"Pick a Word, Paint a Story #11"
Hi everyone!
Dear friends, the forest has always a mystery. Forest has no limit beyond the hills. The trees in forest whispering secrets in the wind. In the village of noorabad, a small town on the edge of the woods. Villager spoke of strange happenings deep within. Some of villagers said they had seen glowing eyes watching them from the shadows. Others said they listened voices when there was no one around.
In this village a boy name Faisal had grown up hearing stories like that. He was not afraid like others. He found the forest enchanting, a place full of life and magic. So interesting. Faisal was a child, he spent most of his time wandering on its edges, listening to the rustling leaves and the soft voicees of unseen creatures.
One evening, the sun was about to set, Faisal ventured deeper than before. The sound of ear becoming more mystery. A narrow path took ancient trees, their long bowing branches reaching out like arms. When Faisal stepped forward, he felt something change like the forest had woke up.
A soft hum filled the air, almost like a song. The wind carried whispers, not just the usual rustling, but words faint, distant, calling his name.
“Faisal…”
He stopped. His heart beat become more fast. Was he imagining it?
He turned to leave but something stopped him. A faint glow flickered between the trees. His curiosity overpowered fear. Carefully, he moved toward the light.
In a small clearing, he found an ancient oak tree. Its trunk covered in silver veins which pulsed like a heartbeat. On the tree a boy sat who is no older than him, his eyes was glowed like embers.
The boy said gently “You should not be here”.
The breath of Faisal caught in his throat. He feared so much.
“Who… who...who are you?”
The boy was silent, after a while he replied. “A guardian.”
A guardian? “A guardian of what?” Faisal asked fearfully.
The boy said “The forest, “It’s alive, Faisal. It listens, it remembers and it protects.”
Faisal shivered, not from fear, but from the weight of his words. “I have never hurt the forest.”
The boy said lips curled into the faintest smile. “I know.” that is why you broght here.
Faisal amaized.
“Brought me here?”
The boy said “The forest chooses who it trusts,” "Forest has been watching you for years. It wants you to understand its secrets.”
A gust of wind rushed through the trees. It carries laughter soft, musical, like children playing just out of sight. The leaves above shimmered when it touched by moonlight, though the sky was still streaked with the last glow of sunset.
Faisal took a pause and deep think inside him, a connection he had never known before this. The forest was not just trees and shadows. It was something more , something alive.
The boy was standing, his eyes still glowing.
“If you listen, really listen, you will hear its voice.”
Faisal closed his eyes.
On that day Faisal was first time understood the whispers.
Friends, Do you understood?
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