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Thank you's today go to The Red Rose Alchemist. The story today is "Loo-wit, the fire keeper." The characters are as follows: Britain as Loo-wit, France and Spain as the brothers, and Grandpa Rome as the god. Hope you like!
England, the fire keeper
Long ago when the world was young the creator, a god called Rome, gave all of the living everything that would make them happy. The weather was always pleasant, there was always enough food for everyone, and everyone had their own space. There were two brothers however, named France and Spain, who became greedy and fought over the same land. As the brothers fought, they would draw in their friends to join their respective side until soon it looked as if war was going to start.
Rome was not pleased with this, so one night he took the brothers and their friends to the top of a mountain. When the brothers awoke that morning, they saw the most beautiful land that they had ever seen. Rome then told the brothers to each shoot an arrow off mountain, and wherever it landed would be that brother's land.
Spain was the first to shoot, sending his arrow to the south of the large river. After doing so, he and his friends and their families left for that side; where they formed their own tribe.
Following Spain's lead, France shot his arrow, sending it to the North side of the river. He and his followers then left to form their tribe.
The two tribes were happy with this for a long time, which made Rome happy. To show that they were at peace, Rome created a large stone bridge to connect the two sides. He then told the tribes, "As long as there is peace in your hearts, this bridge will stand."
For many, many years the two tribes lived in peace; trading and visiting with eachother as the members please. Then one day, France looked over at Spain's land and thought, 'His land is better than mine.' On the same day, Spain looked over at France's land and thought, 'his land is more beautiful than mine.' This only caused the two of them to quarrel again.
Again this made Rome upset, so he made the sky eternally dark and took away the fire from everyone who was wicked at heart. Due to this, all of their plants withered as they grew cold and suffered.
At last the two brothers began to beg for their fire back, promising to return to peace. Rome heard this and went to the only house where there was still fire.
The house belonged to an old man named Britain, who had decided to stay out of their fighting and was not greedy. When Rome approached him, he said, "If you go to the bridge and share your fire, I will give you anything that you ask for."
After thinking a few moments, Britain responded, "I will do as you ask if you make me young and handsome again."
Rome did this, and for the next several days Britain stood on the stone bridge and gave the two tribes fire. As he did this, the sky began to lighten and the brothers and their tribes lived in peace.
One day however, France decided to see Britain himself. When he did, he fell madly in love with him and decided to make the man marry him. On the same day, Spain decided to meet Britain and also fell in love with the man. When asked, Britain said that he could not choose who he liked more; causing the two brothers to fight again.
When Rome saw this he was not merely upset, but outraged that the two of them were still fighting. In a fit of rage, he broke the stone bridge. He then took the two brothers to their respective sides and turned them into mountains. The brothers still continued to fight after this, throwing rocks and fire at eachother and in some places almost blocked the river.
Britain was heartbroken over what happened, blaming his young looks. It soon came that he could not find rest with the others tribes people and left to wallow in self pity. Rome took pity on Britain, so he turned the man also into a mountain and placed him in between the two brothers. Here he slept peacefully for many centuries with the two brothers. Britain was still aware however, so from then on he was in charge of keeping peace between the two brothers and all who decided to come to their mountain range.
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