"This is Babida, the Lumberjack Killer of the Monster of the forbidden mountain. He was awarded the medal of the highest honor and merit by the reigning Emperor's deceased father, the Great Batang IV, for his bravery and heroic actions during the attack of the empire about fifteen years ago by the Terror of the cursed hill." Suzie's maternal uncle disclosed the past to her.
"Oh my goodness! That's him Bibi." Grandmother confirmed, her eyes wide open in amazement.
"Yes, mom! There is no doubt about it." Uncle Bibi stated.
It didn't take long before neighbors grasped the news and hurried to raise Babida and hug him while hailing his name.
"Babida the lumberjack, the savior of the Batang's people, the slayer of the Monster of the forbidden mountain." They chanted.
Surprised by the revelation her uncle just made to her, Suzie was piqued by curiosity and amid the crowd which had surrounded the lumberjack in admiration, she began, confused, a set of questions to her late's mother's sibling.
"But uncle Bibi, I don't understand. Where is the forbidden mountain? I have never heard of it, though I have been in this land for eighteen years." She interrogated her uncle who was all ears.
She went on: "You said the Monster's aggression took place fifteen years ago, meaning I was a three-year-old toddler back then. So I must have witnessed the sad event but as I am speaking now, there is no souvenir emerging from my mind. Why is it that?"
Her uncle was still mouth shut as she elaborated, even more, her observations: "Why is it that I had no idea who this man, Babida the lumberjack, was? Are the empire's heroes forbidden to show up in public? Which of course makes no sense if that was the case."
Done with her litany. Suzie's uncle cleared his throat and replied: "Well, listen to me very carefully my little darling!"
And suddenly, a powerful storm erupted. It was all over dark. Drops of rain began to fall. The crowd that orbited the lumberjack was dispersed. He was left standing straight in the middle of the yard. Big momma went back inside the house, inviting Suzie and uncle Bibi to do the same. But they ignored her. The rain got stronger.
The thirty+ year-old Babida the lumberjack unexpectedly meets the beautiful eighteen-year-old Suzie in Ekule's forest located in the Batang empire in Africa, an imaginary land. There starts an epic adventure between the two lovebirds.
At first, the young maiden Suzie mistakes the woodsman for a stalker before later nurturing an admiration for him when she learns that he is a war-time hero, a brute force of nature who slayed the Monster of the forbidden mountain over a decade ago.
The villain was a ferocious bird ten meters tall for twenty thousand kilograms that attacked the empire and was on the verge of destroying everything, including the imperial palace.
At the time of the aggression, Suzie was still a three-year-old toddler.
A man of boundless courage decided to step in the beast's way to save the land and it was no one else but Babida the lumberjack.
This incredible tale filled with magic, romance, and mysteries immerses the reader and makes him long for even more.
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