Michael smiled quietly to himself as he felt Raphael moving a bit closer.
"At noon the boy said, 'I'll go to see my lunch a bit further to see if there's more good wood there.' His father told him to go ahead, and so he went.
"The boy sat down under the tree, happily eating his rather small meal. Then, suddenly, he heard a voice. The voice, very quiet, was saying, 'Let me out! Let me out!'
"The boy looked around himself and noticed a small bottle between the roots of the tree he was sitting under. The voice seemed to be coming from the bottle. As he picked up the bottle, he saw a tiny figure inside it, still shouting, 'Let me out!' And, of course, he took away the stopper.
"In an instant, the figure inside grew out of the bottle. It formed a very formidable man, almost as tall as the trees. With a booming voice, it said, 'You have left me out after three thousand years of imprisonment. And, for that, I'll have to cut your head off.' The creature -- a spirit or demon of some kind -- showed the boy a very sharp sword.
"'But what!" exclaimed the boy. 'Shouldn't I get a reward?'"
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Date: 2006-01-21 05:16 am (UTC)"At noon the boy said, 'I'll go to see my lunch a bit further to see if there's more good wood there.' His father told him to go ahead, and so he went.
"The boy sat down under the tree, happily eating his rather small meal. Then, suddenly, he heard a voice. The voice, very quiet, was saying, 'Let me out! Let me out!'
"The boy looked around himself and noticed a small bottle between the roots of the tree he was sitting under. The voice seemed to be coming from the bottle. As he picked up the bottle, he saw a tiny figure inside it, still shouting, 'Let me out!' And, of course, he took away the stopper.
"In an instant, the figure inside grew out of the bottle. It formed a very formidable man, almost as tall as the trees. With a booming voice, it said, 'You have left me out after three thousand years of imprisonment. And, for that, I'll have to cut your head off.' The creature -- a spirit or demon of some kind -- showed the boy a very sharp sword.
"'But what!" exclaimed the boy. 'Shouldn't I get a reward?'"