© Copyright 2020. Lebogang K Tlou. The Flower Queen And Her Elephant Before the days of Covid19, a long time ago; in the age of clans and tribes who bowed to the King of Kings who ruled from Auld Ethopi; in the land of PAN: there was a humble clan of Flower People who tended the lands at the very other end of the Great Kingdom of Pan, which existed before the invasion of ships in c1600. The Chief of the Flower People had only sired daughters, which meant that his kingdom would surely fall into dispute over the next ruler, for surely no female was allowed to rule in those days. At the meeting of the Flower Council, the Great Chief, who was aged drastically, allowed his eldest daughter the seat beside him. Violet was the name the tribe knew her by, for she was small, Beautiful, wise and brave - all qualities revered in her father, but shunned in her, for she was a girl. The Lords hissed and shouted at the chief for this decision, he merely raised a finger, and they all fell