Iluku held
out a giant snail's shell to her husband.
- Call out for the warriors before you change, she told Killa, so that the enchantment will brake and they will wake up.
The moon took the shell and lifted it to his lips.
It had been years, decades, maybe hundreds of years since he had blown into one of them.
But his lips and hands still remembered.
- Call out for the warriors before you change, she told Killa, so that the enchantment will brake and they will wake up.
The moon took the shell and lifted it to his lips.
It had been years, decades, maybe hundreds of years since he had blown into one of them.
But his lips and hands still remembered.
He blew and the low sound shook his body and travelled through the air.
On the mountain top Amarun shook in his sleep and the mountain growled and shot dark clouds of ash to the air.
Far away in her palace the queen sprung up and listened with attention.
In her village Sisa felt how her magic fluttered around her and the call compelled her to leave and search for its origin.
Under the mountain the jaguar men growled and hissed their anger at the sound of the shell.
In their cages the kings men held their heads up and felt the hope grow in
their desolated hearts.
Alone in his lonely cave king heard the sound and feared to hope and wish.
Behind the waterfall the warriors woke up from their enchanted sleep.
Ready to follow Iluku's instructions as soon as the sun reaches its zenith.
Alone in his lonely cave king heard the sound and feared to hope and wish.
Behind the waterfall the warriors woke up from their enchanted sleep.
Ready to follow Iluku's instructions as soon as the sun reaches its zenith.
Killa lowered his hand and felt his heart stir.
There was a reason why the magic loved the humans.
- Take the clothes, Iluku's exasperated voice broke the spell, we don't have all the night. In fact the night is almost over. And we still need to reach the jaguar men's cave before the sun rises over the horizon and they close the mouth of the cave.
Killa took the clothes and hid himself behind the trees.
When he had the garments on, he could feel the enchantment around him.
His back bended closer to earth, his eyes became watery and it was hard to see, and his hands shaked and had huge wrinkles and brown spots on them.
Touching his face with his hands he could feel the wrinkles there too.
- I am old, he sighed.
- Look at me, he whined to Iluku, I have never been old. And now I have to look like this just to humor you and to save some human king. Can't they find another one to replace him instead?
- Oh, be quiet before you reveal your stupidity to everyone, Iluku hissed.
Angrily she started towards the mountain and the home of the jaguar men.
Their walk was not graceful anymore.
Instead of it, they waddled around the trees and panted while walking through the bushes, heaving their disobeying old bodies up, higher and higher.
- Will we never arrive, Killa panted, when will we be there?
Iluku raised a gnarled finger to her lips and stood quietly waiting.
- We are here, she hissed.
- Finally, Killa sat down and rested his weary feet and back.
- Oh, don't be like that, Iluku shook her head, get up and let's go! It's almost morning!
To Be Continued...
This is the twenty second part of the story.
If you want to read the first part of the story, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart 1
To read the second part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart 2
To read the third part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart 3.
To read the fourth part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart 4.
To read the fifth part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart 5.
To read the sixth part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart 6
To read the seventh part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart 7
To read the eight part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart 8
To read the ninth part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart 9
To read the tenth part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart 10
To read the eleventh part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart 11
To read the twelth part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart 12
To read the thirteenth part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart 13
To read the fourteenth part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart 14
To read the fifteenth part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart 15
If you want to read the eighteenth part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart 18
If you want to read the nineteenth part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart 19
If you want to read the twentieth part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart 20
To read the twenty first part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart - The Night Of The Black Moon
Great pictures to go along with the words!
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Candace
The photos capture the heart of the story so well.
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ReplyDeleteThe pictures and the words are united to form the basic lines of the story. Moreover, it reflects the concept as well.
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ReplyDeleteI like how you accompany the photos with your story... But somehow it is hard to imagine the characters being the person in the photos... Hope to read the complete version instead of reading it in bits and pieces like that!
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ReplyDeleteMagic loves human indeed. They complement each other.
ReplyDeleteA giant snail shell?! Where did the snail go?
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ReplyDeleteI like that picture of the jaguar. Is that a baby one? Where did you shoot that photo? Is that from a zoo?
ReplyDeleteIt's not actually a jaguar. It's an adult male ocelot. The picture was taken in a local Kichwa village where it was recovering from a poacher's wound so it could return to the jungle.
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ReplyDeleteThe conch blowers caught my attention. They make it look so easy and yet , it is hard to do and takes practice... like everything else in life...
ReplyDeleteI love the jaguar picture so much.
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