By Pema KyI
THE WITCHES OF TIBET is a fictionalized account of a Tibetan girlhood in Mgo log (Golok) in Qinghai Province. The narrative starts with how a bit girl's lifestyles used to be stored via a present of a mysterious tablet from a type, neighborhood girl who locals considered as a witch. those and different magic moments are from own studies that family members and others comparable approximately their very own lives, and what the writer dreamed and imagined. this article illustrates how a Tibetan lady is encouraged by means of these round her, the average atmosphere, and her goals. additionally, 4 tales are given, of which in basic terms ladies inform between themselves. This paintings indicates the worth of recording neighborhood tradition from a Tibetan woman's viewpoint.
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We reached a higher place in a second. I saw a huge stone but, but when she got next to it, it became a throne covered with tiger skin and decorated with colorful silk. She held the throne with her right hand and put me down under the throne. "You're nothing more than ordinary," she whispered angrily. " She threw her black robe over the throne and sat, clad now in only pure white silk. I was paralyzed. I couldn't move, talk, or breathe but my thoughts, hearing, and eyesight were fine. She sent out a very strong whistle that broke the dark silence of the mountaintop.
Yes, I got him. He's fast," Zangpo replied. -62- Sister came back to our bed and lay down. " I asked. "He was sleepwalking," explained Sister. "But his eyes were wide open," I said. "Sleepwalkers walk with their eyes wide open," Sister continued. "That's scary," I said. "It's OK. Zangpo is a hero. Karwa will be fine," Sister said reassuringly. We stopped talking. Everyone was quiet again. I slept. A bright shining sun the next morning announced a lovely day. Sister came into the tent after she finished milking the yaks.
I prayed, "Oh Tara! " After a long pause Father said, "Tsering and Karwa, I guess," and then stood and left the tent. "Mother, please ask Father to send me to school," I pleaded. "Go ask him yourself," Mother said. I ran after Father, tugged his right sleeve with both hands, and pleaded, "Father, I want to go to school. " Father said. " I begged, following him. -45- "You cannot. We can send only two - Tsering and Karwa," repeated Father. " I persisted. I followed Father as he walked back into our tent.