============================================================== To reach ALL SJD members, please send to sjd@satjadham.net ... Do NOT include any other addresses when sending to the list... Include as LITTLE of the original messages as possible........ Message sent by: Douangdeuane Khamvongsa *** Announcement: *** Please send your member fee to Victor if you haven't done so. ============================================================== Konkoi the Ghost part III "Konkoi," the Great God said, "Your prison has become your home. These creatures I commanded you to protect have become your friends. You are free to stay or go as you wish, it is your decision." "Go or stay, I can't decide. Please help me lord." "The decision is made my child. Here in this field and out in the world you will be Konkoi the immortal, and free. When you leave this magic field to enter the forest you will become, as you were, Konkoi the Ghost guardian of my forest. It is for you to decide when you will be the youth and when you will be the ghost." Konkoi accepted his god's decision and from that day on he divided his time between the wide world and the confines of his masters' forest. Once again he was known for his mischief, annoying Shaya, Queen of the Dragons and angering the Great God with his slow response when summonsed. He was the life and music of any gathering of immortals and all remembered their love for him but noticed a change in many of his attitudes. Konkoi had found a place where he was needed and wanted a place where he felt at home. Konkoi had found a place to call his own and he was content. Ages passed and Konkoi continued to return to his forest. Caring for the mighty trees and helping all the little creatures who made their home in the forest. Great sheets of ice descended from the north covering much of the forest but then retreated leaving a mighty river in a deep channel which the ice had cut into the land. After the ice retreated Konkoi began the replanting of the damaged forest. Other young immortals would call to him to come and join their merriment but Konkoi didn't hear them. He was devoted to his task and to his forest. After Eons of labor Konkoi could once again hover high in the sky and see nothing but forest from horizon to horizon and he was content. One day as Konkoi bathed in the lake of his enchanted field the Great God came to him dressed in the form of a golden youth. The god explained that the world was changing and that new creatures walked the land. These creatures were called man, hunters and farmers who would worship the gods giving strength to all the immortals. They will inhabit all the lands of this world, your endless forest and the river that runs through it shall be the cradle of a people dear to me. Allow them the lands between the forest and the river. There they may farm and hunt immune from your laws. When they enter your forest then they must obey your laws or suffer a punishment that you deem to fit their crime. So it was that people came to the land of the forest and the river Konkoi watched their activities. He was puzzled by these puny creatures. They cleared the land between the forest and the river then planted tall grasses. Once the grasses had reached a certain height the men cut them down. This the Great God said was farming, the man saved the seeds of the grass and ate it. The stems were used for weaving cloth and feeding the many beasts that the men kept for food. Konkoi spent many hours each day watching the men as their labors caused them to move closer to the forest. Konkoi was most concerned when he saw the females collecting dead wood, which they burned to cook their food and warm their huts. Fire is the natural enemy of the forest and the trees tremble at the thought of it. Konkoi heard the trees fear. He begged his god for help. "Lord." he called. "Soon these men of yours will be cutting my trees for wood and to plant their silly grasses. What should I do Lord?" "Teach them your law Konkoi, teach them your law" was the only answer he received." To be continue...... Now that Konkoi got a green light to enforce his laws. Do you know what they are? I think you better keep your pants on for this one. => See you, TheDeon _ ***************************************************************** Visit SatJaDham Homepage at: http://www.satjadham.org (or .net) *****************************************************************