The boy and the young Merlion quickly put their plans into action.
The boy pleaded with the Council to help his people. “Without you we are doomed to live under the pirates’ control, we will fade without you.” And he told them of the benefits, how they would be able to break out once more from their island and would be able to agree terms for their own safety.
But the Council were proud and claimed to be happy as they were and would not risk lives to help those who had robbed them in the past. Then they told him that he would be separated from the Merlion, who would be shown the ways of his people and be staying on the island where he was born. And finally they told the boy that he would be returned to the cage to await his fate, as yet undecided.
The Merlion’s uncle was a lot more receptive to the pair’s idea. Together, he and the young Merlion, spread their plans of descent, soon building a group of volunteers to travel to Singapore and battle the pirates and try to gain their freedom rather than rip the pack apart, probably to the detriment of both halves.
Through whisperings going from ear to ear around the lagoon they were able to reignite hope among the Merlions for their future, even if it meant rebelling against the Council and a fight with the official army.
Meanwhile, the Merlion was reunited with his mother.
The boy pleaded with the Council to help his people. “Without you we are doomed to live under the pirates’ control, we will fade without you.” And he told them of the benefits, how they would be able to break out once more from their island and would be able to agree terms for their own safety.
But the Council were proud and claimed to be happy as they were and would not risk lives to help those who had robbed them in the past. Then they told him that he would be separated from the Merlion, who would be shown the ways of his people and be staying on the island where he was born. And finally they told the boy that he would be returned to the cage to await his fate, as yet undecided.
The Merlion’s uncle was a lot more receptive to the pair’s idea. Together, he and the young Merlion, spread their plans of descent, soon building a group of volunteers to travel to Singapore and battle the pirates and try to gain their freedom rather than rip the pack apart, probably to the detriment of both halves.
Through whisperings going from ear to ear around the lagoon they were able to reignite hope among the Merlions for their future, even if it meant rebelling against the Council and a fight with the official army.
Meanwhile, the Merlion was reunited with his mother.
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