The Challenge of the Hand

Published: Aug. 9, 2019, 7:03 a.m.

b'It had a name, but everyone simply called it the Company.\\xa0 The Company was prosperous, prestigious, and pervasive.\\xa0 Dominating all industries from sea to sea.\\xa0 Exploring and founding even beyond the sea.\\xa0 It was a coveted position to be a worker in the Company.\\xa0 Those who attained the highest ranks were envied and revered all the more.\\xa0 For in those ranks, one was not a mere \\u201cworker.\\u201d\\xa0 One was a Hand.\\xa0 The Company had many Hands.\\xa0 And these Hands reached into every corner of the known world.\\xa0 The Company did not tolerate weak Hands.\\xa0 Only strong ones.

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To attain a prestigious new rank, a worker in the great Company must pass a seemingly simple\\u2014one might say elemental\\u2014challenge.

Will the worker succeed?

Will the worker fail?

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Find out in this episode of Storyfeather.

Genres: Fable, Fantasy, Mythology

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CREDITS

Story: \\u201cThe Challenge of the Hand\\u201d Copyright \\xa9 2015 by Nila L. Patel

Music:

\\u201cMysterious Trip-Hop Lounge Beat\\u201d by Digital Emotions

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Music by Lee Rosevere

\\u201cUnder Suspicion\\u201d

\\u201cReflections\\u201d

\\u201cThoughtful\\u201d

\\u201cSmall Steps\\u201d

\\u201cIt\\u2019s A Mystery\\u201d

\\u201cThe Secret to Growing Up\\u201d

\\u201cSnakes\\u201d

\\u201cHeat Haze\\u201d

\\u201cSlow Lights\\u201d

\\u201cI Believe in You\\u201d

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Music by Lee Rosevere is licensed under CC BY 4.0

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Find more music Lee Rosevere at freemusicarchive.org
Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com

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