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The village chief sent two men along with the child after everyone had given their suggestions regarding his fate, and they agreed on the most suitable proposal: to hand him over to Canila's family under the pretense that he was her son. The two men arrived, and since that day happened to be the day of her funeral, they found the entire family gathered at her father's house. They saw it as a golden opportunity to inform them all about the matter. The door was open, so they entered without permission, for they were messengers of the village chief.
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A little boy blocked their way and stopped them, saying:
- Stop, stop. What do you think you're doing? Haven't you learned the manners of entering other people's homes?
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One of the men replied angrily:
- What? It seems the ill-mannered one here is you, you little brat. Get out of our way. We carry a message from the village chief for your family.
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- Go back to your chief and tell him that this is not a time for carrying out one of his annoying errands. Haven't you heard what happened?
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The two men looked at him angrily because of his stubborn behavior. One of them even wanted to strike him and push past him by force, but before he could do so, the boy's mother came after hearing him talking to someone. She looked at them in confusion and said:
-James, what is it? What do they want? Why are they shouting at my son?
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One of the men spoke politely:
- We have an important message from the village chief for your family regarding this infant. He has something to do with your late daughter.
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- He has something to do with Canila? Very well, come in. The whole family is here.
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They entered the room where the family was gathered and got straight to the point. One of the men said:
- Listen, all of you, the Zinyar family. The village chief has sent us to deliver this infant to you so that you may raise him. We found him at the crime scene.
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The child, James, immediately objected:
- I knew from the beginning that that foolish chief hadn't sent you here for anything good. What nonsense is this? At first, you said he had something to do with Canila. Just because he was found at the crime scene doesn't mean he has anything to do with her. We will not raise this devil's child. Leave this place.
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- This infant is your sister son. Therefore, you are the ones who should take care of him. Everything we have found so far indicates that he is her son.
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Every member of the family looked at them in astonishment and confusion. They all knew that Canila had never had children. The father was the only one who understood what they meant, and he said angrily:
- Watch your mouth, or I'll break it for you. Are you falsely accusing my daughter of betrayal? She was not that kind of person, nor would she ever have done such a thing. This is just one of your schemes to rid yourselves of this cursed infant. Just as James said, leave before I make you regret it.
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- Falsely accused her, you say? Then tell us, proud sir, why your daughter disappeared from her home for all those months, and when she returned, this infant appeared. You all saw her corpse as well, and the shape of her belly suggested childbirth. Is that enough for you, or should I continue? Hm? And old Nero, whom you deal with all the time and who is the most obsessed person with gathering news, confirmed your daughter's affair with a foreign man. That also explains this infant's appearance. Is all of that one of our schemes too?
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The father knew that what they were saying was true, but he refused to admit it because it would bring him disgrace. So he denied their words and drove them out of his house.
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The two men did not wish to press him any further out of fear, for he was one of the strongest men in the village. They returned to their chief in disappointment. On their way back, one of them remembered another suggestion the chief had mentioned: giving the child to one of the wet nurses. He shared the idea with the other man, who immediately agreed. At the very least, it was better than returning empty-handed.
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And literally, the same thing that had happened with the Zinyar family happened with the wet nurses to whom they offered the child. Every one of them firmly refused for several reasons. Some refused out of fear of him, others out of contempt, and also because he was an orphan with no parents, making him difficult to raise.
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In the end, they returned to the chief's house exactly as they had left it, with the child still in their arms after everyone had rejected him:
- Forgive us, sir. We couldn't convince them. They rejected him and disowned him. We even offered him to several wet nurses, but it was useless. Everyone fears him and hates him.
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- My God... I knew this would happen. No one will accept him after everything they've heard about him. And now what? Do they expect me to take him in? And you two, why did you bring him back to me? Do I look like I run a nursery? Get this bad omen away from me. Get rid of him, or one of you take him. Why should I accept him when even his own family wouldn't?
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Even the two men had no desire to take care of him. So what did they do? Without a shred of humanity, they took him to the forest near the village and left him at its entrance to be devoured by wild animals. Then each of them returned home as though nothing had happened. That forest was filled with ferocious beasts, and the villagers said they often heard strange sounds coming from it—neither human nor animal—which was why they feared entering it. Even the two men did not venture inside. They left the child only at the entrance, believing it to be their final solution for getting rid of him.
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But the next day, a man from the village woke up early in the morning and headed off to work. After eating breakfast and saying goodbye to his wife as usual, he took the road that always passed by that great forest. As he did every time he reached its entrance, he sat for a few minutes, admiring its beauty. Despite everything people said about it, it was beautiful, lush, and pleasing to the eye.
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But this time, while sitting there, he noticed several carcasses of wild animals near the entrance, something he had never seen before. He approached cautiously and witnessed a strange sight: a child in perfect condition, surrounded by several dead beasts. The man recognized who the child was, but he could not understand what he was doing there or how he had ended up surrounded by the bodies of those animals. He picked him up and carried him back to the village, then brought him into his home and told his wife what had happened. She became frightened of the child and ordered her husband to return him to the place where he had found him. By then, however, he had already missed work, so he felt too weary to go all the way back. Instead, he decided to leave the child somewhere else inside the village. When news of this reached the chief and the two men, they were all shocked and became convinced that there was a secret behind this cursed child greater than any crime.
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And so, six years passed since his birth. Every time they tried to get rid of him, it was in vain. They would leave him in some dangerous place, only to find him the next day in perfect condition. They tried everything with him. They even left him for an entire month without food or water, yet it had no effect on him, as though some unseen force was feeding him, giving him water, caring for him, and protecting him from every danger.
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As their fear of him grew, they even tried to kill him with a sword. Yet every single time, just a few centimeters before the blade reached his neck, the sword would shatter on its own. At that point, they lost all hope of getting rid of him. But their wicked schemes did not end there. When he reached the age of six, their goal changed. Instead of wanting to kill him, they decided to exploit him for hard labor. At the very least, they could benefit from him instead of continuing their failed attempts to murder him. That idea, too, had come from the village chief.
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Every year, the villagers celebrated the blessings that had been bestowed upon their village during an annual festival known as the Festival of Abundance. On that day, everyone gathered to practice the rituals and beliefs inherited from their fathers and forefathers, offering prayers and words of gratitude to their gods, hoping that their blessings and abundant harvests would never cease.
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That year, however, the chief saw the gathering of the villagers as an opportunity that should not be wasted. After the ceremony had ended, he stood before them and brought up the matter that had weighed heavily on all their hearts at the time: the matter of the cursed boy, the child upon whom they had tried every possible means of disposal, yet he remained alive, growing only healthier and stronger, as though some unseen force refused to let him die.33Please respect copyright.PENANAykGy7zNnLX


