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As casually as you please, Gideon took the pouch and without
even opening it said, “Oh, the Ambrose Stone. Don’t tell me the
Boatman of Pondicherry was here.” His voice was so
matter-of-fact, as if this sort of thing happened everyday. I
glanced at Marla hoping she would say something to sustain my
enthusiasm, but she seemed even less amused by my news.
“That’s right, Gideon,” she said, “don’t you remember Boatman
saying something about giving the Ambrose Stone to John? But
that was quite a while back.”
“Ah, now I remember,” replied Gideon, turning to me,”of course,
John, the Ambrose Stone. You’ve wanted to have it since you were
a little boy. How could I have forgotten? You thought it would
perform miracles for you. You know, John,” he said wistfully,
“I think you might still believe the Ambrose Stone is a magic
genie.”
“Well, isn’t it? Isn’t that why this stone is legendary?” I
asked some what disappointed by their lack of appreciation.
“Oh John,” Marla replied,”don’t you know by now that the magic
is not in the stone? It’s not in the sky,the water or the
trees. The magic is in you.It’s been there all along. This
stone or crystals,icons, crosses, beads,rabbits’foot and all
other symbols are just that =97 symbols of something else,
something far superior. The magic of the Ambrose Stone is only
a reflection, and a poor one at that, of the true magic of your
being.”
My spirit fell. After all these years, I now had possession of
the magical stone only to discover that there was no magic in
the stone after all. Was my father deceived by the stories he
had heard? Was the old man who lived by the river just a tale
repeated by parents to enchant little children? And yet, it
seemed that Gideon knew the Boatman, or else knew of him. Were
there no mysteries left in the universe, no magic after all? My
facial expression changed, sinking to an image of dejection.
Pandayji patted me on the shoulder and said, “I, too, have
heard stories of this stone. Perhaps, they were only legends,
but I have heard that myths and legends have their origins in
some form of truth. Who knows, John, maybe the legends were
just over-exaggerated.”
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