JHP - Consequences

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Once, there was time that animals were smarter and could

communicate with humans and pine trees did not have sharp

leaves. Galston, a chipmunk who was unusually intelligent,

being smarter than usual humans, yawned from the highest

tree in a forest in what now is North Korea.

Theres nothing interesting going interesting going around

here since we made a peace treaty with the humans, He

mumbled. Its still winter so the acorns are yet to come; I

guess Ill have to

feed on the ones

Ive saved from

last fall.

When Galston got

to his food storage

in the tree

network, all he

could do was


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grumble, I should have known. There was a fat squirrel

munching and crunching and chomping on all the nuts and

acorns in the hole.

I thought I have told you not to come into this hole, Galston

sighed. You have your own storage hole is just two trees away

from here.

Its too far away. Wheezed the fat chipmunk, whose name is

Chimquirrel, barely breathed because of his full stomach, I like

it more here because I have to crawl a shorter distance. Mine is

too far away.

Youve got to move your lazy tail over there instead of stealing

others property. Galston replied with a slight annoyance in his

voice, You crossed the line of being lazy, youve become

indolent! He screeched. His tan fur with black stripes puffed

up as Galston got still madder.

So what, Chimquirrel questioned, you now Im indolent, so

what are you going to do about that?

From now on, you can keep your cursed acorns in your home!

Shouted Galston, getting mad, That way,

Hey! a shining black crow came out of the woods. Its not

time to fight!

Whats wrong Lanny? Galston replied curiously, Is something

wrong?

Did you run out of food? Chimquirrel chuckled.

No, something more terrible, Lanny panted, I think the


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humans are trying to invade the forest so they can get more

lumber.

Galston became pale. The animals didnt have the power to

stand against the humans. He shakily said Wha..... what

s..s.sshould we d...do?

Lanny shrugged Theres nothing we can do right now. Maybe

we should just leave.

Bu..but we ma..made a pea..ce treaty. Galston was frightened

now. They.... sh..shouldnt try to in..invade.

Chimquirrel was serious now. We have to do something about

this, we cant let them take my dear acorns! We have to fight

them back! Cimquirrel turned to Lanny. Get the message to

all the other birds and spread the news far and wide. gather all

the animals of the Korean peninsula. Tell them to come to this

place 4 days after today!

Aye-aye sir! Lanny replied with a confidence, It would be

such an honor to be on a mission to protect the forest! With

that, he flew away to the nearest animal colony.

Galston never heard him so determined. So... Whats your

plan commander? Galston replied, chuckling at the part

when he said commander.

Oh..... Well...... we fight against humans!

We are hugely outnumbered compared to humans, Galston

grumbled, and they have steel weapons. What can we possibly

do to stop them?


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Well... hmmmm... we got stones?

Steel breaks stones. That had been knowledge. Galston

claimed.

WILL YOU STOP BEING DESPERATE! Chimquirrel screamed

TRYING TO THINK HERE!

My plan is simple. Galston told Chimquirrel rather calmly,

We attack the humans.... at night.

At night? Chimquirrel wondered, What good is that?

See. Most animals are nocturnal, which, by the way, means

they are active at night. However, humans are diurnal, which

means they are active during the day. Galston explained, So

what Im trying to say is that we have a better chance of

winning if we surprise attack them in the darkness of night, but

first, we need to extinguish the fires.

Hows that possible? Chimquirrel laughed, We dont have

any devices to carry water!

We could hollow out few tree trunks using the stone tools we

have and the bones of the animals that have died recently. And

we could request hawks to carry the hollowed out woods filled

with water, two per one water carry, and we could pour it from

overhead as we attack.

You are a total genius. Lets do this! Chimquirrel was cheerful

now. Now time to save our nuts!

Only we dont have nuts right now. Galston sighed. Come

on, weve got a forest to save.


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The animals all came together as one under Gallstons

leadership. They all worked together to invade the humans.

Then, there was the first combat. It was one cloudless, grey

night. The moon was almost full and the humans were sleeping

in front of the forest with two guards holding torches. But the

torches couldnt light far. The guards were sighing about how

the government is now days, and how it is walking to the road

of corruption.


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The people were panicked and they ran around wildly, trying to

run away as water fell down from the sky. They ran into each

other, some ran into their own traps, Galston and Lanny was

watching the war stats. When the humans camp was all

chaotic, water spilling endlessly from above, humans running

into each other, and screams that are likely to be heard in hell,

the command was given. He whispered to the albatros Now,

the second step, Devastation. The albatross puffed up with

air, and made a series of ear-piercing shrieks which estimated

about 50,000 Hz (Hz stands for hertz, a measuring unit for

sound, or rather, the vibration frequency of the sound. The

higher the frequency, the higher the sound.), which humans

cant hear, but the animals can. As soon as the call had been

made, the animals tumbled out of the trees that surrounded

the clearing that the humans had run away into. Siberian tigers

slashed and tore through human flesh, the Korean brown frog,

carried by the Chinese egrets, dropped upon peoples faces,

therefore disgusting them. The grey-red backed vole bit the

humans ankles. The bulls cried Mooooooooo! and pierced

the humans with its horns. However, the humans could do

nothing because they were cringed by the sudden strike and

blinded by the darkness. However, the animals could penetrate

the darkness by their excellent night vision, so the humans that

tried to invade the forest were all wiped out.

