"Fiveme．Idonotknowhowtocallyou，sweetfairy，butIwaslookingfortheheadpriestofthistemple.”
"Iamtheheadpriest.”
"Oh!Myrespectstoyou,headpriest．Ihopeyoudon’tmindmyinginunannounced．ButIamcuriousaboutwhyyouhavesomanymonkeysfordisciples.”WhiteFairyseemedlostinaperospectivereverieandsaid，
"Yearsago，Iusedtobeahuhbowandarrows．Noanimalcouldescapeme．Onhearingasound,whetheritwasthefppingofwingsormovementinthegrass，Icouldshootitwithouthavingtotakeaimandnevermissed．Tocatchlivemonkeys,Iusedfreshfruitasbaitamanytrapsintheforest,butthedaythebaitwasgohetrapsdestroyed．Ihadfoundmyoppoofequalintelligence．Iwasveryangryanddecidedtogeteven．SoIsetmytrapsagainandwatearby．Oneday,afemalemonkeycameby，tookthefruitandbrokemytraps．Iwasfuriousandshotitwithmybowandarrow，killingitinstantly．Iwasetedfettingmyrevehrewthebodyasideahome．Butwheosetthetrapsagaiday,thedeadbodywasgone．Surprisedandcurious,IfollowedthetumblingfootstepsandbloodstainsonthegrassandmuduntilIcametoatree．Thereuhetreewasthedeadbodyofthemohfivelivebabymonkeysinherarmsandtearsintheerofhereyes．Shehadeouttolookforfoodforherbabies．Eveh，shecrawledbacktoherchildren．Facedwiththesequehesughter，Iwasstruckwithremorseanddecidedotogiveupmyprofessionofkillingandspendmytimedoinggooddeedsandraisingtheyoungorphanedmohosearethemonkeysyousaw.”Justthen,someeaglescircledtheskyaboveasifseekingtodesd.Amonkeyclimbedupthetowerandbeganstrikingthebellwitharod．Theairresouhpealsofmusic,elegantandsoothing．
"It’stimeforprayer．Wouldyoucaretojoinme?"
"I’dbehoo.”
DimitriwalkedwithWhiteFairytothecourtyardbeforethetemple．Eaglesflewdowlingonroofsandwalls．Serpentscrawledfromthegrassawihemselvesaroundthepilrsofthetemple．Frogsleaptfrompondsandfishesswamtothesurfaceofthewater．Allkindsofbirdsflewdownaledonroofsandwallswiththenowdocileeagles．Sheep,rabbitsanddeercameintothecourtyard．Bears,wolvesandtigersbecamegentle．Predatorsstoodpeacefullytogetherwiththeirprey．DimitrisatdownamidthenumerousdisciplesofWhiteFairyandlisteoher．Hersermonwasasgeableastheillusive,multi-coloredclouds．Herfshingeyesreflectedherwisdom．
"Survivalofthefittestisanaturalw,”shesaid,"butitisnottheabsolutetruth．Inhumans,therearethingsthatgoagainstthenaturalw．Oed，itispassion-thepurestandmostsublimefeeling．Ihopeyoutoowillpractipassionandnotbullytheweak．Donottakejoyinkilling,evenifitisforfood．Begoodtoyourownkindandtoothersaswell．Iwillweleyouwheninyourlifeyoubeehumans．Thenyouthere,andthroughprayerandgooddeeds,buildabetterfuture.”
Dimitriwasmovedandsatthereimmersedinthought，oblivioustothefactthatthebirdsandanimalsaroundhimhaddisappeared.WhiteFairyandhermonkeyscametowardshimandshesaid，
"Dimitri,youotstayhere．Itisteandyoushouldbeonyourway.”Dimitriwasunwillingtopartandwouldmuchprefertobeasmallmonkeyandwate-keeperforthetemple．Asifknowinghisinnermostthoughts,shesmiledandsaid，
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