Orko & Family - Part 1

“You may come back home when you’ve learnt to be a daughter who can obey my words and be sensible!”

Those were the last words Furaha’s mother ever said to her before she left her alone in this dark, gloomy forest. Furaha just sat there and cried. She had never felt so lonely in all her life. The next miserable grey day, Furaha made her way along the forest, but didn’t have much luck along the way - she got caught in a sticky spider’s web, grazed her knee on a spiky stone and fell in the mud and was covered in the stuff. It was horrible. Her mother was a horrible lioness woman, wasn’t she?

After a few hours of giving up hope, Furaha finally collapsed in the fog, unable to walk any further. Her paws felt hard and ached, and she was covered from head to toe in mud. Suddenly, a light appeared, and the fog parted to reveal a cosy log cabin. From inside came the squeals of two children. Delighted, Furaha ran to the door and banged on it. “Hold on, hold on, I’ll get it.” said a voice from inside. The door opened and a wizard with a shadowed face peered out. His name was Orko. “Well hello there, stranger! I’m Orko. You don’t look too good.” “Tell me about it,” sighed Furaha, “My mother won’t allow me to come home until I apologise for god knows what I’ve done.” “Aaaaawww, poor thing. I know! You can come and live with me and my family if you want.” “Forever?” asked Furaha excitedly. “Forever.” said Orko. “Now come on in, my wife and kids would love to meet you.”