Corvus: Lapis parvus
The young lad stormed out of his father’s house. He leaped over the wire fence, and rushed into the meadow. He rushed over to lay down beneath a jacaranda tree. The sight of the purple flowers put a smile on his face. The sound of birds chirping made his heart feel much more at ease for the time being. He tried to push out all the mean things his older brothers had called him: lapis parvus, a small stone. This upset him, and then what made his day worse was that his elder brothers were all way taller than him, stronger than him, some even told him that they would be much richer than him, too. The young lad felt something irritating underneath his butt. He quickly stood up, and picked up a smooth, but shiny little pebble. He liked the way that it shined in the sunlight. When he heard the sound of a wagon approaching, he hid the small stone in his front pocket. When he finally decided to head back home, he noticed that the house was very quiet. It was eerily silent that if he decided to drop his pebble on the floor, he would be able to hear it. The young lad went to check the kitchen, no body was there. He even checked the bedrooms, and they were also empty. He ran back out of his house, tried calling out for his brothers, but then decided to just enjoy his time of peace and freedom. Suddenly, there was a loud piercing roar that echoed all around. This frightened the young lad. He ran and hid underneath the kitchen table. Then he thought to himself: I need to go outside, and protect the jacaranda tree. So, he leaped out of the house through the open kitchen window, and ran toward the meadow. He tried to run as fast as his feet would go, and when he finally made it at his favorite spot— he made sure to look around for any signs of danger- then he spotted it: some kind of strange looking human. It towered over him, and the house. The young lad gulped. He wondered if this thing had eaten his family. He wanted to turn back around, and hide from it before it had spotted him. Alas, before he could hide, he heard the giant say: Halt. You there. I challenge you to defeat me. The kid turned around, and said: I am a poor boy. I need to head back home, and do not accept your challenge. The giant laughed, and clapped his hands, then said: You will have to fight me here, right now, lad. With no where to run, or hide~ the young lad sighed. He would just have to fight the giant with…something. At first he thought to himself: Maybe I can try to ask the birds to help me defeat the giant. All they have to do is peck out his eyes. The young lad shook his head. He did not know how to ask the birds for help. Then he remembered he did have something to use. He started to run toward the giant. At this moment, the giant had been laughing at the sight of the kid running toward him. The young lad also had something else in his pocket which he liked to use when he had wanted to hit bigger objects like a heavy beehive that had lots of honey. He pulled it out of his pocket, along with the pebble. He placed the pebble in his shooter, a device that he had made with some branches, and a piece of rope. He pulled back on his device with the pebble placed in a pocket like part, and then let go. The pebble shot through the air with the speed of a bullet. It landed right in the center of the giant’s forehead. The giant was not laughing anymore. It fell backward onto its back, and the ground shook, almost making the kid land on his butt onto the ground. But he had managed to center and steady his feet firmly on the meadow’s ground. He smiled, leaped, and kicked the back of the heels of his feet in the air. He recalled now that his father had a sword in one of the kitchen cabinets. The kid took off like he was being chased by a pack of hungry wolves. He grabbed the sword from one of the the kitchen cabinets, and ran back outside. When he was back in the meadow, he made sure to check first if the giant was still breathing. It’s heart was not beating anymore. The young lad climbed on top of the giant, and plunged the sword deep into the giant’s belly. This created a hole big enough for anyone in the giant’s belly to escape. The sunlight beamed into the hole making the hole much more visible even from the inside of the giant’s belly. The young lad’s brothers were happy to be rescued. When they finally all climbed out of there, they were shocked to see their little brother standing in the meadow looking like a newly appointed knight to King Arthur. From that day forward, the young lad’s older brothers never made fun of their little brother ever again.
29/05/2025 Thorsday.