The
ship still on the water
The
leaking holes water rushing in
The
sailours still trying to flush it out
In
the brigade to keep the ship afloat
The
captain on the upper deck
He
screams loudly to get it done
The
sailors in the engineering
They
stay silence carrying out the tasks
The
captain looks worried
Standing
alone watching the scenes
Everyone
trying to help
He
still can't find a land
He
checks his map and navigation points
He
finds nothing to indicate a land
He
prays hard to find anything an atoll perhaps?
As
long as he can keep his ship and crew
The
sudden storm hits the ship
The
captain nearly loses his control
He
manages to grab a rope
Pulling
it tight he holds on
The
ship goes up and down
The
rising tides and waves
Every
sailor shouts
The
echo drowns in silence
Now
the ship belly strikes hard
The
holes become bigger
There
is no way to salvage it
The
ship is sinking fast
“Abandoned
ship!
Right
now!”
The
storm disappears
The
sailors swim in the water
“Look
land!”
They
swim to stay alive
Never
mind losing the ship
Saving
lives the way now
The
captain sits on a trunk
His
face looking sad and worried
He
looks around on the deserted land
He
finds nothing but empty greeting
“Everyone
on board?”
“Yes
captain we are!”
“Thanks
God for sparing us
We
could all have died!”
“Why
are you sad, captain?
Nobody
dies today
We
are lucky we found land
We
have to get used to our new home
We
have to pitched a tent
Before
the light is gone”
“What?!”
“Captain,
we can't be sitting in the open
We
can be picked up as prey by the wild animals
Don't
you think we should do what is necessary?
We
still have light before dark dwells on us”
“Alright!
Go and find a suitable place
We
need to stay together and keep watch
The
island is too quiet
We
only hear the wind and waves
Do
you guys hear anything at all?”
“In
the negative, Captain!”
The
Captain stands up
Walk
to the water touch it with his legs
He
feels good feeling the cold water
Then
he sees a monster slowly rising up
He
opens his mouth to shout
But
there is no word
The
monster stares at him
Long
hair big eyes and big ears
Sharp
teeth with long sharp claws
Face
of a fish, hands of tiger
Body
of a bear legs of a giant
“How
dare you stay on my land?”
He
thundered his loud voice
The
other sailors stand there
Eyes
wide open legs trembling in fear
“Is
this a fairy tale guys?”
“Doooonnn't
be funnnnnnnnnny!
“This
is a monster
Look
at the creature
Poor
Captain!”
“Do
we run now?”
Don't
be stupid!
Where
can we hide?”
The
Captain summons his strength and voice
“I
am sorry we dropped by on your land
Our
ship sunk in the sea so we have to come here
We
do not want to intrude on your privacy
Please
spare us we have our misfortune”
“Ha!
It isn't my concerned what happened
Now
you are on my land I have to take action”
“But
friend we have no way to go
Tell
us where should we save ourselves but here?”
The
monster stares down at the poor Captain
“You
will make me a good meal
I
smell the human flesh and its aroma
You
see nobody leaves here alive
They
will be dead in a day or two
I
live in the water but there are others
Living
on the land waiting for humans
I
think they make your ship sunk in the water
It
is my land but I can't live on it
I
can survive for a few hours
But
you guys make a good meal
Ha
ha! Welcome to the island
Where
the dead stay dead!”
The
Captain shouts “Noooooooooooooooooooooo!”
The
monster wants to clobber the Captain
Suddenly
there is a high pitched sound
The
monster stops looks around and leaves
He
stares at the Captain before he dips in the water
“You
are lucky today
Somebody
wants you to stay alive
My
master who makes me like this
I
hope you are lucky than me”
The
Captain quickly runs to his men
“Did
you all see the monster?
We
have to think quickly
There
are others on the land!”
“But
Captain look at us
We
have our short swords
We
didn't salvage anything
We
are all doomed here!”
They
all hear the high pitched sound
Ringing
high in the air around them
“Is
this the other monster?
We
have no where to hide”
“Captain,
what must we do?
