The Sacred Stone of Namuncura

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This interesting tale from South America teaches us that we have to take good care of the things we are in charge of.

For many years, the inhabitants of a riverside settlement deep in the Amazon rainforest had been taking care of a miraculous stone. They believed its great power would protect them from danger. In this tale, one of the village seniors decides not to take care of the stone anymore, and strange things begin to happen.
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Hidden in the depths of the Amazon rainforest, somewhere along what is now the border between Peru and Bolivia, there once lived an ancient nation of mystical people. The leader’s family possessed a sacred stone that was said to have magical powers.

Long ago, an ancient leader had found it as a child in the sapphire-coloured waters of the river Bio-Bio. According to many legends, this stone was able to perform miracles.

It was worshipped every year by the whole village, because the people fervently believed that during these ceremonies, it woke and came to life. The stone was passed on from generation to generation, along with the hefty responsibility of taking care of it.

One day, that responsibility fell into the hands of the leader’s oldest son, Namuncura. He’d spent many years taking good care of the stone and always showing it respect. He’d even made a special protective case for the stone’s vessel from a Monkey-Puzzle tree and polished it with a soft piece of woven cloth once a week.

But as time passed, Namuncura was more and more convinced that the stone was nothing but an ordinary rock. It wasn’t pretty and it didn’t sparkle at all. It was, in fact, quite dull looking. It wasn’t even flat, like good skipping stones are. He figured it seemed pointless to show it any devotion.

And so he said to his father: “The stone isn’t any good. Everything has been revolving around it for years and generations - yet it’s nothing but a curse for our family! I won’t take care of it anymore. I refuse! I’ll leave with my wife and child and we’ll go somewhere far away, where the stone won’t have any power over us. That is, if it has any power at…

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