Higher Ground Expeditions

One thing about BeautyLand, however, puzzled the King quite deeply. Might I say that it troubled him greatly? Why, on earth, he thought, would any creature build a giant sword and project it upward in such a fashion into the heavens? You see, beyond this beautiful pool of water where the King and Queen stood (a reflective pool which was surrounded by garden after garden of flowers and cherry trees) was this unusual and heretofore never seen vertical "spear". Yes, they both caught a glimpse of it, off in the distance, rising out of the Mother Earth. Indeed it was a very tall sword, quite wide at the bottom but rather sharp at the top.

Did this new land contain monsters and giants worthy of such a huge sword? Had it fallen from the heavens? No castle of the King's domain was approaching half the height of this monster sword.

As they left this pool area and walked through the awesome trees filled with cherry blossoms they moved toward this "spear". Approaching the towering sword they immediately noticed many, many people coming out of this "spear" through a swinging door. Stunned they could only stare in disbelief. For as these people departed from the inside the sword, each one would point to the sky and and shake their head in amazement! The King and Queen turned and walked around the next corner, hoping to wipe this unpleasant impression from their minds.