The Conch Of Life
The Tree Of Life
Millennium ago when the world was still new, a spirit was born under the Tree of Life.
The Tree of Life had produced the many lives that now roamed the world aimlessly. This new one would be the last one the Tree produces, it decided, for a while at least.
The little white smoke of light grew slowly over hundreds of years, nurtured by the Tree of Life. Gradually the white smoke took a form, a small boy with wings of pure light.
The Tree was delighted and continued nurturing the small boy who now called himself White.
The Tree could not speak, but the boy could understand it just fine. For thousands of years the boy lived alone with the Tree. He ate its fruits, drank from the stream nearby and played with the critters living in the Tree.
One spring afternoon, the boy hid within the shadows of the tree when he saw something different. Something he had never seen before. Two more beings, just like him. They passed quickly before he could bring himself out of his stupor.
White
Who were those, Oh Old Tree?
"Humans" the old tree answered.
"Do you want to be?" the Tree asked.
White
Maybe…will I have someone like those two beside me?
"If you want".
The Tree seemed to glow gently and a small sphere of light landed on White's hands, and turned into a conch.
White had seen conchs before, his bird friends had brought a few for him from the far sea. This one was the biggest he had ever seen.
White
What is this Old Tree?
"Something to help you find your pair, your soulmate"
The Tree didn't answer. Instead a sphere of light surrounded White, and he disappeared, still clutching the conch in his hands.
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