The next day, the animals celebrated their victory by stealing


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the steel weapons and tools that humans used and using it for

themselves. Galston announced We shouldnt be too proud of

ourselves. There are more battles to come and if we lose

concentration even for few minutes, Im sure thats when the

humans will strike, and we will be wiped out. Even after that

speech, the animals got a succession of victories. Then one

day... Chimquirrel watched the battle from a tree high above

and thought I dont like the way that Galston always becomes

the hero. I was the one who first came up with the idea of

fighting against the humans, not Galston!Its simply just not

fair!I also want credit!

The next day, the animals all again tasted the sweetness of

victory when the humans ran away from their forest.

Jealousy was stuffed into the mind of Chimquirrel. He grew

more hatred for Galston each day. Then, finally, he decided to

betray his own race.

Thunder clashed and lightning flashed from above.

Chimquirrel breathed heavily. He took a lot of nuts and fled to

the human world to tell the humans that it is only a one

chipmunk that is leading the animals and if they kill the

chipmunk, the animals would be defeated.

So the humans set out to kill the chipmunk the fat squirrel had

told them about. The humans could find the chipmunk in the

place where the fat squirrel who claimed himself as

Chimquirrel, told them he would be. The chipmunk was


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enjoying a nut from a tree hollow. The human carefully

withdrew an arrow, nocked the arrow on his bow, pulled back

on the string. Time seemed to slow down. The mans fingers

were trembling when he finally released the arrow. It hit the

chipmunk directly in the stomach as the chipmunk fell down

from the tree. The threat has finally been gone. Lanny woke up

by some rustling leaves. He was about to shout Who are you

to disturb my sleep! but when he found out that it was the

humans, he froze. Then, when he found out that one humans

was aiming a bow at Galston, Lanny knew it was too late and

went to tell the news. He heard a light thunk as Galstons body

fell towards the dirt. The animals all fell in despair. Some wept,

some howled, but one thing was for sure. The animals lost

hope. They began leaving the forest one by one, but then,

Chimquirre appeared.

Animals! he declared. We are very upset about Galstons

death. However, even though Galston is not with us now, we

shall continue our fight! We shall enjoy the freedom when the

humans are completely wiped off the surface of the earth! The

next day, the humans were preparing to launch an attack for

the animals, confident that they will win, but of course, they

stood no chance because their leader had died. The rest of the

animals were too dumb to think of any tactics. The animals ran

around wildly and all the animals got separated. Then,

Chimquirrel came up, giving animals orders or tactics but he


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always stayed behind, afraid that he will die. However,

Chimquirrels tactics werent efficient enough. His tactics only

brought death to the animals, but the animals still thought they

were winning because of Chimquirrels brain washing speech.

Once, Chimquirrel told bulls to crash into houses to take down

humans but when a bull crashed into a house with a full force,

the house merely partially broke down, sending shattered clay

bricks, straws, and wood to people nearby. If Galston had been

alive, none of this would have happened. Galstons objective

was to defend the forest while Chimquirrels objective was to

kill the humans. months passed by. Most of the animals had

died and some have left. Now, there are only seventy animals

left. Still, Chimquirrel couldnt wade out of the swamp of

corruption. Now and then, he would steal animals food to eat

himself and left the defence to other animals. The

consequences were severe. In less than one month, number of

animals remaining decreased from seventy to merely fifteen,

and ten had left so there were only five left. In no time at all,

the remaining animals have been slaughtered. From

somewhere high above, soul of the warrior saw this. Galston

mumbled This is leading to the destruction of the forest. He

felt a sharp stab on his mind. That was the forest he had

learned everything, and payed his life to defend it. His mind

was already fractured from when he found out that Chimquirrel

had betrayed him but now, it shattered, with his soul.The tiny


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fragments of his soul went into the pine trees of the world.

Then, the pine trees grew sharp, pointy leaves and no humans

could interfere with them. The war left humans with nothing

but a lot of dead caracas that had to be removed. The humans

in that area were frightened, and ran away from the forest.The

trees were useless because the leaves stabbed anyone who

dared to enter the forest. However, todays, his hatred has

gone, so the leaves are not as stiff as they used to be. And till

now, little bits of Galstons soul exist in every pine tree and will

exist for ever.


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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

The author of this book, Jung Hyun Park, was born on the year

1999 and on the February 23rd

. He is a fan of insects and loves

to collect them. He was born in South Korea but is now living

in India for five years, from 2007 to 2012, and is planning to go

back to Korea in the summer of 2012. He has a weak heart but

other than that, there isnt much about his life.

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