The River of Oto Chapter Three

Goldday, the fairy being sent out by the Fairymother to find this year's Hero, is a lightfooted, blondhaired beautiful creature leaving a fragrance of roses wherever she turns up.

She is the youngest and prettiest of the maiden fairies and saw daylight on June 21, the first day of summer. Therefore she was given the name Goldday by her Godmother.

It is said that each year, during the month of June, Goldday appears to a human being, fulfilling her fary task to enlighten the most accomplished and beloved Hero of the land. Unfourtunately the chosen Hero was not in this time and the fairies had to pick a straw to chose someone else.

So, when Goldday approached Oto, she was rather shocked by the bewildered looks of this human being whom she had to bring the news to find The River of Oto.

Anyway, no time to loose as yet, she would gently guide Oto and take care of him from a safe distance. That was, when Oto fell asleep, Goldday looked around and wished a basket full of fruit to gently drop next to newly appointed hero. And there it was, a giant bamboo basketweave with the most exotic tropical fruits one could imagine. The mamey sapote, mango, orange, papaya, pineapple, and sapodilla appetizingly displayed on the floor of the forest immediately attracted the animals.

At first, there was the turtle moving slowly towards the display of yummiyummi, then there was the snake suddenly waiting for her catch and then there was the falcon, waiting for the snake... But Goldday is very well aware of the dangers luring behind every tree and mistically keeps away the animals with her bright eyes focused on them.

When Oto wakes up, she disappears silently the whay she came, leaving a fragrance of roses and a billion of questions to Oto who after eating the selection of fruit, suddenly falls asleep (again), embraced by Morpheus.

Bewitched ???