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The Lord of the Winds

The Lord of the Winds

A childhood tale remembered

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Aug 15, 2021
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The sun beat down upon the parched earth. Swirls of dust rose up from the ground and danced gleefully in the merciless heat. A pair of brown mynahs dozed heavily in the branches of a kikar tree. A gang of sparrows arrived noisily, and oblivious to the heat, took a community dust bath beneath the tree. 

“Oi, keep it down,” grumbled the male mynah, waking …

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