@LostCityMagic@mastodon.social
2026-08-06 03:29 UTC
mountains. After many days the came to the end of the mountains and found a trail which the older brother knew as the one along which they had been taken when they were first captured. They went bravely now until they came to a wide clearing with houses at the farther end, and the older brother said, "I believe there is where we used to live." It was so long ago that they were not quite sure, and besides they were now dressed the enemy warriors that took them, so they thought it safer to wait
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@LostCityMagic@mastodon.social 2026-08-06 03:30
until dark. They saw a river ahead and went down to it and sat behind a large tree to wait. Soon several women came down for water and passed close to the tree without noticing the boys. Said the older brother, "I know those women. One of them is our mother." They waited until the women had filled their buckets and started to the village, when both ran out to meet them with the hailing shout of hello. At first the women were frightened and thought it a raiding war party,