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The Evening of Kumardia

Published : Saturday, 21 December, 2024 at 12:00 AM  Count : 1263
Abu Sayed
The evenings of Kumardia were shrouded in an enigmatic mystery. Beneath the old banyan tree lingered a peculiar shadow-not an ordinary one. Its movements, its whispers, and the sorrow in its eyes all cast fear into the hearts of the villagers.

But Anima was different. She was never afraid. One evening, she approached the shadow and softly asked, "Who are you?"

The shadow looked into the depths of the darkened sky with hollow eyes and replied, "I am the shadow of those who are lost. Those who have forgotten their names, their days, their time."

"Why have they forgotten?" Anima inquired.

A deep sorrow flickered in the shadow's gaze. "War, famine, revolutions-this world has erased everything. We might have existed once, but now… now, our presence is merely a shadow."

Every evening, Anima returned to the shadow. It told her stories of lost kingdoms, of lovers separated yet still yearning for each other. It spoke of dream cities-cities that never truly existed. In its tales, Anima began to wonder if she could somehow turn back time.

One day, the shadow disappeared like a fleeting breath. In its place lay an old notebook, filled with stories of forgotten times.

Anima placed the notebook in the village library. Within its pages were inscribed words that no one remembered anymore. 

Slowly, the echoes of lost memories began to surface. People found fragments of their past-some recalled their fathers, others the songs of their childhood, and some, the customs of old. A newfound awakening swept through the village.

Anima knew the shadow was gone, but its stories would live on forever. And those very stories would bind Kumardia together for generations to come.

"As long as the stories are told, we will never be lost," the shadow's final words seemed to linger in the air.



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