{"id":3518,"date":"2023-04-24T00:05:16","date_gmt":"2023-04-24T04:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/?p=3518"},"modified":"2023-04-10T10:04:55","modified_gmt":"2023-04-10T14:04:55","slug":"save-me-a-story-trouble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/?p=3518","title":{"rendered":"Save me a Story – Trouble"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is the continuing story of my adventures in the tale: Save me a Story. If you wish to read the introduction to understand what is happening, click this link:\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/p>\r\n

https:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/?p=3431<\/a><\/i><\/span>\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/p>\r\n

Otherwise, I\u2019ve tried to summarize what happened at the beginning of most of the sections of this story. <\/i><\/span>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Trouble<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n

Gathering at the edge of the woods, Ronald and his band of antagonists stopped to assess the situation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Also gathered, not far away, at the edge of the woods, I sat with the protagonists discussing our next step.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Neither of us was aware of the other.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

———<\/p>\r\n

Ronald\u2019s group was discussing what to do next. They had passed a boulder on their travels through the woods with an inscription on it. It said:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Beware the eyes that hold your gaze<\/span><\/em><\/p>\r\n

They\u2019ll fill your mind with naught but haze.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\r\n

The island that you all must seek<\/span><\/em><\/p>\r\n

Holds all the ones of which you speak<\/span><\/em><\/p>\r\n

Where people lived before, now gone<\/span><\/em><\/p>\r\n

Together you must head forlorn.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\r\n

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\u201cDoes anyone know what that last line means?\u201d questioned Ronald. \u201cDoesn\u2019t the word forlorn mean sad? Why should we head somewhere being sad?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cForget that line; We need to find the bloody island,\u201d Hook shouted.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cWhy bother?\u201d cried Cinder\u2019s stepmother, \u201cThey\u2019re all probably dead anyway. Can\u2019t you read it says \u2018now gone\u2019? Do we want to end up just like them?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Coyote, ever the trickster, said, \u201cWe need to find a way to trick the being responsible for all this. Then we can find our own way ahead.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The white witch suggested, \u201cWhy don\u2019t we just set a trap and see who falls into it? I can rustle up some nice Turkish delight and get them under my spell.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

There were more suggestions from most of the other members of Ronald\u2019s so-called team, but no resolution was found.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Ronald, on the other hand, did come up with an idea. \u201cWhy don\u2019t we just go forward and see what happens? I\u2019m sure if we do that, we will run into my friend, and I\u2019ll be able to figure it all out. What could possibly go wrong?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Ronald\u2019s comment made as much sense as everyone else\u2019s, which is usually the case with Ronald\u2019s ideas, at least with ideas he shares with me. And that usually doesn\u2019t end up well\u2026for me. But, like Ronald, thinking of anyone but themselves was not one of their priorities, so they all began moving out of the woods.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

———–<\/p>\r\n

Meanwhile, my group discussed Fox\u2019s message and a possible strategy to deal with this powerful witch.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cFirst, we need to know what we\u2019re up against,\u201d said the Marquis\u2019 cat.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cWe know she\u2019s a witch of sorts, and it was suggested that we don\u2019t look at her when interacting,\u201d I replied.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Jack added, \u201cBut we still need to find the island the fox spoke of.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve almost gone as far north as we can go,\u201d\u00a0 Peter said, \u201cMaybe I should fly ahead and see if I can find it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cI\u2019m not sure, you going alone is a good idea. We don\u2019t know what\u2019s out there. Let\u2019s go a little further together, and if we don\u2019t see anything, we\u2019ll try your idea.\u201d I suggested.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

They all agreed with my idea, and we began to move out of the woods.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

———–<\/p>\r\n

Departing the woods, it didn\u2019t take long for both groups to catch the eyes of each other. And that\u2019s when the trouble began.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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\"\"<\/p>\r\n

Without any hesitation, before I could stop them, both groups started to run at each other. Ronald\u2019s group called out the names and attributes of the characters in my group. My group doing the same as theirs. A few of our group stayed back. None of their group stayed back, except for one person\u2026Ronald.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Having seen me, Ronald circled around the approaching melee and headed toward me.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cWhat are you doing here?\u201d I shouted.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cI was sent here by some woman and the caretaker of Selat to bring you help,\u201d he replied, \u201cand here it is.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cTHIS IS HELP?\u201d I screamed.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cI wasn\u2019t told what kind of help to bring you, but this is what I found. I believe my job is done. By the way, any idea on how I get back home?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

I had no time for Ronald\u2019s foolishness, I had more significant problems now. \u201cJust go back the way you came from. I\u2019m sure someone will help you.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cThat makes sense.\u201d And saying that, Ronald turned and returned to the woods the way he came.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Looking over the scene unfolding before me, I turned to the Pied Piper with no other alternative and asked if he could play a calming tune.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

He took out his flute, put it up to his lips, and whatever music came out of it, I didn\u2019t hear, but all the combatants did. They all seemed to follow the music to where we were. They sat down and proceeded to fall asleep. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

Continued in…Unity?<\/a><\/em><\/p>\r\n

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