I'll submit Chapter 1 later. something isn't working.🤔

Now for chapter 2



Tiwa
2 chapters
 
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Tiwa woke up and had to blink her big eyes. She sat down and stretched, then crawled out of her little cave that was built on the branch of the katta tree by her father Baraan. Her mother Sirian was preparing the first meal. Tiwa belonged to the Akoni people. The Akoni are a very proud people, they know no violence and respect every form of life. There is no envy. Everyone has the same rights and responsibilities, although rights and responsibilities are completely unknown to them. The katta tree is not very high, but has a tree crown with a diameter of approx. 500 m, and the trunk and branches are correspondingly thick. The leaves almost look like those of a walnut tree, but are approx. 2.20 m long. It takes several 1000 years for the ring-tailed lemur tree to reach this size. As soon as it gets light the flowers burst and after about 10 to 12 days the fruits begin to grow. When they are ripe after another 10 to 15 days, they do not fall off, but remain hanging and are supplied with residual energy until they are picked. This means they last a long time. It blooms once a year, then the whole tree is full of pink flowers and  bearing  large fruits  that look like melons, but are black and have a leathery rind. The fruits last for several months. The peel can be easily removed from the stem. But you have to be careful because the katta fruit has almost 90% fruit juice, you have to put a container underneath it so that the fruit juice doesn't spill. The juice has a very high vitamin D content. This is very important here, because on the planet Sirah, where it only gets light for 1 month every year, vitamin D is vital. But there are still a good 6 months until the next blending phase. The glare phase, as the Akoni call it, is very bright,That's why the Akoni people hide in the treetops of the katta trees and cover themselves with the long leaves of the katta tree. Almost like a short hibernation, because the Akoni people are night creatures, very similar to humans, slightly larger, more muscular, with big eyes. And they can live very long, in the best case up to 150 years old. Time doesn't matter to the Akonis. You live on what the planet Sirah gives you.
Right next door, on the next branch, her little brother Tomo has his cave. As always, he was lying upside down on his bed.
 Her father built a table at the bottom of the ring-tailed lemur tree on which her mother laid out the first meal. The Akoni are vegetarians but there is no agriculture, they live on what grows on Sirah. And that's not a little. It is only bright on Sirah for 1 month, but this brightness is very intense and the plants absorb so much energy during this time and store it so that they can survive the dark time well. On Sirah, just before the blinding season, there is a rainy season that lasts about 5 to 6 days. The heat, which is very pleasant for the Akoni, comes from the interior of the planet in the form of springs that shimmer green. These green springs are lit and burn with a green flame that never goes out on its own. Only enough springs are lit so that it doesn't get too light under the ring-tailed lemur tree, but it doesn't get completely dark either.
The table was richly laid. There was katta fruit and katta juice. Berries from the Jutta bush that look similar to blueberries. They have a rather tart taste, the katta fruit is very sweet. Both together on an edible leaf of the Kando plant, taste simply indescribable.
The leaves of the Kondo plant contain a lot of protein. There was also something like a breakfast egg made by a flying lizard, the Wangas. These are flying lizards that are not entirely harmless.They look almost like the dragons from the series "Game of Thrones" and can also fly, but they are not nearly as big and they don't breathe fire, instead they are very fast and stun their prey with their saliva, which paralyzes the prey for a while. Then it's easy for them. Their nests are on the tops of ring-tailed lemur trees and there are usually 6 - 8 eggs in them. It's difficult to reach but it's worth it. The Akoni really like the Wangas' nutritious eggs and take a high risk every time, but they take out a maximum of 2 eggs per nest in order not to endanger the population.
Her father was already sitting at the table drinking ring-tailed lemur juice. Tiwa first went to her mother and greeted her by pressing her forehead against her mother's forehead and saying "Katania" which means "I touch you". Her mother returned the greeting, then greeted her father in the same way and sat down next to him. She also took some katta juice and squeezed a handful of jutta berries over the cup of katta juice, which also spilled some. Her father saw it out of the corner of his eye, but said nothing and just shook his head. >>Where is your brother? >He's still in his cave>Wake him up, we want to get Wanga eggs today and Tomo is old enough to take on this task. >Are you sure? He is only 14 cycles old?>Yes>it's time for him to show his courage. Tiwa got her first eggs at 12 cycles. Father decides. >not too tight Tomo, otherwise you won't be able to move, but not too loose either, otherwise they'll slip. And there," he pointed to Tomo's elbow, "you didn't cover your arm properly."
The other men started climbing up the tree. 10 minutes later Tomo was ready and followed them. Tiwa had recently hugged Tomo and wished him good luck; she noticed how he was shaking.>>You can do it

Good start on the prose, thoughts and speech have to seem like conversation. That is the difficult bit.
Sixty odd years ago my mum used to write to me every week, I was away in the RAF, and when I read the letters it was just like she was talking to me.
That is so difficult to do, never credited it to her at the time, just wish I had kept her letters.
I am an avid reader about 2 books a week, some writers have it and others don't.

For an easy going read I like Dick and Felix Francis and Edward Marston, they just suck you in! I am getting more into female writers lately. Jacqueline Winspear, Claire Gradidge.
Roy

Hello Commodore
The current chapter is not yet finished. Thanks for your feedback. I only write this when I have time, for example during my lunch break. I don't know yet whether I'll publish more here, because then it won't be a bestseller anymore. 😜🤣Ok, we'll see.

Ronald your not wrong, I took a 36 wheel mobile crane down the N86 back in 1976 for some major building job. A lot of the bends were so tight I had to shunt or go off the road to get round. But great people and made to feel very welcome.
Cheers Colin.

Not going CRAZY just remembering our trip to Ireland and why I didn't drive there! Hats off to you who do. Just keep your eyes on the road and what's coming around the bend and not at the scenery!

I am saving it all for my book, but I will say that everything you hear about the film industry or read about it in the tabloids is TRUE, Actually it's ten times WORSE!!!!
😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Jumpugly, please open a topic about this.
It's too funny and interesting.

Thank you Allesandro! But, in the end I always saw myself as a foot soldier in Hollywood. Worked with some of the most brilliant and many of the most hateful people on Earth. When I retired
I was happy, with no regrets, and with my reputation and pension still intact.
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Very interesting Jumpugly.
I had suspected that you were very familiar with writing.
I don't want to go any further with the questions because this is Wolle's topic.
But, I repeat, your skills are very interesting.