Surapan and the Spirit Teacher

By J. Christen Adams

In his hurry to solve a problem, Surapan is injured by a dangerous spirit. Lost and, bleeding green blood, he spends a night alone in the Dark Forest. His secret is at risk as Mina had seen him go into the forest. Luckily she speaks to his family and becomes an ally.
In the morning, after an initial fright, his other allies, the owl and the tree spirit, come to his aid. He learns again, his difficulties occurred because of bad thoughts.
The tree further enlightens him to the magic and mysteries of the forest, before Surapan is sent to meet the Protector of Knowledge, Paldan.
As a result this meeting, Surapan learns that power comes from knowledge. He also learns more about the knowledge and powers he has been given the key to. However, although he now has the key, he still has to learn how to use the powers.
Even though it remains a secret, Surapan's involvement in the spirit world has affected his relationship with the other village children. This leads to animosity with one of the other boys. It also affects Surapan's pride.
Over the ensuing months, he becomes increasingly frustrated that he cannot do the powers he was given permission to do. A stormy event with Mina triggers the gaining of one of his powers.
Many more months go by as Surapan, often with Mina's help, learns and hones his powers. An incident with another boy, pricks Surapan's ego and he uses a power to cause injury.
Paldan, who knows everything, is extremely annoyed. She commands him to the forest, where he undergoes a very painful lesson. The story ends with Paldan explaining a little about the mystery of Surapan's purpose.

• Language: English
• Publisher: J. Christen Adams
• Release date: Jun 27, 2020
• ISBN: 9780648831525

J. Christen Adams

When people ask me what I’m so happy about, my immediate response is, ‘I woke up this morning’. It may sound a bit overdone but it just happens to be true. I think I’m the luckiest man I know.I’ve had (and am still having) a life full of rich and different experiences. Lucky not to die in the underwater caves of South Australia, prawn boat deck hand on Australia's Barrier Reef, an AFS volunteer working with exchange students from many different countries, flying hangliders 12,000 feet above the Australian outback, getting frightened fighting bushfires, teaching English in Thailand and South Korea and time as a Buddhist monk in rural Thailand are just a few off a list I almost can't believe myself.Through all this, I have developed a passion for bringing people of different cultures together. It is only through learning about each other that we come to understand that, though we may be different in many ways, we are all the same human beings underneath. We all laugh and cry, we all bleed the same colour blood when cut, we all need food and we all share this beautiful planet.Let us hope that through understanding, we can attain the tolerance required to help make this world a better place.My writing allows me to explore ideas, emotions, people, relationships and occasionally morality. Although I have been told I shouldn’t, I jump the boundaries between children’s books, adult fiction and poetry. I am much more comfortable with things that set us free rather than those that limit expression.I write for the simple pleasure of it, though also in the hope that some of my scribble might inspire someone, somewhere, to work, in some small way, towards making a better world for our children.

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Surapan and the Spirit Teacher

(Book 3)

By J. Christen Adams

Copyright © 2020 by J. Christen Adams

eBook: ISBN: 978-0-6488315-2-5

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Note: This is the third book in the Surapan series. If you haven't read books 1 and 2 yet, please read Surapan and the Dark Forest first, then Surapan and the Magic Tree.

Chapter 1 Green Blood

Surapan was beginning to wonder if he would ever solve the problem about his ball. Almost a week had gone by since his last visit to the Dark Forest. Although he had thought about it a lot, the answer had not come to him.

He had his red ball back, and now it was not invisible any longer. His problem was, how could he explain to the other children, that he had got it back from the Dark Forest? He mustn’t tell them the secret that he had been into the Dark Forest. The two monkeys in his mind were chattering to him.

'Don't worry about it, just tell the other kids your grandma gave you another ball.'

The other monkey told him something different.

'You shouldn't tell them a lie. Maybe you can't show your ball to the other kids ever again.'

He didn't know which one to believe. Just telling the others he had a new one, seemed the easiest way. His ball was sort of new, it had been invisible and then come back again. It wasn't really a lie. If he could never tell the other kids he had got his ball back, he would never be able to play football with it.

The other thing that had been on his mind was grandma's story. She had said he was a relative of the people who, long ago, had lived in a city where the Dark Forest is now. She had hinted he was the only surviving male relative of the Chief. That would make him Chief of the Dark Forest. Though he wasn't sure if the Dark Forest could have a Chief, as no people lived in it. Grandmother had also said that those people had had a secret gold mine. If he was Chief, then the gold mine would be his. If he knew where it was, he would be rich. Then he could buy a real leather football. He had a lot to think about. It would be good to see what Mr. Tree knew about all this.

It was now late Friday afternoon, and he wanted to play with the children on Saturday. Maybe he could quickly go and get some answers from Mr. Tree.

Surapan collected the ball from his bedroom and went into the kitchen.

Mama, I’m just going to go and see Mr. Tree. I've got some questions for him.

Surapan had learned that he should be very honest with his parents about the Dark Forest.

It is getting late now. It will be dark soon. Should you be going into the Dark Forest at this time of day?

It will be OK, it is not too late. Papa is not even back with the cows yet. I'll be very quick.

All right, but don’t be too long, and be careful.

With the ball tucked under his arm, Surapan looked out towards the playing area to see if any other children were playing there. He stood and thought for a short time.

I don’t need to take the ball back in to see Mr. Tree. I just need his advice.

With that, he put the ball back in his bedroom.

There was no one around, so he ran up to the edge of the Dark Forest. Quickly bowing to a spirit house, he scrambled under the vines. He didn't notice Mina, who had just come out from her house. She was very surprised to see him go into the Forest. She stood and watched for