Miriam The Water Buffalo

Dear Diary,The most horrifying, absolutely terrible thing happened to me today. I coughed!

Let me explain. Today was the end of the moon cycle, and all Elementi are required to travel to the Shrine of Light while the moon is blacked out. So I rode Miriam, she was a little temperamental, I hadn't ridden her in a while, and she was not happy about it. My fathko was angry with me. The only reason I was allowed to keep Miriam was if I promised to take good care of her. I won't make that mistake again.

So we were riding through the shifting lands of the Followers Of The Creator, I thought I knew a shortcut, that would impress my fathko so he wouldn't take Miriam away from me. So I snuck away from the group.

The trail was awful, Miriam's paws kicked up the dirt into a dust cloud. I tried to cover my face with my cloak, but it was no use. I coughed, and coughed. It was horrible.

I did make it to the Shrine of Light before all of the others. Miriam and I tried to shake off the dust, but oh, there was so much of it. Fathko was so angry with me. He didn't even speak to me; just grabbed me by the shoulder and motioned for the entrance.

Then as we were listening to the precious words directly from the Creator, I felt this tickle. And that try as I might, that tickle turned into a cough. The priest stopped in mid-sentence, LOOKED at me, everyone turned to look at me. It was an eternity before he spoke again. All I wanted was to sink into my seat and never be found again.

In embarrassment,Sihara Dayal