Sao was at the top of the temple roof, but he couldn't see his Master anywhere.
He had already cried buckets of tears.
Hiss... hiss... hiss...
"Sao will wait... here..."
His white scales shone in the sunlight. Even the sun seemed to comfort him, and the wind blew softly to support him.
But Sao was done crying. He started his missions, one by one, to get back his Master Rak.
Mission One: Scare the students.
Sao started his mission class— he was even wearing an imaginary pair of little glasses.
Hiss... hiss... hiss!
"The students are probably at the food hall. I will hide in the dark and perfectly scare them!"
Mission starts! But because he was so small and tiny, no one even saw him. Mission Failed.
Mission Two: Scare the Auntie who gives food to the students.
Day two starts!
Hiss... hiss...
Sao threw himself toward the mess hall Auntie. But because of his bad luck, the sound of students fighting for their food and the Auntie scolding them drowned out his tiny hissing sound.
No one heard him. Mission Failed.
"Let's take a rest," Sao said. "Tomorrow, I will succeed... hiss... hiss..."
"Let's steal something that the temple treasures! Then I can tell them: give me my Master, or I will not give you this back! Hahahaha..."
Hiss... hiss... hiss...
Sao already imagined the beautiful meeting between him and his Master.
Hiss... hiss... hiss!
Sao searched everywhere. But all he found were stones, some old clothes , books, and other useless things.
Everything was too heavy for him to carry. He had already drained all his energy searching. Like Master, like pet— if Rak is a bit dumb, then Sao is even dumber!
He fell pathetically asleep, his tiny body curled up on the floor. Just then, a group of students walked by and almost stepped on him.
"Hey, watch out!" a student screamed.
The whole group of students looked down, saw the white shape, and screamed together.
"AHHHHHHHHH! A SNAKE! AHHHHH!"
They all hugged each other, trembling and screaming at the top of their lungs. But Sao? He just slept like a baby, as if he never heard a thing.
Next morning...
Weird rumors were circling like a wind inside the temple.
A cute but scary snake ghost story... well, rumors are rumors, but they spread into very fantastical and imaginary, weird things that never happened.
While Sao failed all his missions, his tiny brain deep-thought a solution...
Hiss... hiss... "Let's do it..."
The rumors continued: "Did you hear our temple is cursed?
Ghosts shaped like snakes are scaring the students!"
"Hey, did you hear? It steals our food and Auntie has to prepare everything from the start. I think we will probably starve..."
"Hey, let's catch that little thing! He almost stole my bracelet!" someone added.
While the students' rumors were scary, the monks' rumors were different:
"It was like, really tiny. So cute..."
"I also want to see that snake. How can you be the only one to see it?"
"Let's pray. What if we can also see it?"
While the rumors spread, something was happening inside, and only to the Temple Master.
At night, inside the Temple Master's room...It's so quiet, the Master was sleeping really well.
Hiss... hiss... hiss...
"I need my Master... I need my Master..."
Hiss... hiss...
"I need my Master... I need my Master..."
Every night, the Temple Master's room was filled with the protests of Sao and his crying.
The ears of the Temple Master already started to bleed— the more he pretended not to hear, the more he started to lose to that little snake.
- End Of Sao Sorrow Hope He Finds His Master.