Just as the gathered Merlions thought all was lost, just as they were on the point of absolute despair, they heard a commotion come from where the tunnel exited into the lagoon. They looked up and saw a growing pack of Merlions. All cheering and whooping and happy as could be. Partly because they had been in the open sea but also because one had seen the returning heroes and passed word around.
Soon the island’s entire population had appeared and begun to swim across the lagoon. Once he had reached the beach, the young Merlion greeted his kin. “You’ll never guess what’s happened,” he challenged them and begun to tell his tale.
After talking to the Merlion’s father, the councillor had had a long think then gone out and actually spoken to many a Merlion, discovering their reactions and feelings to recent events.
He had tried to speak to his fellow council members but had gotten nowhere. He tried his soldiers instead and found they had become disheartened by the desertion of so many, including their own colleagues; who they did not fancy fighting again.
And so the council was overthrown by the remnants of its own army (who had been forced out to sea as prisoners but soon re-found their youth and became willing volunteers).
This the young Merlion related and the returning Merlions told their tale in return. An impromptu party quickly got underway, every Merlion on the island pleased that everything was going to be okay.
Soon the island’s entire population had appeared and begun to swim across the lagoon. Once he had reached the beach, the young Merlion greeted his kin. “You’ll never guess what’s happened,” he challenged them and begun to tell his tale.
After talking to the Merlion’s father, the councillor had had a long think then gone out and actually spoken to many a Merlion, discovering their reactions and feelings to recent events.
He had tried to speak to his fellow council members but had gotten nowhere. He tried his soldiers instead and found they had become disheartened by the desertion of so many, including their own colleagues; who they did not fancy fighting again.
And so the council was overthrown by the remnants of its own army (who had been forced out to sea as prisoners but soon re-found their youth and became willing volunteers).
This the young Merlion related and the returning Merlions told their tale in return. An impromptu party quickly got underway, every Merlion on the island pleased that everything was going to be okay.
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