{"sf1_id":252163,"sf2_id":"YnLZV9Ae","title":"letter to the bright ones","author":"Shenandren Savaha Stormsinger","words":425,"posted_at":"2011-05-24T21:49:00.000Z","tags":["Chakat","Ocelot","Short"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/252163-letter-to-the-bright-ones","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/YnLZV9Ae","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/e6/45/e6459adf-648d-4d74-8aa3-313ba5c114df","description":"","content":"Hi bright one  \n  \n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;I speak now, so that you might show your light to me: that I might know a little more of your light, and that you might know how much I admire you and those who have taken to the skies and made their way to the stars.  \n  \n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;I know each one of you has faced the question of whether or not to step from the safety of your cave or rock... In some ways I wish to be like you, so for now still like to watch you soar in the skies.  \n  \n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;But I have let my fears drive me deep into my cave, I hide from the monsters that I see, for I feel small and weak when I look out of my cave at the large creatures trespassing in my world.\u0026nbsp; For, though am small, I will admit I am not tiny, but small and unprotected. I still fear the great darkness, on many occasions I have seen it's shadow my meadow. It scars me as it takes away the light.  \n  \n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;I have been to the cave mouth hidden deep in the mountains. On these few occasions I have found great love, and on others terrible hatred.\u0026nbsp; The fairies, on one of the few times someone had coaxed me from my cave, asked me why I hid in the cave, when I told them of the dark, they looked confused.\u0026nbsp; They didn't understand that the dark in the cave was mine, so held no fear.\n\n\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;So still I only venture to the cave mouth and sometimes others pass by.\u0026nbsp; I watched the great gryphons fly with the dragons, the unicorns dance in the meadow with the were-beasts.\u0026nbsp; One day a cougar-taur (going by the name Chakat Goldfur) said 'hi' to me as shi walked by the cave entrance.\u0026nbsp; On another day vast changes\u0026nbsp; swept across the entire valley as I hid in the cave\u0026nbsp; mouth, watching. Later an ocelot like creature (going by the name\u0026nbsp; Trel'la)stopped outside the cave and asked to tell my tale so that someone might know it.  \n  \n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;I wasn't sure what to tell hir as shi didn't try to enter my domain.\u0026nbsp; Leaving me safe, so I told hir my tale, as I finished shi went away along with the strange world.  \n  \n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;So today I look out and wonder whether or not I will have the courage to join you in the skies.  \n  \n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;Love a small Ffaulcks (a small feather winged fox like creature).  \n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;  \n  \n  \n\u0026nbsp;  \n  \n\n"}