Swapped Part 4

And this giant fish with rainbow scales smiled at me! Really, Big Rainbow Fish? I don't care what you saw! You don't go off-island! But why? Because it's dangerous, that's why! We're just worried about you. I don't see what the big deal is. I was just exploring! Son, the Puku aren't supposed to be curious. What's our motto? Hide today, alive tomorrow. Exactly. That's why we're blessed with our Puku nose. So that we can smell threats and stay away. We smell everything. But not everything is a threat. You know what? That's it. I'm telling him the tale. Kalu? No. Wait. The tale? As in, the tale, the tale? I wanna hear it! He's too young to hear about the wolf. He'll have nightmares! I won't! Lod's parents told him. I don't think we should be taking parenting advice from Lod's parents. Oh my goodness, come on! What the heck? He needs to know! Grandma? With the wind whistling eerily through the hollows, the Dark One came on a black and cloudless night. The Great Destroyer, who ignited Hellfire, torched the valley. Oh wow, this is gonna be awesome! You wanna dial it back, please? No! It all started a long time ago, when the valley was a very different place. The Puku didn't always live on an island like we do now. They lived amongst the other animals, in fear of the ferocious wolf who stalked the valley. Everything changed. Into the valley came a creature so huge. The soul. The magni-