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− | + | “There was once a girl in the forest who lived alone—no parents, no husband, no children. She worked hard every day, tilling the little field she'd cleared among the trees, keeping her chickens and her one aging cow. But every afternoon came a raven, with dark, unfriendly eyes and black-pinioned wings that made it blend with the shadows. Every afternoon would come by and peck at her field and bother her chickens and cow, and sit atop a branch and caw and caw as if to mock the girl. So she cursed the raven and threw rocks at it, and wished fervently it would go away. | |
Then one day a wolf stalked the woods, and found the girl alone in her home. The girl screamed and wept for someone to save her, and begged the Shieldmaiden for aid. And behold! Down from the branches swept the raven, and pecked and scratched at the wolf until it fled, blinded and stung by a dozen wounds. For the raven, in pecking at the girl's fields and bothering the girl's animals, had made itself an unruly but loyal neighbor, and considered the girl as its own. | Then one day a wolf stalked the woods, and found the girl alone in her home. The girl screamed and wept for someone to save her, and begged the Shieldmaiden for aid. And behold! Down from the branches swept the raven, and pecked and scratched at the wolf until it fled, blinded and stung by a dozen wounds. For the raven, in pecking at the girl's fields and bothering the girl's animals, had made itself an unruly but loyal neighbor, and considered the girl as its own. | ||
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May the Shieldmaiden guard the faithful, and watch over the righteous.” | May the Shieldmaiden guard the faithful, and watch over the righteous.” | ||
− | -Michiko “Chaplain” Hanayome, excerpted from her work 'The Righteous Path' | + | -Michiko “Chaplain” Hanayome, excerpted from her work 'The Righteous Path' |