The air is clear, the only sound other than my stumbling footsteps and laboured breathing is the faint rustling of leaves in the treetops as a lazy spring breeze wafts it's way along this fertile valley. At least his path is easy to follow; there is almost a signature to the path of broken branches and trampled undergrowth. Following the debris through a large clearing I feel the warmth of the sun on my face for the first time in weeks and I'm inclined to just stop here and rest a while. But after so long in the close embrace of the jungle I feel a little exposed and I can't rest anyway, he won't and he's up ahead and waiting for me. I can tell he's waiting because it's so quiet. Not even the birds are chirping now. Come to think of it they have been quiet for a while now, odd considering you couldn't have heard me think a couple of days ago. Sorta funny really, then I was wishing they would just shut the hell up, now it's creeping me out.
Pushing aside a leafy branch, the view we have been aproaching for months is finally exposed and I am left speachless. I am standing at what I presume to be the front door of an ancient temple ruins set at the foot of an enormous, snow capped mountain. Large stone blocks are crumbling and covered with thick moss, and the sentrys on duty are severly in need of some reconstructive surgery.
Cautiously I make my approach, not wanting to trip off any of the traps the elders set for any unwary explorers. Just to my left a shadow moves and I freeze...............turning slowly toward the figure the rugged form takes shape and I slowly relax.
Org arches his back and spreading both arms wide he lets out a long, loud, primal bellow.
ALIVE!! As the serenity is shattered trees shudder and release the flocks of toucans and macaws nesting under the camoflage of their lush foliage. Spider monkeys run for cover, tripping over each other in a frenzy not unlike shoppers on the first day of the Myer Stocktake Sale.
Org looks around at me and grins. He motions to follow and heads off. He's a man who doesn't mind letting you know what's on his mind. And obiously he's pretty happy with himself at the moment. That will have to do for now. Hello to anyone who stumbled by.email me!