Tale of words III

Read Tale of words I and Tale of words II

A and B needed to know the secret behind words. They went to the hills and began to search for that one person who knew. People said he was very old. No one knew when he was born. They all remember him staying at the top of the hill in a small hut and looking at the valleys below. Nobody knew his name, we can call him Yaksha. Yakshas know all the secrets and so did he.

A and B reached the place of Yaksha and saw him waiting for them as if he knew they would come to him. He did not say a word and merely looked. They sat in front of him not knowing what to say. For a moment they forgot the purpose of their journey. Having travelled all over they just relaxed looking at the valleys below along with Yaksha.

They kept staring for along time. Perhaps this was some sort of prayer and they sat with him. They kept thinking about their friends, their village, their wives. They thought why they had come there. They thought about the people in the valley. They thought about Yaksha and what he did for a living

It began to grow dark yet not a word was uttered among them. A and B had rested well and figured it was time to talk to Yaksha. But he kept looking down at the valley. A and B decided they were hungry and cooked few vegetables and rice. They gave some of it to Yaksha.

After food Yaksha went in and got few blankets and laid them out on the ground and lay staring at sky. "More staring!!!" thought B and looked at A. A however lay next to Yaksha and stared at the sky which was now light with stars. "If I have come all this way, I might as well do this" thought A.

B also decided to lay down as he had no where else to be. He couldn't lay there doing nothing. He started counting stars and went up till 16,740 and then decided to stop. It made no sense. A and Yaksha continued to stare at the sky in silence. B decided he would look at the stars and see what kind of animals he could find in the sky. He saw camel head, pig snout, a whole elephant, a bear and he could even see his grandma's face.

A lay for long time staring ta the stars wondering if they would speak to him. Wind was blowing gently across his face and soon it began to whisper softly in to his hear. At first he couldn't hear it clearly but soon he could hear them sing. The song telling him about the words.. it was song of the words. He fell asleep with sweet melody singing into his ears.

Next day morning A woke up early and made a cup of tea for the 3 of them. B wanted to go back to the town as he felt the whole journey was a waste of time and Yaksha knew nothing.

A decided to take leave of Yaksha and went up to him. He kissed his feet and looked into his eyes. A could not thank him and he knew there was no point thanking. His tears washed the feet of Yaksha. Yaksha smiled at him knowing that he had arrived and watched him go back along with B.

B watched the whole scene and thought something was up with A