A few weeks passed since Y'shaati rescued the four little monkeys from the great swamp, home of Mai D'goa, the Titanic-toothed Serpent. During these days, the monkey girl was depressed; she still couldn't find the strength to overcome the death of the little ape, victim of the giant anaconda. Guilt flooded her heart, at every moment she thought that this misfortune could have been avoided if she had told the elders of her intentions to go and meet the human tribes. But it was too late for that...
Her monkey brothers and sisters tried to comfort her and encourage her so that she no longer felt sad, but every time she turned around to see the faces of the little monkeys, she couldn't help but remember that horrible image of the bloodstain next to the great swamp.
Even the elder Naka'i, who had already forgiven her days ago, constantly approached her to make her feel better with their life teachings. However, after thinking for several days, she made an important decision: she told the elders that she wanted to leave the rainforest for some time, thinking that maybe being away from home could help her mature and overcome her grief. After meditating it, the elders accepted the decision and granted her permission to go out and live beyond their territory.
And then the day of her departure arrived. The Naka'i gathered in the great Naka'i tree to bid farewell to Y'shaati and wish her luck on her personal journey of self-discovery. She appreciated the gesture of her monkey family and assured them that she would return one day, beating her chest in a sign of promise.
And so, she turned around, grabbed a vine and went away swinging through the treetops of the jungle.
Thus began Y'shaati's great journey throughout Amazonia...
For several days, the monkey girl traveled to all the corners of the jungle, finding on her way different animal species, some friendly and others not so much. At the same time she also took the time to carefully observe the human tribes that inhabit Amazonia, so that she could learn more and more about them; all this of course without being discovered.
Thanks to this, she learned that humans lived in many places in the jungle, and each settlement was different from the others. Some tribes were more numerous than others, just as the tattoos of their bodies were different among others. Another thing that she realized, is that when she used to take sunbaths, her own skin reflected the sun's rays, so that her body was surrounded by a green and shining aura that matched the beautiful blue color of her eyes and her blonde hair.
All these discoveries allowed her to see the hidden beauty of life and to understand that the world is governed by the spectrum of the darkness and the light of all the living being's souls.
Without realizing it, her sorrows had vanished and she regained her inner peace. Y'shaati finally smiled again.
One of those days, Y'shaati discovered a particular place in Amazonia. After swinging constantly among the trees, she went down to the ground to drink some water. Jumping between rocks that protruded from a small flow of water, Y'shaati bent down and put her hand in the water to get a handful and drink from it.
While quenching her thirst, she noticed that the flow of water moved downhill, leading to a small spring with a beautiful waterfall.
When she saw the spring, she couldn't help feeling the urge to swim a little in it, so she ran quickly to the waterfall, wetting her beautiful white-skinned feet and jumped out of it to make an extraordinary dive worthy of a professional athlete.
Thanks to the teachings of the Toninaas, the dolphins from the rivers of Amazonia, she was able to dive into deep water and hold her breath more than usual, which was very useful for her to explore underwater places without the danger of drowning.
After enjoying the goodness of the place, Y'shaati came out of the water and shook her body and head to dry her skin and hair quickly. however, while doing this, she could notice that near the waterfall, there was a small cave.
Without thinking twice and letting herself be guided by her monkey curiosity, she quickly went to that place. Holding tightly with her hands and pretty toes, Y'shaati quickly climbed the rocks that served as a staircase to climb into the cave. Once she arrived at the entrance, she noticed how the holes inside allowed the entrance of light into the cave, illuminating it warmly.
When she went further into the cave, she was surprised to find several objects that she had never seen in her life. A backpack, a notebook, some glasses, some pencils, some clothes, a tent, lanterns and other common for humans, but strange objects for Y'shaati.
She sniffed the objects before touching them, having no idea what they were. When she opened the notebook, she saw drawings of creatures that she knew perfectly well. The sheets of the notebook felt different from the leaves of the bushes that she was used to rub against her naked body. Seeing that the sheets broke when she pulled them, she started frantically tearing off the pages of the notebook and throwing them up, while she was spinning and dancing amused, watching the leaves flutter.
Afterwards, she directed her attention in the backpack. After inspecting it, she noticed that there were things inside the object, but she didn't know how to open it, so she decided to bite it until she broke it with her teeth.
When it finally opened, a lot of objects fell to the ground. Y'shaati sat on the floor and began to see each of the objects. Seeing that there were too many of them, she decided to hold several of them with her feet and hands at the same time to be able to see them up close. She quickly learned to use pencils to draw on the walls; she even drew several scribbles using only her talented toes while doing other things with her hands. Then she checked the clothes that were hanging on the edge of the cave. She realized that they were similar to the clothes that tribal boy wore several days ago. She didn't like the texture of the clothes, because she had always been naked all her life. She also didn't like the objects that served to cover the feet, because that would only hinder her walk.
When she began to lose interest in the objects, she decided it was time to leave and move on. However, before leaving, she observed an object very different from the others: a peculiar doll made of twigs. When she held it in her hands, she couldn't help but feel an attachment to the object. As if her soul told her that she had held that object with her hands long ago.
Maybe it was nostalgia, maybe it was something else...
Whatever it was, Y'shaati left the doll on the floor and exit the cave.
After descending the rocks and climbing a tree to continue her journey, Y'shaati turned to see the cave one last time, gazing at it for a few seconds, and then swinging again into the deep jungle.
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