The Legend of Mira

It was a clear, bright and enchanting autumn day. A young stork had been busy delivering children across Jamaa, and now it was her turn to bear a blossoming child. Storks are known to be devoted parents, returning to the same nest each year, but the father had failed to come. For during his hunt for fish, he feathers were torn, and was later killed by an alligator. The mother, after bringing her child, Mira into the world, awaited her husband. He did not come. Days passed, and the mother stork had to feed her child herself. However, after much exhaustion her wings failed her, and she dropped to the ground and dissolved into the earth. A young boy, Zios, found the abandoned Mira, and fled home with her. He took such great care of her, and after a while Mira wished to be a woman. Zios went out to retrieve fish for her, but failed to return. This brought Mira memories of her mother and father, what if Zios would suffer the same fate? She cried tears, which fell to the ground, growing into dark areas of pollution. She flew in search for Zios, but there he was, crashed to the ground, blood flowing out of his arms and legs as the pollution dragged him to the ground.

A single tear emerged from his eye.