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Wednesday, 12 November 2014

ELT212 (Chapter 8: The life of a shepherd)



The flashback continue with a baby was born in the family of shepherd. He grew into a cheerful child and was loved by his parent. His father told him bed time story every night before his sleep. The boy followed his father on the journey of shepherd since he was six. When the boy reached eight, he went on his own journey as a shepherd. On that day, his father gave him a flock of twelve sheep and his mother bid him farewell with pool of tears. He bought sheep from trader, raised them, fasten them with tree at night, sold his sheep to the trader when they were fairly grown to earn some bucks. On the journey, the boy acquainted with many people, the trade, other shepherd, the baker and  the farmer. After two years of journey, he reached a kingdom of chaos. The kingdom can be divided into two region, the south and the north. The people in the kingdom fight for food and the city was always in war. He gave his sheep to the people. The good deed that he made was heard by the chief of the kingdom. The chief invited him into the castle. The honestly of the chief impressed the shepherd. They became friends. They swear to solve the crisis that happened in the kingdom together. Through many tries in increasing their harvest, they failed. Being inspired by the screen of a dog hunting his prey, the blond shepherd came with an idea of cut down the population of people in the kingdom. At first, they started with sentence the prisoner to death. But the population is increasingly too rapidly. To solve the problem completely, the boy invented a time of killing. He used his mathematical knowledge that he learnt on the journey as a shepherd and word together with the chief to calculate the period of time. Considering the time of cropping, they decided to set the time at night. Thus212 was created. Natural disaster that happened in the world at that time causes many people in the world live in hunger. Their livestock were washed by the flood, their houses were damaged by the flood, and their crops wilt because of the inconsistent change of weather. The boy received the news that his village was being harmed by the flood. Thus, the boy sent a letter to invite his parent to live with him. His parent came to the kingdom and was given a grand reception. One night, the boy’s parent who was uninformed about 212 went out. They were killed. The blond who was informed about the death of his parent by the chief remained silent in the whole meeting. After the meeting ended, he left the kingdom and headed to the murky forest near the castle. The boy stopped in front of a wilted pine tree. There was a shadow appeared the front of the boy.
“In returning of your help to the kingdom, I’ll grant you a wish with one prohibition, bringing the death alive is forbidden. But, you have to be responsible for the sinless death you caused. Wish and penalty, you can’t run from it, which one do you prefer first?”
“I want to leave this world without remembering a thing.”
“You have a big wish here, kid, I’ll grant your wish but it has an expiration time.”
“How long is the expiration?”
“Ten years. And I’ll call you back to repent for the sin you plant.”
“...”
              

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