Both are enjoying it, so why bother
with such a small detail?
Her moans became stronger and she slowly pushes back against him as he went into it.
Harlen was also feeling a sense of necessity, out of a desire to be with her more closely. He took the
curves of her hips and stood up, straightening the leg. Her legs dangled in the air a few inches, so
different was their height.
He began to enter more enthusiastically, slammed against her ass. Her whole body shook with each
impact and moaned in time with them. A few moments of harsh and violent action, and she moaned
with agonizing climax, just a few minutes before Harlen is. She stared into the dark woods and
exclaimed her joy when he took turn to moan as it spent on sending his seed deep into her body.
They stayed like that for a long moment when she lifted her waist and hips, while she put her body
on a wooden railing. His organ throbbed as she squeezed, milking every drop of his cum into each
other.
Harlen was, frankly, surprised that he managed to keep his knees straight through it, and it fell not
because they were now quite uncertain underneath. He bent Hyandai on board and she moved off
the shaft of his cock impaling, turn around again.
"We love every day?" He asked, smiling at him, pulled herself to him with her hands and leaned into
his chest.
"I'm not sure." He said Harlen. "I do not think it would bother me, though."
Hyandai yawned mightily, stretching his long arms and legs while arching your back sharply. "I'm
afraid I'm too tired at the second attempt tonight, even though a lover, if you're longing for a
second?" She asked, her expression curious.
Harlen shook his head. "Only if you really want." He replied. "We went hard and far today and
should rest for tomorrow."
Folding herself into his arms, Hyandai sighed. "We should get some rest, and then, my dear,
tomorrow will probably show trying." She said.
They spread their blankets and then placed into the soft folds, Harlen pressing on the back and
7. enwrapping her protectively with his strong arms. They laid a moment, lost in thought, then, finally,
asleep.
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"Wake up, man!" The voice ordered.
It had clipped cadence that Hyandai had when they first met Harlen. Oddly, he thought about it for a
while first noticed that her accent is Westron has become much better than when they met. strange
thing to think about when someone said, wake up, he thought. The voice commanding his vigilance,
however, were male, and lacked any form of kindness.
He tried to move slowly, turning from Hyandai back and leaves both hands completely visible. He
instinctively knew that moving him suddenly get into very serious trouble.
Harlen slowly opened one eye, he saw four young elven man. They stood a few steps away from the
slumbering couple; bows ready, but not in order, much to his relief.
Hyandai gasped and clutched the blanket to her chin as she sat down, facing them. "A little
modesty." She bit her Elven, staring at the four elves in what appears to be uniform.
It was mostly covered and protected Harlen the bulk of his eyes, which was approaching from the
hidden crawlway. They did not see her until she sat down.
"Lady Hyandai!" The person who spoke, he said, his voice higher than his normal soprano with shock
and surprise.
In this notice, the other three registered their eyes widened with surprise. In unison, they bowed low
and touched his chest to the knees extended. Arrows are back in their quivers second later, and four
turned about to face the opposite direction from the couple.