“A Little Tale”…

…. Now, let me tell you a few things about the Wizard who was the recent Guardian of all things within the Enchanted Woods. Even you, a human, might be able to grasp and imagine the enormous and gigantic responsibility it is to be the Wizard who is the one Guardian or Keeper of the Enchanted Woods.

To be chosen as the Guardian or Keeper, the wizard has to be one of the smartest, if not the smartest of all wizards, the most skilled in the art of Wizardry and spells, the undefeated champion in magic wand spell fencing, and the wisest of all wizards in existence. He or she must have a broad range and complete knowledge of every single aspect of nature, astronomy, physics, the moon phases, the seasons, the plants and trees, wizardry, chemistry, botany, weather, nature, the elements, elementals, the inhabitants, mushrooms, and all the rest.

The Guardian Wizard simply must have these abilities and powers for, you see, this wizard controls and manages every single aspect of the Enchanted Woods.

As an example of one type of responsibility on the Guardian’s shoulders, let us say there is a drought in the lower of the lowest Southern Region. The wizard must study this carefully and thoroughly and not act in haste. He or she has to study the climatic conditions, time of the year, the moon, as well as the element of water to determine why and when this element will provide the much needed rain, how much, and its motive for withholding the rains and causing such a serious drought.

For should this wizard act in haste and use a spell to force the rain, well, if the element of water had been planning to flow itself down from the clouds, then the drought might become a flood. That would be one disaster following on the heels of a previous one. So, the wizard must stay in constant touch and in good standing with the four elements, in addition to truly understanding them and their motives.

You might ask, when we just discussed a drought, “why all four elements”? Well, nothing happens in a vacuum and certainly not the four elements.

If the drought continued, the element of air, more than likely would get testy and allow its anger to build pressure up inside itself, which would finally be expelled as wind. That wind would not just merely ruffle the earth‘s feelings, but instead create a feeling of hostility of monumental proportions, thus, causing the earth to withdraw any water supplies beneath itself and drying out the grasses, trees, bushes, and all even more.

And, out of that element’s hostility, fire, which is known for its short temper, would be angered and this anger would manifest itself in a spark that would ignite the dry branches, grass, and trees of the earth Element. That one spark of anger would create a huge blazing destructive inferno and take the lives of animals, the inhabitants, the trees, grasses, bushes, insects, and all else.

So, you see, this wizard must work in tandem with the four elements so all can live in harmony and maintain balance.

That, my human friend, is the first and foremost responsibility of the Keeper of the Enchanted Woods… to keep all in balance. The same is true for you too, even as a human, you must keep yourself and your life in a state of balance on all levels or, if not, you suffer the consequences… illness, loss, poverty, want...
~ Marsha J. West ~ original tale and idea~ edited for Flickr~ not to be copied, reproduced, reprinted or used in any manner in part or in full…

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