The Forbidden Script

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The Mayan people were feeling the drought that has lasted for more than six months now. Crop fields were bare, and food rations were empty. Hunting was also in vain as wildlife migrated to richer grounds in search of food.

Children and the elderly were the first to feel the famine. Disease was everywhere. The people were in chaos and turned to their king for answers. The rulers people were now on the brink of survival.

King Piedras Negras summoned the high priests to call upon the gods in search of answers before his kingdom perishes. Just only a few days ago, he ordered the sacrifice of four of his people in an effort to please the gods.

But the high priests said, “the gods insist on more blood, and more sacrifices have to be considered.”

King Piedras has lost too many of his people to the drought and so ordered the priests to ask the gods for an alternative solution.

It was the first time a king had questioned the gods. Still the high priests were loyal to their king and dared not oppose the Mayan ruler.

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