The Deathless Land - by Simon Sarris
Once there was a youth named Peter, who had heard the tale of a secret land, the land where no one dies. He repeated this story to his family, but all of them—not just his parents and siblings, but aunts, uncles, and cousins too—told him that it was a silly tale, and that no such deathless land could exist. This did not discourage Peter, in fact he became determined to find this land where no one dies. The next day, he set out in the wide world to search for it.
Dear friends, Once there was a youth named Peter, who had heard the tale of a secret land: the land where no one dies. He repeated this story to his family, but all of them—not just his parents and siblings, but aunts, uncles, and cousins too—told him it was a silly tale, and that no such place could exist. This did not discourage Peter, in fact he became determined to find the land where no one dies. The next day, he set out in the wide world to search for it. Peter walked across valleys and hills, through numerous cities and towns, asking everyone he met if they had knowledge of the land…
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