“Within us, my spirit sensed an intruder. Our very blood has sold us out. He has told the human the direction of our rose,” he pointed in the direction of the tree. “The rose is misery to humans and history to us. No human has been able to unravel the secret of secrets of the Carolyn rose and we must bring out the one who showed it to that human. We must remove the tree to a more secure place after eliminating the evil ones among us. One after the other you must drive from this water. Maybe, the one responsible is among those who were killed.” He squeezed his mouth and demonstrated with his hands. The beasts queued themselves and came one after the other. Each raised the pot towards their faces and threw their long tongues into it and tasted the liquid. It took hours and they kept comin

