Somewhere Among The Stars |
So there's this story on my mind about a boy and his giant hawk-like bird named Zephyr who explore a strange world by sky. Leaving to find more of Zephyr's kind, the boy embarks on a quest retracing the steps of his grandfather who originally took care of her. First he leaves a comfortable small home and heads off to the jungle where his grandfather found the chick and raised it. From there he encounters strange tribal people who get really excited and treat the two to a feast for no apparent reason. But things go from good to bad when they prepare the boy as a delicious sacrifice for his own bird. Zephyr shows a higher thinking intelligence that's not human, more similar to a crow's ability to problem solve. Zephyr frightens the tribal people who attempt to appease again with shiny bits of gold and jewels. Both the boy and bird are from then on pampered and the boy learns there is a connection between Zephyr and the tribal people through the hieroglyphics and images on the wall but doesn't understand what it means. The tribal people and himself speaking completely different languages is a difficult language barrier but eventually the chieftain describes a place similar to the nest, where they believe is the rest of her kind. With this and some very general directions north west, the boy heads off again declining most of the treasures except a small bag of jewels and Zephyr's gold harness she refused to give up.
authors note: I know this is a longer post but i really enjoy thinking about the story of Zephyr. A blank new world that can include just about anything, all discovered by back of a giant hawk. I love stories about mythical beasts and i think some of the story was inspired by the titles of Flight. Flight is a series of short comics having almost nothing to do with this story, but the covers are inspiring depicting a messenger on a giant bird. Yet the world is small, I found this fascinating.
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Cassie
1/27/2017 12:05:50 pm
I really liked hearing about Zephyr. While reading this I would have loved to hear more details about Zephyr. I think this story you created could be a good book and I look forward to hearing more about Zephyr from you.
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