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The Turtle With the Carving On Its Back

The morning sun creeps slowly from underneath the grey sky Dancing merrily with the angels on high while the trees listen carefully to the Gods will And the birds converse harmoniously within I kept walking along the path watching the day as it starts I stood Faraway from human interaction seeking out natures ambitions Suddenly I saw an object along the road carrying an awful heavy load With a deep message carved out on its hard back It is not a co-incident I can attest to that It seems as if it is has been on a long journey and had a message to deliver in a hurry Further up the path a deer stood in the middle of the road gazing at me as if it had something important to tell me This is the third deer that crossed my path this week abruptly walking out in front of me I wonder what they want me to know. I simultaneously contemplate this fact while careful examining the message on the creatures close-packed back I took some amazing picture and compare them with similar creature but this one was very special it bears a message from Emperor The color and carvings made me wonder Gold and black with shades of brown With distinctive images filtering all around Every carving on its back has some human and animal elements around each spot The hands and fingers were clear and eyes and nose are represented in small dots with various symbolic answers strapped on its back It stood quietly hiding its slender head And pretending as if it was dead Giving me the chance to scrutinize its back Three human stood on each side of its shell guarding some secret door on the upper floor A woman wearing a long golden dress stands in the middle with long golden hair and darkened face its hard to tell if they originate from earth or they came from space An headless man with a bird's beak wearing in a golden dress with black stripe running across his chest Three women stand on the other side of the shell attire in a golden dress but a dark shadow conceal their face All around the turtle shell signs and symbols carved out in line revealing the secret of our youth and exposing the human truth Inspect the carving on the turtle's back and you will know all the facts.

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