12 The Hono Fruit. (1/2)
As they were going deeper and deeper into the woods, the inside was being beclouded. The dark green color the plants there brought forth clearly indicated how healthy they were. The beautiful colors of flowers within the mist made this place look extremely beautiful. The air around them was extremely parky, though it gave them pleasant feeling as they breathed it.
After walking for a while, Ochieng noticed Mudho behaving queerly. Its breathing was extremely quick and was trembling in agitation. It wanted to go for something but somehow feared the man on top of it. Ochieng' could not help but ask, ”What is it Mudho?”
Instead of giving an answer, it responded by pointing it's massive paw ahead of it. This only left him befuddled because he couldn't see anything out of the ordinary in front of them. If it was his first time in the forbidden land, he could have been surprised because he had never seen the plants he was seeing here back in his clan, not even in the Kobuthi forest he used to visit while he was still at home.However, in the forbidden land, he had seen most of those plants except that those in front of him were healthier.
”I can't see anything.” After checking keenly and not seeing anything, he shook his head.
”You mean you can't see anything?” The beast was bewildered, ”don't tell me you are blind.”
Ochieng' couldn't take it anymore, he jumped from the animal's back and stood in front of it. He asked quite indignantly, ”What do you see?”
”That is what I see... That azure plant. ”It pointed.
Ochieng' turned his head to the direction it was pointing. There he saw an azure plant standing amid other plants with different colors. Hanging on it were seven fruits purple in color. The fruits were glittering with white light. He had seen very many fruits in the forbidden land but this was one of a kind.
He felt like going for them but he couldn't do so until he was sure he knew what the fruits were.He had picked fruits like that only to be tortured in the end. Other times he nearly died. If it was not for Mudho who could come up with antidotes all the time he took those fruits, nobody knows where he could be at the moment.
Other fruits had the ability to give strength that was not found in other animals or humans. Take for example his ability to kill with his breath, to sharply hear, smell, feel and see, were all thanks to the fruits he had devoured in the past.
”What fruits are those?” Ochieng' asked with shimmering eyes.
”That is the 'hono' (miracle) fruit. It can cure wounds on the spot.”
”What??”
”That's true... I happen to have seen one from one of my ancestors. I have experienced their miracles myself.”
”You must be joking with me, right”
Manifestly Ochieng' could not believe what the animal was telling him. The animal could however not be bothered with explaining because it knew the young man would know whether he was lying or not. It walked to the plant, picked one of the fruits and beckoned Ochieng to come closer. He cut his chest with it's claw outright he drew closer. The man was surprised with the lion's action when it threw the fruit to him.
”Try it.” It said.