Saving Fish from Drowning - Heal Burma

SAVING FISH FROM DROWNING
say, then decomposed, thanks to armies of insects, fungi, and bac­
teria, leaving behind a skeletal trunk. “The result,” Moff said, “is this
hollow, a cozy bungalow for rodents, reptiles, bats, and apparently,
the denizens of the rainforest.” He looked up and whistled. “I love
this. I’ve written a few articles about rainforest canopies. My goal is
to get something published in Weird Plant Morphology one day.”
From another part of the small camp came shouts of jubilation.
The tribe was watching Rupert taking whacks at timber bamboo
with a machete that Black Spot had given him. With each swing, the
tribe cheered. Black Spot said in Karen: “You see his strength. This is
another sign that he is the Younger White Brother.”
“What other signs did you see?” a middle-aged man asked.
And Black Spot answered: “The book and the Nat cards. He man­
ifested the same Lord of Nats. He then made him disappear and
jump out in another place.” More people came into the crowd to
catch a glimpse of the Reincarnated One. “Is it really him?” the jun­
gle people asked among themselves.
A young woman said, “You can tell he is the one by the eyebrows,
thick and at a slant, those of a cautious man.”
“He looks like a TV star,” said another woman, and giggled.
“Is that book the Lost Important Writings?” a man called out.
This time, Black Spot explained, the Younger White Brother chose
to bring a black book and not a white one. It was similar to the one
the Older Brother lost, but this was called Misery, titled like the old
Lamentations. Black Spot could read only a little, but from what he
saw, he believed it concerned their sufferings over the last hundred
years. That would make these the New Important Writings.
“But what did you see him do?” a one-legged man asked. “What
did the sign look like?”
“They were at the dock in Nyaung Shwe Town,” Black Spot re­
ported, “and the Younger Brother easily drew a crowd to him, as
only leaders can. He spoke with great authority and called upon
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