Friday, December 5, 2014

The Queen With The Frozen Heart - The Monster Awakens


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 third part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart - At The Mouth Of The Cave

To read the twenty fourth part, go to The Queen With The Frozen Heart - The Visiting Star

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

36 comments:

  1. Thanks for sharing this - great party to the story!

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  2. I need to know what happens next! =) Great story as always!

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  3. Beautiful pictures and great story. Thank you.

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  4. I love the peek into Ecuadorian culture with your photos and excerpts!

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  5. A great installment to this story! I can't wait to read the next.

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  6. I love this story and can't wait to find out what happens next. You are so creative indeed. Thanks for sharing.

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  7. That really does sound good. I like the images as well.

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  8. Excellent writing! I love exploring other cultures!

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  9. There are so many parts to the story and so many lessons to be learned! Is this how stories are told in the Ecuadorian culture always? Amazing!

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    1. It's a mix of two cultures. Ecuadorian and mine, Finnish culture. I can't say that it's completely authentic but it has definitely been influenced by the wonderful storytellers here.

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  10. Thank your for sharing these photos! I love learning about culture and traditions of different countries around the world.

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  11. Wonderful continuation of the story! It is enjoyable to read and the photos are always awesome!

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  12. What a compelling story, and these pictures are so fantastic! You've let me be a fly on the wall in another world. Thank you!

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  13. Beautiful story and phots as always!

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  14. Love this story. When are you going to put it into book form?

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    1. As soon as I'm finished with it :) Won't take long anymore.

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  15. Great story and photos...I hope you do turn it into a book!

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  16. I love those photos. Your people sure do know how to put a a show Don't they?

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  17. I have really enjoyed all our Queen of the Frozen Heart stories. I hope you continue the series for a long time to come. We learn a lot about the characters and your stories are always so good.

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  18. What a teaser! When do we get the next part of the story?!?!

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  19. Fantastic writing and photos. You evoke such vivid images with your words

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  20. What an interesting story. Can't wait for the next part.

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  21. I love following your stories - I could just imagine this one playing out in my head.

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  22. Uh oh, she's in for a ride it sounds like!!! This is the kind of book you don't want to stop reading. I love that you post it in parts for us. I've been so ubercrazyswamped that I've got some catching up to do, so I like that you post the back links too!

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  23. This is such an intriguing story! I love the photography to go with the story as well!

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  24. I am really enjoying this story and the pictures compliment it really well!

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  25. Love all your photographs going with the story... they are just perfect.

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  26. I love folk tales like this one because they help to pass down stories via an oral tradition. This is such an interesting story.

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  27. The photos with the stories, as I have said before are amazing, it is almost like you are there as you read it silently to yoursef x

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  28. Great story and photos, I definitely need to read it all!

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  29. What a great story and you've developed it beautifully over time... :-)

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  30. I will try to read from the start. Hopefully I be able to finish it before the next one comes out :)

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  31. I always make a cup of tea now before sitting down with one of your posts. Spellbinding as ever.

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  32. I love the images that go with your story. Catching up with the parts I missed

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  33. I have missed some - need to go back and catch up, but love the photos

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