Land Of Hope

Once upon a time, there was a beautiful land, built by the love between men and wolf…

…Kiwishes, were a tribe from the Andien Region in a far southern land. The tribe were permaculture experts and lived in harmony with nature, they eventually created a huge food forest to live in, they called it: Lemu

Kiwishes lived in Lemu for years until Vandolas, a bigger civilization coming from the east, arrived.

Vandolas didn't know permaculture, they were hunters and gatherers, and were always struggling to find food. They were starving, they didn't know how abundant the land could be, so they became hoarders of food, always taking as much as they could, fearing they could run out of it.

Vandolas wanted more and more, they were armed and ready to do anything, to take all the food they saw in Lemu for themselves.

Kiwishes were people of peace, they lived in abundance and were not scared of change. They decided to leave Lemu, which was running out of food, to find a better place to live with their loved ones.

Wolves on the other hand were starving. The land that gave them food, and allowed them to grow in number through generation, was changing. After years of thriving above all other animals, they reach the loading capacity of the land.

When Kiwishes and wolves meet, a beautiful symbiotic relationship was born. Kiwishes helped wolves by learning what was the best food they could provide to them.

Wolves helped Kiwishes, keeping them away from danger. They could smell it from miles around and guide them through a safe path.

But, Kiwishes and wolves, stayed together, for something more than food and safety. They stayed together because they loved one another.

Kiwishes and wolves were able to find new land, far away from danger. The land was a beautiful valley surrounded by nature, abundance, and ran by a river full of gold. They named the valley: Ayún.

Hundreds of years passed until one-day, Vandolas stumbled upon Ayún while on a trip to loot the village people.

Vandolas wanted the gold this time, and they to take it, but they did not expect the wolves to defend their land with such fierceness, so they retreated.

Fearing that others would want to take over the land, Kiwishes decided to hide all the gold of the river. But it was too late...

More and more Vandolas arrived on the land looking for the gold, and in a couple of years, they quadrupled Kiwishes in number.

Vandolas kept arriving at the valley, there was not more space. Some families of wolves left with the Kiwishes and others decided to stay in the valley with the Vandolas.

Vandolas were cold-hearted, but the wolves learned to love them regardless of their incapacity to fully love back. With time the relationship from humans to wolves in the valley changed from a loving one to a convenient one.

Wolves became the victims of the unbalanced relationship.

Vandolas started to pick and choose wolves for things like protection and company, but rarely for love. Sometimes when wolves needed protection, company, or love, they were ignored. A lot of wolves ended up alone, abandoned, and even vanished from the land.

The selection of these wolves by men had such an impact, that wolves' descendants became a different species: DOGS.

Time passed, the gold was never found, and its story was forgotten, but Vandolas and other tribes kept moving into the valley. The human population in the valley grew and its culture was shared all around the world. The relationship between humans and dogs was taught and learned from generation to generation without changes. Hundreds of years later, it was still common to see dogs of all ages abandoned on the streets, hungry and without their families…

... It was February 23 of 1942, when Ron and Maya were on a camping trip, to celebrate their arrival in South America. They were coming from far away, amazed by the beautiful sceneries of the land described by other explorers.

The love birds were driving, on the way to a lake to celebrate their arrival to the southern land. When in the middle of the wild forest, Ron screamed at the top of his lungs"What is that?!". Maya looked everywhere, but she could not see anything..-"What is that!!... two wild cats?!" said Ron. He stopped the car, “Puppies!”-he said. Ron was concerned, the puppies were alone, cold, and right by the side of the road -

They got out of the car and immediately saw the two puppies running to them. (They were recently abandoned by a man of cold heart, he only wanted the males of the litter to protect his property. He did not want more dogs so he decided to abandon the females because they could have more puppies as adults).

Ron, Maya, and the sisters looked at each other, and their faces lit up. Love at first sight.- "Look at these beautiful puppies" (said, Ron)- The sisters looked at them with their big brown puppy's eyes, and then they started to play with each other.

Maya and Ron knew the puppies were not safe there, so they started to accommodate things in the car to make space for them. The sisters laid by each other looking at Ron and Maya with their sweet eyes and when their cozy places in the car were ready, they jumped in, and the adventure started.

