A stony monster rose from the mountain in the twinkling
light of the stars.
Sisa could not understand how it could possibly be
Amarun.
The monster had the head of a snake and the feathered
wings of a bird and a long feathery tail.
It looked like a statue of the feathered monster from
the tales told to children to scare them.
Slowly she moved towards the stone figure.
The play of the shadows and light made it look alive
and moving.
Like it were still breathing.
She touched the stone and for an instant it felt like
feathers in her hands.
She heard the sound of the drums that Kuyllur was
playing.
His brother, Lusiru, sang in a monotone voice and
danced around the stony monster.
He was smoking a cigar made of fresh tobacco leaves
and puffing the smoke over the figure.
The waving and weaving of the smoke over the statue
made it look even more alive.
Like it was breathing smoke from its nostrils.
Sisa shivered and grabbed the stone harder.
Again she could feel the feathers and the beat of a
large heart.
Scared she kneeled in the earth next to the monster
and waited for what would happen.
Lusiru took a large swig of the bottle he had in his
hand and sprayed the alcohol from his mouth over Sisa.
He kept chanting and waving the branches in his hand.
Dispelling the smoke and strong alcohol around in the
night.
Weaving his footsteps to the beat of his brother’s
drum he danced closer to the statue and puffed more smoke over it.
Then he took another swig of the alcohol and sprayed
it over the stone monster.
He waved the branches in the air and urged the monster
to wake up.
Urged Amarun, Sisa thought.
It was not a monster, it was Amarun.
Finding courage from the thought she stood up and
walked to the stone figure.
Slowly she touched it again, feathers, warmth and a
strong heartbeat.
She climbed to its back and grabbed hard.
Lusiru screamed to the air and hit the monster to the
head with his branches, urging it to wake up.
Sisa felt the monster shaking under her.
Then it raised its huge head to the sky and roared.
She grabbed harder and got hold of a handful of feathers.
Opening its wings Amarun leaped to the sky.
To be continued...
This is the thirthieth part of the story.
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 fourteenth part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart 14
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 fifteenth part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart 15
To read the sixteenth part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart 16
To read the seventeenth part, go to the The Queen With The Frozen Heart 17
To read the eighteenth part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart 18
To read the nineteenth part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart 19
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
To read the twenty second part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart - To The Enchanted Night
To read the twenty fifth part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart - Time To Leave The Home
To read the twenty-sixth part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart - A Suitable Wife
To read the twenty-seventh part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart - Down In The Dungeons
To read the twenty-eight part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart - Savouring The Chicha
To read the twenty-ninth part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart - Flying With The Stars
To read the twenty-sixth part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart - A Suitable Wife
To read the twenty-seventh part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart - Down In The Dungeons
To read the twenty-eight part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart - Savouring The Chicha
To read the twenty-ninth part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart - Flying With The Stars
