Chapter 7
The Road SouthWilde Lake was a massive body of water.
During good weather, it could take as many as three days to sail
from one end to the other. Wilde Lake was so large that it often
had its own climate. It was a deep lake as well. No one knew for
sure how deep. I remember my father tested depths in his special
fishing spots and his two hundred foot line never hit bottom. Of
course, there were stories about depth-dwelling monsters that would
walk the land at night. These fish-people would kill cattle and
steal children, but nothing like that ever happened. When my
forefathers first arrived in this land I’m sure they believed the
lake to be the western ocean. It is a fertile land with food
aplenty from the water and the surrounding forests. My hometown of
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