Tales of Akkadia - The two brothers

Posted on 29 May 2019 @ 12:52pm by Commander Allyndra illm Warraquim

515 words; about a 3 minute read

“Computer one tales of Akkadia”

This tale takes place before the great houses came to be, before the rise of the A’ksu.

There were two brothers who inherited their family land. The two brothers divided the land in half and each one farmed his own section. Over time, the older brother married and had six children, while the younger brother never married.

One night, the younger brother lay awake. "It's not fair that each of us has half the land to farm," he thought. "My brother has six children to feed and I have none. He should have more of the yield of the crops than I do.

So that night the younger brother went to his barn, gathered a large bundle of blood flower juice, and climbed the hill that separated the two farms and over to his brother's farm. Leaving the juice in his brother's barn, the younger brother returned home, feeling pleased with himself.

Earlier that very same night, the older brother was also lying awake. "It's not fair that each of us has half the land to farm," he thought. "In my old age my wife and I will have our grown children to take care of us, not to mention grandchildren, while my brother will probably have none. He should be able to sell more juice from the fields now so he can provide for himself with dignity in his old age."

So that night, too, he secretly gathered a large amount of juice, climbed the hill, left it in his brother's barn, and returned home, feeling pleased with himself.

The next morning, the younger brother was surprised to see the amount of juice in his barn unchanged. "I must not have taken as much as I thought," he said, bemused. "Tonight I'll be sure to take more."

That very same moment, his older brother was also standing in his barn, musing much the same thoughts.

After night fell, each brother gathered a greater amount than before from his barn and in the dark, secretly delivered it to his brother's barn. The next morning, the brothers were again puzzled and perplexed.

"How can I be mistaken?" each one scratched his head. "There's the same amount of is here as there was before! This is impossible! Tonight I'll make no mistake - I'll take every bit. That way I'll be sure the juice gets delivered to my brother."

The third night, more determined than ever, each brother gathered everything from his barn, loaded it onto a cart, and slowly pulled his haul through the fields and up the hill to his brother's barn. At the top of the hill, under ring rise each noted a figure coming toward them. Who could it be they both wondered.

When the two brothers recognized the form of the other brother and the load he was pulling behind, they realized what had happened. Without a word, they dropped the ropes to their carts and embraced vowing to take care of each other no matter how the future unfolded.

“Computer close log.”

[Log is closed]

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