Real History: How City Dwelling Humans Became Rural Savages

“It’s way out!” shrieked Mari. “Come, look! This has to be the place.”

For as long as the eleven year old could remember, his family had been uprooting and trekking. They had turned their backs on the city. No sooner did they find a choice spot to settle, than others would come and edge them out.

This time, it had been a marathon adventure. For weeks they had skirted the coast, travelling east, before coming upon a virgin land of high, awesome peaks.

The setting was terrifyingly wild.

In from the beach, they entered a gorge. It was raging, so much water. Hopefully, they might reach the interior of this passage.

For a full two days, they negotiated it. The beauty of the terrain overwhelmed them. Mid-morning on the third day their passage was blocked by a foaming  tributary which exited between cliffs. Finding a ledge, they turned along it.

At times, the ledge widened into sandbanks overhung with trees. Songsters unseen enticed them forward. There was a raucous shriek, as two winged giants sw…