Chapter 1
There was only mist and
dew that morning.The
forest's leaves were covered by the dew drops and mist swarmed in
between the trees.
It
was early spring and the forest was just beginning to regain life.
The
deer were mating, the fawns leaping, the rabbits hopping, the foxes,
cats and wolves stalking. Life that had basically died during the
long, harsh winter was being reborn.
But
beneath the trees, two shadows appeared one from the north and one
from the south.
As
soon as the figures appeared, they tried to push away the mist, and
then the mist came shrouding back, covering them until a word was
spoken.
The
mist around the two figures, as if lifted by hands, was draped
upwards.
But,
the animals still had mist surrounding them, not knowing exactly
where enemies were. At the sight of the figures, the animals turned
and ran, knowing that if they stayed around to much, that the
figures, even though good people, that they would do anything
for their privacy.
Speaking
in whispers, the two figures didn't leave till an hour and a half
later, each summoning a horse, then galloping off, the mist draping
back, like the curtain, closing the play.