Journey to the West Mid-lands

THURSDAY,6TH OF JANUARY,2022
14:06 PM

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The fact that he was hungry was in all sincerity the very least of his worries. He had walked two-and-a half miles without stopping. And to be frank and candid, he was no where close to his destination. He left home aiming to bring back a big catch, one that he thought might last them almost a week. That was what he hoped for.

Then suddenly he saw a creature moving eastwards and decided to hunt it down. He had established a good reputation as one of the best if not the greatest hunters of all time. But gradually, over the past month, things had drastically changed, he no longer had successful hunting trips and on the few occasions he did, there weren't enough for the feeding of his family talk less of well wishers and other villagers who came to greet him. Although the famine in the land was evident, it had all along been coming and on top of this, his reckless spending lifestyle was indeed threatening to bring an unfortunate hardship on him and return back to square one. Three days back, he visited the palace possibly to make the latest episode in his ever growing series of misfortune known to the king, but the kind of receptiveness he got from the king was far from hostile, rather was it hospitable, thus casting doubts on whether at all things were fine with him. He was the king, yes of course, there was virtually no doubt about that, but the king shouldn't have been experiencing penury just like other normal people in the community, he thought.

Now his thoughts suddenly was grinded to a halt, not that he was becoming bored but because the creature he was expertly trailing all this while had disappeared into thin air. He shook his head in utter disarray, he had once again been outsmarted and fooled. He was at crossroads, one to the left and the other to the right, he then held his pulse, thought for a second, and decided to take right. He had hardly taken 10 steps to the path, before spotting the creature again.

Without thinking twice, he fired a straight bullet at the creature but luckily for it, the bullet missed a few inches and seconds. He was once again dumbfounded, he had never had a straight glance and pulled the trigger and only end up missing. He was an amateur, a professional, he hardly missed his target, but now he did. What a shocker!!! He thought. Another sign of Ill luck.

The signs had been coming, he stumbled on a stone, the moment he took the path that led to the forest, it was a bad omen, he knew, he should have returned home but there was not also a single glimmer of hope at home.

Having been narrowly lucky, the creature was fully aware of the threat, and thus resolved to walk faster without leaving any clues behind. But the hunter was very smart, he had mastered the art of figuring out wherever animals passed even without them leaving behind any clues. He had surely not lost the trait, if there was any doubt it should have been whether luck would be on his side. He learnt the secret art from his father. A gallant, brave and courageous hunter who had travelled far and wide, caught a lot of deadly animals by only using his antics.

Then the creature turned sharply into a cave, he duly followed but before he could phantom what was happening, the creature had cleverly escaped his sight. On realizing this, he decided to go back out of the cave but discovered the path was complicated and confusing.

Now his urge to masticate had doubled. Sadly he sat down somewhere, resigned to fate and waited for the surest thing - death. At that particular point, he was rattled to find out that there was a sudden new bright path out very much in his front. He stood up and followed, turning always to any inviting path, and before he knew it, he was out of the cave.

He started to thank his chi, and suddenly he remembered his present predicament. No average human being could have survived having not tasted food for such a long period. There he stood soliloquizing and then the moment came, he looked up and behold he saw another baffling thing. A gigantic building in the middle of the forest. He decided to have a look.

To his sheer amazement, when he got there he could smell the great aroma of what was being cooked. And the next thing that came to his mind was to finally lay his hands on the food and satisfy his increasingly hunger stricken stomach, he knew there was no average human that could have survived the on - slaught of the stomach. He should probably be long dead. How on Earth was he still alive.

Then he remembered he had not a dime with him and positioning his gaze as if to turn backwards, he saw a bold inscription that read thus:

"There are varieties of food here, simply walk in and eat, it is free of charge. Your ancestors have paid for it already. "

Wow, he thought and made way for the entrance. It was true, he was served a whole lot of delicious meal, one he had never tasted his whole life. He ate and ate and ate to his complete satisfaction. When he was done, he was also packaged a big take -away for his wife and kids.

Then as he turned sharply to leave, he was told he hadn't paid.

"What, I saw an inscription telling me my ancestors had already paid, then I need not worry"

" Yes, your ancestors have paid actually for you and so you need to pay the price also for your offsprings"

Unable to find the perfect response, he just stood there starring at the floor!!!!!

Conclusion

His journey can be related to the real world. Parents pay the price for their own children, and so they need to pay as well and complete their own side of the chain. This way the chain keeps on going until the end of the world.

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