Return to the Enchanted Island by Johary Ravaloson

Author:Johary Ravaloson [Ravaloson, Johary]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781542093538
Published: 2019-11-04T23:00:00+00:00

In all the games of chess Boris and Ietsy played against each other over all those years, from Bièvres to Versailles, they each won about the same amount. During the Ninon period, however, Ietsy won the tiebreaker every time. As sweet as that was, he had only Ninon on his mind. He also managed to get his master’s degree by some miracle.

“You are truly blessed by the Gods and Ancestors,” Boris had admitted.

“Maybe I’m just a lucky devil.”

Then, in a seemingly unrelated vein, he continued.

“Actually, I do know several Malagasy legends where there’s a lover pining for his sweetheart. Paulhan was the one who didn’t want them to exist … I would have liked that too! Even in the myth of Ibonia, there’s a child who decides to leave his mother’s womb to go after his betrothed who’d been captured by a rival.”

“He sounds like he’s taking action, not sitting around beating himself up, right?”

“Yes,” Ietsy admitted. “The problem is that all these stories tell you how to get the girl, but none of them says what to do next!”

“Probably live happily ever after and have lots of children,” Boris said.

“How? Now all the pretty girls can live happily ever after by themselves.”

As he moved his hand toward the chessboard, Ietsy recalled the riddle of Rasarotrafoitoavary, She-Who-Is-as-Difficult-to-Leave-Behind-as-Rice.

“Her name can also be translated as ‘a brutally beautiful woman,’” Ietsy said. “She was so tempting that anyone who saw her couldn’t take their eyes off her. She asked all her suitors, all those who’d seen her, to bring her the hearts of their parents, both of them, mama and papa. Not a single one balked. They backed away slowly, devouring her with their eyes as they left. Then they rushed back, famished, their hands still dirty. They presented their bloody tributes to her, some with heifers’ hearts, calf hearts, some with monkey hearts, their neighbors’ hearts, even the two hearts of their parents, both of them, mama and papa. She threw them all out of her house, warning the people that there were assassins prowling the city!” He laughed with his friend, then said, “What do I need to bring Ninon?”

“I have no idea what goes on inside chicks’ heads,” Boris confessed, once again tipping over his king.

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