The lion with the red eyes

The lion with the red eyes

A somali story with the aid of amina shirdon

A very long term ago, there was a small village in somalia in eastern africa. On the edge of the village there was wealthy farmland in which the humans grew their vegetation and tended to their sheep. The village was very beautiful but it is able to also be very dangerous, and it become occasionally tough to defend the crops and the sheep from neighbouring villagers or risky thieves. There was even communicate approximately dragons that might come within the night and burn the crops and devour all the sheep and goats.

With the intention to defend themselves from such risks, the villagers raised lions from delivery who later have become guardians of the land. The lions have been robust and proud and looked after the vegetation and the animals and saved the village secure. They were loyal to each other and might combat to the demise if ever it became needed.

But in the future, a lion cub become born who became one-of-a-kind from the others. Unlike the rest of the pleasure, this lion became born with red eyes that glowed like hearth. This made the other lions uncomfortable and so they named the abnormal cub bahdoon this means that one who is born far from his domestic. They named the little cub bahdoon because they felt as if he did no longer belong with them within the village.

Existence was not clean for bahdoon, he was dealt with badly and by no means invited to play with the alternative cubs. He grew up lonely and became always reminded that he turned into extraordinary. His pink eyes singled him out from the rest of the delight and the imply cubs could frequently call him names and play tricks on him.

In the end it became determined that bahdoon must be banished from the pleasure, and so he become instructed to go away the village and never to return.

Negative bahdoon entered the jungle all by way of himself to start his new life of solitude. He was very sad, and regularly very lonely, but as a minimum he changed into no longer surrounded by means of the other lions who constantly made amusing of his red eyes and usually reminded him that he was special.

The years exceeded and bahdoon grew into a big, sturdy lion. He changed into very good at searching and made a lifestyles for himself within the jungle. But he turned into constantly lonely and would regularly stroll to the edge of the jungle at night time to look down upon his old village. He would recognize the brave lions status guard over the animals and the plants, and he wanted with all his coronary heart that he may want to join them and be widely wide-spread returned into the pride.

It turned into on one such night time that bahdoon first saw the fierce dragon swoop out of the starless sky and assault the village, burning homes and plants with flames from its mouth, and snatching sheep from the ground with its sharp talons earlier than disappearing into the night.

The lions attempted their fine to protect the village, but the dragon changed into too fast and too strong. A number of the lions were killed that first night time as bahdoon watched helplessly from the jungle.

The dragon attacked again the subsequent night time, and time and again, till the villagers were too afraid to pop out of their houses. Some of the animals have been now long past, and the lions had suffered significantly in seeking to defend the village; maximum had been killed and the rest have been very badly injured.

That night time, bahdoon crept near the village beneath cover of the tall timber that covered the edge of the jungle. He kept one eye on the night sky at all times and listened for the flapping of the dragon’s wings at the nevertheless air. He felt strong and determined, and he instructed himself that this night he might ruin the fierce dragon and repair peace to his liked village another time.

It became then that bahdoon summoned all of his strength, all of his bravery and determination. Simply because the dragon swooped low above the village, bahdoon charged out from the jungle and roared with all of his coronary heart. The dragon turned into amazed and scared to peer  flaming eyes come dashing out of the jungle, and the roar of the courageous lion struck worry into its cold heart.

Bahdoon leapt up into the air and wrapped his sturdy paws across the dragon’s tail and pulled the beast to the floor. The courageous lion and the fierce and evil dragon were locked in battle, however the dragon quickly misplaced its power when faced with one of these skilled warrior.

Bahdoon was too robust and brave for the dragon who became now not used to such an adversary.

To be continued: