Chapter 19 Bones and Feathers

The travelers arrived at yet another kingdom. Allen the Wiseman was sent out to greet the leader, be he King, Sultan, Emperor or Pharoh. He was pondering this amazing journey. He certainly hadn't expected to meet a genie couple. The different cultures he had encountered would be amazing enough.

Perhaps if Allen hadn't been focusing inward he would have noticed the Genie sooner.

He awaited before the same "castle" Allen had been approaching.
This kingdom is very different than the others. He saw many huts. Even this "castle" is a series of huts. Perhaps these materials are easier to come by than stone. Or are these people so primitive they don't know how to build with stone?

Clearly the people are different as well. The man before the Genie wears hardly any clothing. He must be a peasant, too poor to afford better.

Allen was most relieved he had kept his thoughts to himself when the man introduced himself as Chief Fossa. Allen gathered this is another king. He called his people a tribe. Allen was uncertain if this was simply the word to use in this kingdom, or if these people are very primitive indeed.
While at first he observed the mans lack of clothing, he now observed what he did wear. He is adorned with bones, shells, jewelry, and a large hat with horns. His face is also painted in a complicated way.

Another member of Chief Fossa's tribe approaches. Allen observes this woman dresses in cloth and feathers.

The woman introduced herself as Queen Tikki.
While the woman was not dressed in silk, gold, or fine jewels, she did look finely dressed in her flowers, shells and feathers.

It turns out the Chief had a few other visitors.
"You must be from the Orient. I met your Emperor there. I am Allen, one of the wisemen of the Kingdom of Grunwald." "I am Confucius. You are Allen, that reopened our kingdom to the world."

"I simply walked in. Could not any other man do the same?"

"No, it had to be you."

"I am no great man."

"The great man is he who has not lost his child's heart." "I am not a perfect man. I try to act wisely, but I do not always succeed." Allen was thinking of the viking's wife. He still wondered if he had hurt her feelings.

“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”

"And does this apply to the ladies?"

"Knowledge is not knowledge until it's applied."