Dream Fantasy - Collection of Short Stories

Short Stories 5: I Was Branded by The Pig

I was just a man. A simple but ambitious man. I was loved, known and loved by all. I solved everyone problem, gave them knowledge. Gave everyone what they want and freedom. I tell them that there is no above or below between us and the others, there no status among fellow brethren, there no master and there no servant.

Everyone is free to live as how they want to be, there no boundaries when it come to getting knowledge and information. This is the only thing that could make us create and have a brighter future.

Everyone life is just humble, perfect and peaceful until one day came a pig with a load of money.

He was a merchant from outside our country, came to bring all kind of things and new stories from where he came or when on his journey. As epic as his stories goes, some of my people somehow believe in him.

Some of his stories is about a man who has a lot of wives is a filthy man and a woman has a lot of husbands is a witch.

To me, a man can have a lot of wives or a wife has a lot of husbands is acceptable as long as they take their responsibilities really well. The husband who has a lot of wives' musts can provide equal love and wealth to each of his wives and children. While a woman has a lot of husbands also can provide equal love and care for every husband and her children. If everyone in the relationship is happy about it, what's wrong with it?

Other stories were about above all human there is a greater being and everyone must feel thankful and pay gratitude to it because the greater being provide all human shelter and food made by his own skin and bone.

To me, if he was so great and powerful, why didn't it show up and help my fellow villager during they feel hopeless? What's so great about this greater being who was never been around or seen. I live more than a thousand years helping human around the world to improve their lives but I never have seen or meet this so called greater being.

One day morning, I ask my fellow villager to have a meeting in the village townhall. After everyone come and sat on their chair, I told what need to be told and what need to be taught. Everyone was glad and satisfied with all the thing I told them. Soon after the meeting is done, everyone was about to leave but suddenly blocked by greedy merchant and his bandit that he paid at least a gold coin per person.

He states that the man who stand in the middle of the hall was evil incarnate.

The villagers were angry but the greedy merchant said he has a proof that saying I am truly evil being. He takes out some scroll that looks old and authentically real as if it came from some king wanted person to execute and read what's written on it to my villagers to listens.

After he read the nonsense writing who knows where it came from or who written it, more than half of my villagers believes the greedy merchant tale. He also promises, if anyone believe him and come to his side, he will promise to give a gold coin to improve their livings. At this moment, he who was always put his trust onto the people around him, who lived with him in the same village, who he helps before this has no loyalty or felt any gratitude toward him.

Only few who stayed with him and mostly single woman who was genuinely in love with him and a few men and also some of the man is who has physical problem cause by unexpected accident while working, injuries after hunting for food or cause by natural disaster that he had help to heal before. They are loyal to him and won't be blind by gold and cheap story telling. After the merchant saw that he can't bribe all of the villagers to go with him, he shouts to his own man to lock those not come with him in the town hall.

The merchant yell to his man, telling them to burn the town hall to the ground. They get the flaming torches and set it on fire. There is a lot of scream and cries for help but the merchant ends up laughing saying, "He was the devil, the man and woman was his demon and witches! So, I've come to burned them and send them back to hell to where they belong!"

Blinded by gold, the villagers who believes the merchant lies clapping and cheers for him.