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Robin Low
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 Posted - 03/29/2007 : 2:42:54 PM
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The God of Thieves was bored, and so he took a net and set a trap baited with tasty breadcrumbs to see what he would catch. Several of the other Gods’ animals passed by – the Beast God’s Wolf, the Hunter’s Eagle and the Forest Lord’s favourite Stag – all of them either unimpressed by mere breadcrumbs or too wise to fall for the Thief God’s simple trap. However, patience is one of the rare virtues in a thief, and the God forced himself to remain so.
Eventually, one of the White Doves favoured by the God of Peace fluttered down to investigate the meagre pickings. The Dove began to peck at the breadcrumbs, wandering under the Thief God’s net, and in doing so sprung the trap. The net fell upon the Dove, which became more and more tangled as it struggled. Soon, the Dove wore itself out, and laid its head to rest, a single drop of blood upon its beak where it had injured itself. As it slept, the Thief God crept up swift and silent as always, and untangled the knots the Dove had wrought about its wings. The God had his heart set on other prey and, rather than simply take the Bird of Peace, reset his trap, this time with the sleeping, bloody-beaked Dove as bait.
More time passed, but it was not long before one of the Charnel God’s Ravens smelled the blood on the Dove’s beak and was drawn to investigate the scent. Wary, but curious and hungry, the Raven too walked under the net. This time, the Thief God himself dropped the net, and the Raven, trapped with the White Dove, furiously tried to free itself. The more the Raven flapped and pecked, the more the net tightened. Rushing up, the God of Thieves took the net containing both Raven and Dove and carried it to his house and threw them both into a huge pot of boiling water to cook. However, the Thief God was suddenly drawn away to deal with one of his other schemes, and the fire beneath the great cooking pot fell low and the water only barely simmered.
Later, when the Thief God returned, he cursed to see the cooled pot, but as he removed the cold lid, he was surprised when a single black-and-white bird flew out of the pot. And that is how the God of Thieves created the first Magpie, but not the last. He created six more before the Charnel God and the God of Peace discovered what was happening and warned their winged servants to be more cautious, but there were already enough Magpies to lay eggs and spread across the world.
Regards
Robin
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How the God of Thieves Created the Magpie
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