Remember Shira and the story of Bild's quest for happiness? Here is the second chapter in the story, which is about Bara, his brother.......
Bara's searchMeanwhile, Bara had been racing through the forest. Not for him the wild open spaces that Bild needed for this race! Bara had the eyes of a hawk and the ability to weave and skim though the trees and along the paths faster than anyone. He searched out with his keen sight a faint pathway, where few had walked before, and boldly he took it, spurring Tamba onwards and onwards to run faster and faster.
Bara kept his eyes fixed upon the darkest places in the forest, for he knew that somewhere in the hidden depth of the forest was the place where Shira lived. If such a wonderful white horse with a golden mane were to be out there in the open, then surely the whole world would already know him and be able to see him! No. Bara knew with his keen mind and sharp eyes of deepest blue that only the keenest eyes and sharpest wit would be able to locate this secret hiding place where Shira would be found.
In his secret heart Bara was a proud man, and was fiercely jealous of his brother’s enormous strength. To win the race he had to believe that his eyes were the keenest and his mind the sharpest, and he worked hard to use his eyes to read the signs of Shira’s passing and use his wits to deduce where he may be hiding. His only thought was that secret place.
