Stories look like anything that ever happened and which might yet
happen in years and centuries to come. And stories are whatever people
might wish for, and things of which they are afraid.
Soon the stories were all gone from the box in which they had been kept
locked until someone came along who really wanted them freed. Now
the stories could go wherever they wished, and to be for all time among
the peoples of the world.
When people saw the stories, they took them in and gave them the food
and shelter that stories need to be strong. In return the stories gave
pleasure and knowledge and, at times, sadness, to the peoples of the
world. Stories try to give those who listen carefully an understanding of
how the Lord of the Sky means for the world to be.
Sometimes, the stories from Nyami's box did not change, and at other
times, they were changed about by storytellers to give them other
meanings. Sometimes this was good; at other times, it was not good, but
it's how stories are meant to be. However they are changed, all stories
are gifts from the Lord of the Sky, who has many names.
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