But how can I choose which path
until I know much more?
Oh please, enlightened one -
do teach me, my mentor!
The sage looked up at me
and this is what he said,
"Those who choose the Second path
this road he will tread,
He lives the life of a Shaman
who is an excellent rainmaker.
A Shaman always finds a way,
that clever money-maker"
"A Shaman can invite a parrot
to grant the gift of the gab,
to charm his way around you
to make you pay for his tab.
By making an origami fold,
he turns it into a spider
that can spin the most intricate web
for his network to grow wider.
By tapping on his special bond
with animals of Mother Nature,
a Shaman uses his druidic power
to call a bonded creature."
"After the summoning smoke settles,
out comes a poisonous adder,...