Episode 2: The Boy's Face and Determination

They reached the river and that brought memories to the

farmer. ”This is the place where you were born,” he said. Yang did not answer.

“Okay today I will teach you how to swim. Got it?” he said. He did not bother

to reply.  He was thinking about why his father

wanted to pass down his knowledge to him. “Dad why do you want to pass your

knowledge to me?” he asked. The farmer looked at him in awe. “That’s because I

have a dream to accomplish. And that dream will be accomplished through you. I

hope you won’t ask any more questions about it. I’ll tell you more about it

when the time comes,” he said sternly. Yang nodded his head.

The farmer walked towards the bushes and pulled a small boat. He pushed it

towards the river. At the bank he dipped the boat into the river and told Yang

to get inside the boat. Yang got in and the farmer further pushed the boat and

hopped into it. He took out the rows which were on the seats and began to row. “Today

I will teach you how to swim. Do you understand?” the farmer said. “Yes,” came

the reply. “Once you learn how to swim, you will catch your own food from then

onwards. Okay?” the farmer said. Yang nodded his head. “But if I couldn’t catch

any fish. What will happen?” he asked. “You won’t get any food,” the farmer

replied smiling. ”Don’t worry. I will teach you how to swim like a fish. I will

teach you for three days and by that time u must master it. Otherwise no food.”

They continued to travel down the river and finally reached a calm and beautiful

lake. The river was running but the water of the lake was calm. There were

mountains which stood tall and had a milky white peak. The lake water reflected

the sky and it felt like travelling across the sky. Yang bent over to look at

his reflection. He jumped back into the boat. For the first time he had seen

his face. He told to his master, ”there is someone looking at me when I look at

the water.” The master laughed loudly. “That’s too funny. That’s your

reflection. That is you each time you look into the water. Describe what you

saw in the water,” he said. “He has white hair. His left eye is red and the

right eye is green. He looks sad and he looks amazed. So this is how I look

like,” he said. He was silent for a while. ”I don’t understand. Why do we look

different? You don’t look like me at all, master. You have black hair and black

eyes. Why do I look so different from you?” he asked his master tearfully. The master

took a deep breath and replied,” You are a cursed child, if you really want to

know. You were born on the 29th of February which makes you

different from others. But as you are cursed you are also blessed with powers

or ability unlike the other children of your age. So don’t feel bad about it. No

matter what I will be your master.” Yang’s eyes filled with tears. But he didn’t

go to his master’s hands when he opened them. Instead he wiped his tears and

sat there angrily. “We came here to learn swimming right master? I won’t cry

anymore,” he said firmly. “That’s my boy. We are almost there,” the master

said. And now the struggle for learning how to swim will start.

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