Strange Event After Halloween
The following morning, he went to work at the theatre but he could not do much. He was very restless and his colleagues knew that something was wrong with him. He left the office very early and headed home. He parked the car and walked towards his house. He opened the door and saw the strange bird trapped in a corner of the sitting room. As soon as the bird set its eyes on him, the bird knew that it was doomed and began to scream out loud, pleading for help in English like a human being.
"How did you get into my room?" Asked Hain.
He was very shocked to hear the bird replying him and speaking like a human being. The fear was so overwhelming that he almost collapsed but he managed to gather some strength and confidence.
"I am sorry, I strayed here," the bird explained.
"You strayed here?" Asked Hain.
"Yes I was on a trip elsewhere and I fell in through your window," the bird explained.
"Who sent you?" Asked Hain.
"Nobody sent me. I made a mistake of getting here," said the bird.
"It's a lie. You people have found out where I am and you want to wreak the havoc as you have always done before. I will not allow you this time around," said Hain as he walked towards the kitchen to take a rope.
He went to the bird and tied the legs. The bird still continued to cry and beg for help when he took the matches. He walked out of the house and tied the bird to a tree near the house. The bird was still speaking like a human being pleading for help. He went to his car and took some gasoline from it. Hain began to beat the bird mercilessly without knowing that Mrs. Elizabeth Rowstone, a neighbor was watching him from her house. This neighbor saw the way he was beating the bird and he quickly phoned the Wildlife Service.
"Hello. Is that the Wildlife Service?" Mrs. Rowstone asked.
"Yes. This is the Wildlife Service," a voice answered from the other end.
"There is a neighbor of mine who is being cruel to an endangered species. I will appreciate it if you can come over quickly," said Mrs. Rowstone.
Unknown to Hain that someone had phoned the Wildlife Service, he poured gasoline on the bird and began to rebuked it.
"Next time they send you on an errand to kill people, tell them that you will not go, you evil bird. I will burn you today," he said.
He ignited the light and set the bird ablaze. As the bird was burning, a woman was screaming in Buffalo's courtyard in Freedomtown saying that someone was burning her dress and skin.
"I was not alone. They sent me," screamed the bird too as Hain continued to burn it.
By this time, Mrs. Rowstone was infuriated. She brought out a camera and began to film how Hain was burning this bird from afar. Few minutes later, the Wildlife Service department people came and were stunned to find Hain burning the bird and using a stick to ensure that the bird was burning very well.
"You are under arrest sir!" They told Hain.
"What have I done?" He asked them.
"For killing and burning an endangered species!" They said.
"Endangered species?" He asked.
"Yes. Endangered species," they affirmed.
"This is strange. I am the one endangered," said Hain.
"When you get to the court, tell the jury," said the men as they brought out some documents.
By this time, Mrs. Rowstone did not stop her recording. She filmed the arrival of the government officials and the interrogation of Hain without anyone's knowledge. The woman that was screaming in Buffalo's courtyard collapsed and died the same time that the bird died despite the fact that Buffalo tried his best to save her. No one in both countries was able to link the two deaths. The people in America were unaware of what had taken place in Buffalo's place but Buffalo was able to read on the spiritual radar in his room that one of their nocturnal birds had crashed somewhere abroad. Buffalo cried over the death of the woman and the bird. When people in Freedomtown heard that someone died in Buffalo's house, they were unhappy. They were however unaware of the activities of the woman with Buffalo. The woman's family was contacted that day about the incident and they came to recover her body.
In Littletonville, Hain was cautioned and warned not to kill any endangered species until they determine the case that was before the jury. It was a celebrated case and everyone glued to the television to watch the case involving a man who killed an endangered bird.
Newspapers across America carried the story. Environment pressure groups created a big issue from it. There were screaming headlines such as: MAN IN TROUBLE OVER BIRD, STRANGE MAN KILLS STRANGE BIRD, and "I KILLED BIRD TO SAVE MY LIFE," SAYS BIRD KILLER. There was no doubt that the media fed fat on the story as the trial began in the court.
The pressure given by interested environmentalists and bird watchers was very much. For example, to back up her claim, Mrs. Rowstone who recorded the scene of the burning of the bird with her video camera secretly sent it to the police and the Wildlife Service officers to use it in their prosecution. During the hearing of the case in the court, John was in the court to support his good friend. But he continued to wonder why they had to begin another kind of travail after running away from those that were persecuting them spiritually at Freedomtown, Buenos.
One major problem that confronted them at the hearing was how to get a lawyer that will have their background and cultural orientation and would be able to argue and convince the jury. They later heard that there was a lawyer who lived in an island in the Caribbean. His name was Calixthus and he was vast in magic and voodoo. This lawyer was contacted and he was given the details of the case and the date of the next adjournment. This lawyer studied the case and thundered in his chambers to his colleagues that Hain had a very good case and that he already understood the mystery of the case and the correlation with the events of that day when he killed the crow. The lawyer telephoned Hain and assured him of his support and that he was willing to tell the world that what happened to Hain was mysterious and could not be detected by science and the naked eyes. According to the lawyer, only people with discerning spiritual eyes could detect it.
"This is not the case for spiritually ignorant lawyers and bird watchers," he said.
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