The Bodhi Son

“The Bodhi Son” was the name given to a man who once came to lie between the roots of the Bodhi Tree, a huge, ancient, mystical tree which existed within the Gardens of the Strange and Wonderful House.

He never moved or aged, although his blue eyes were wide open. A superstitious old woman started a tradition of placing candle-prayers at his feet. Over time, this developed into a full religion, with a cathedral of wood and stone being carefully built in the shade of the Tree, with the Bodhi Son lying in the narthex. Eventually, a fire broke out, burning down the cathedral and the Tree itself, but the Bodhi Son was unharmed, crying in his sleep as his face covered with suit. In the instant when the Bodhi Tree finally died, he blinked as he awoke. When he opened his eyes again, they were no longer blue, but green like the Tree's leaves had been. (PROSE: Our Strange and Wonderful House: The Bodhi Son)(PROSE: Our Strange and Wonderful House: The Bodhi Son)