Missing Child


    One day a child ran away from home into the woods.


    Its parents were worried and looked for it.


    “What if my child is eaten by a wolf?”


    “What if my child is killed by a mad hound?”


    “What if my child is hungry?”


    “What if my child is cold?”


    But the child returned in three days.


    It then said:


    “I was cold, but then the forest spirit gave me a bed of wool. Then I was hungry, but the forest spirit gave me berries to eat. A monster then attacked me, but the forest spirit killed it! And when the wolf came after me, then the forest spirit took me to a cave away from him!”


    Stolen from its rightful place, this narrative is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings.“Where did it came from, this wool?” – Asked the father, surprised.


    “From a sheep which the spirit made to drop from a cliff!” – Answered the child.


    “And how did you found them, these berries?” – Asked the mother, suspicious.


    “Listening to the wind!” – Answered the child.


    “And this monster, how did the forest spirit kill it?” – Questioned an elder.


    “Smashed on the ground by anger and furry!” – Assured the kid.


    “Really? And how did you know where was this cave away from wolves? Did it whisper on your ear?” – Asked the kid’s younger brother.


    “Inside my head, it spoke, indeed it did!” – Said the kid.