The first night, when they arrived at the lake, Maya and Ron, made a little house of cardboard for the puppies outside their tent. They were covered in ticks and fleas, so even though the puppies tried to get in the tent they were not allowed.

That night the puppies did not use the cardboard house. Instead, they leaned on Ron and Maya's feet through the fabric of the tent.

The second day, Ron cleaned their fur in the lake, and free of ticks and fleas, they made their way into the tent.

Every morning the girls woke up and waited until Ron and Maya opened their eyes, to jump to their faces and kiss them with their noses and tongues.

Maya and Ron started to feel more and more joy for waking up with all that love from the puppies, and the puppies were so happy that their tails made their whole body move like a big wave.

In a few days, they became a big family. The sisters were called Carmen and Lima like two majestic mountains by the lake.

The new pack was having so much fun at the lake, they swam in the lake in the daytime and snuggled at night inside the tent. Suddenly one night, they woke up to howls coming from the forest.

Carmen and Lima started to howl back and scratched at the tent with their paws. They wanted to go out.

Ron opened the tent and the sisters got out immediately. They walked to the water, looked back at Ron and Maya, and then started to run to the forest. Maya and Ron followed them and they kept howling, looking back, and moving forward(leading the way), until they arrived at a place with a big rock, and started to dig.

They dug for hours under the rock. Maya and Ron did not understand what was going on, Carmen and Lima were on a mission and they were unstoppable.

After a while of digging, it sounded like they were scratching another type of surface. It was then when Maya and Ron looked and saw a metal box. They took it out of the ground and tried to open it with their hands, but they needed a stronger tool to do it.

Maya grabbed the box and they took the box back to their camping spot at the lake. Ron got a tool from the car and was able to open it. Inside the box, they found a little black book. Maya took the book carefully and very slowly, opened it.

She went through the pages of the book and saw draws and symbology.

Maria was stunning; she knew she was in front of a millenary piece of history.

All the stories of the Kiwishes and wolves were on those pages. They could see the drawings of the ancient civilization. How they meet, how they helped each other, and traveled for years until they found their home in Ayún.

The book showed how men and wolves lived hundreds of years in abundance and peace as one.

They also saw in the book the story of the Vandolas arriving and taking over the land, looking for gold. Then they saw the drawings of a Kiwishe woman hiding the gold of the river.

The last page of the book was a map of Ayún. They could identify the big rock and where the book they found was located on the map, but the rest was confusing. The land changed so much that the valley was transformed into a lake.

Where would this map take them? They didn’t know, but they would find out.

They got a few hours of sleep, packed what they needed, and went back to the forest.

They started in the big rock and walked south. Lima and Carmen lead the way, and after a couple of hours, they stopped in the middle of the forest and looked around. They jumped to Ron's hands, he was holding the book and they wanted it. Ron put the book on the ground, and Carmen and Lima sniffed the pages for a few minutes.

After smelling every corner of the book they howled and headed southeast. Ron and Maya followed them with no hesitation. They walked for hours, the sun went down and they used torches to see the path during the night. By sunrise, Carmen and Lima stopped by another huge rock very similar to the one where they found the book.

Carmen and Lima howled and started to dig. Maya and Ron helped them and finally, they met another metallic surface but this time it was a larger one. They discovered a door that will take them to an underground place.

Ron and Maya opened the door and Carmen and Lima immediately ran inside. They howled like never before.

Ron and Maya held hands and slowly started to walk down the stairs of the place. They could not believe what they found inside!

As they were getting into the ground the sunlight reflected in the underground room, bright yellow. IT WAS GOLD! the gold hidden by the Kiwishes. Everything made sense now. every page of the book, every part of the adventure.

The pack found the Kiwishes gold and learned the story of the wolves. Carmen and Lima were guided by their ancestors in the forest to find the way back to their land. The land of hope where the descendants of the wolves could live in abundance and peace again.

The gold they found was worth $20,000. The exact amount that would allow them to own half of the lake's land. They named the place Ayún and became home to dogs in need all around the world. Ayún became a place where dogs were treated with respect and love, their families could stay together and they could run safe and free. Just like their ancestors.

The end.