We
can't run to nowhere
We
are stucked on this land”
The
Captain stares at his sailors
Tears
flow from his eyes to his face
Studying
each of his men quietly
He
takes a deep breath and says
“I
am Ali Baba
You
are the forty men
Together
we steal and run
Today
we face our worst nightmare
Our
sins have created the monsters
Right
here on this land
We
all will be doomed!
“Captain,
it is our trade
It
is our profession isn't it?”
“No,
we go by the easy way
We
trade by stealing
We
trade by telling lies
We
tell our sob stories
We
get what we want
Then
we all disappear!
Now
we face our worst trading
We
are fighting for our lives
On
this land of monsters
We
had seen how one looks like!”
The
sea is calm
The
sun is going down
The
high pitched ring
Loudly
in every few minutes
The
Captain and his crew
They
try to find way to hide
They
scout around but find nothing
Only
the loud ringing welcoming them
As
the sun finally bids its farewell
Rising
high to the sky
They
watch the swarm of black giant bees
The
wings flapping loudly in the quiet land
The
Captain and crew must hide quickly
They
cut down branches and pitched a tent
Using
their shirts they cover it up and hide
There
is no light to attract the giant bees
They
hope to stay alive until morning
The
giant bees fly around
Searching
for targets but find nothing
The
giant wings flapping loudly
On
the land everything looks the same
The
giant bees search beyond
They
can't find they see all green
Inside
the make-shift tent
Nobody
makes a sound
It
is better to stay alive
Then
get sting by the giant bees
They
hear the loud flapping wings
Brushing
through the leaves
They
are afraid the leaves may give way
Lucky
for them it holds quite firmly
About
10 minutes the giants bees are gone
They
fly to another island to search for targets
Ali
Baba and his forty men huddle together
Willing
their minds to block out the fear
They
pray hard for their sins
They
promise to turn around and be good
They
have enough sins to last them
In
the early dawn of the light
They
hear the high pitched ring again
They
peep out from their tent
Ali
and the forty pairs of eyes
“Can
we go out now Captain?
We
need to stretch our legs
We
need to find water too”
The
Captain crawls out to see
The
dawn light shows him nothing
He
hears the high pitched ringing
He
wonders what it is
“You
all can come out now
It
seems the land is clear”
Everyone
crawls out
Breathing
the cool morning air
Listening
to the sea waves
There
is no monster and giant bees
For
a while they feel they are free
Then
in a distance a group of white people
They
seem to float with the wind
They
are starting to shiver again
“It
is nevvvvvvvvvvvvvver end Captain?
This
time we are surely doomed”
“Stay
calm and pray
May
our Lord grant us His protection
We
promise we will do good
When
we see civilization again”
The
group of white people
They
walk down effortlessly
“Ali
Baby you promise to change
No
more cheating, telling lies
Likewise
with your men
We
hope you have learned something here
Don't
forget what will happen to you all?”
Ali
Baba and his men
They
stare to the sea wishing they are the ports
The
sound of trading, women, gold, diamonds
And
the exotic dancers and their songs
They
miss those sinful events and desires
And
the white people blast into their minds
“We
will let the giant take his meal
We
will let the giant bees sting you to death
Let
your body be the meat for the giant
You
will have no home to go at all
Your
souls will be the wondering spirits
Get
killed all the times all over again
Do
you all understand what we are saying?”
The
Captain and his crew
They
turn around stare at the white people
“We
understand you perfectly
Today
we will make our amends
We
will promise we change our ways”
“Good!
And now you can all go home
To
the place you desire the most
This
will be your temptations
We
will leave you to your faith
You
know the score and we will not say anymore”
The
group of white people disappear
Ali
Baba and his crew on the port they enjoy
Once
they see it is real they know realize
They
shouldn't go astray else death will come
So
swiftly they can't even pray
It
is better to do good
There
are chances to go to paradise
It
is better to lose in this world
By
doing all the charitable duties
Once
in the paradise world
The
angels will sing and make it a joy
Everyday
of the life
Ali
Baba and his crew know
One
wrong move their lives will be gone
Into
the lake of fire burning forever
There
is no escape but death always
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