But the two-week camp came and went with no sign of the kid.
He is very motivated to work on the newspaper, and his mom has been very supportive of the project. So his absence was a bit weird.
Well, my friend ran into his mom the other day.
Ian's friend: Where has Jefferson been?
Jefferson's mom: He has been sick for over a month now.
Ian's friend: Oh no. What's wrong?
Jefferson's mom: The spirit of death has hit him, and we can't get it out of him.
Ian's friend: What?
Jefferson's mom: Well, a couple of months ago, a family member died. Jefferson spent too much time around the dead body during the wake. So he has contracted the spirit of death.
Now, the spirit of death isn't death. The main difference being that the spirit of death doesn't kill you. The main symptoms, from what I gather, are sadness, depression, not talking very much, and just generally being out of it. Apparently, Jefferson is suffering through bad case of this.
He hasn't been himself for over a month now. His family has taken him to doctors and specialists, but no one has been able to cure him. They are considering taking him to see a shaman to rid him of the evil spirit. When someone goes to a shaman around here, the typical treatment is the shaman spitting something in your face.
Even though that would be an expensive treatment, Jefferson needs to get better before the school year starts next month. And his mom says he is no condition to go to school.
Now I'm no doctor or shaman, so I don't know very much about the spirit of death. But from what I know of this kid, he was pretty shy to begin with. He was pretty quiet. Now, if you add the death of a family member to the situation and I'm thinking the kid might just be sad about the death.
Or he might have been overcome by the spirit of death and needs to go to a shaman.
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