(One of the stories, that I wrote nearly 10 years back. Nostalgic!!!)
Modland is a lovely small town at the borderline of the city, Mengelin. River Menice wipes through the green town. Agriculture is the main occupation. The town owns a small shopping area at its heart. It bores very few houses, quite far from each other. People in the town do not own million pounds. But, they own tons of happiness.
Hatkin Werger is a farmer, who lives in a small hut near the banks of Menice. He has three daughters, Mary, Golda and Senyorita. His three daughters are his only wealth. His wife died on giving birth to Senyorita. He took very good care of all his three daughters. For him, his daughters are the only asset, life, world and everything.
Hatkin is a hard worker and he owned a small land behind his hut. He was unable to provide education to his daughters, but had never made his little daughters suffer out of hunger.
Mary is a rotund girl and always wishes to eat a lot. She is innocent but lazy. She seldom does any household work. Golda is a beautiful angel. But, she is not beautiful in her heart. She always prefers expensive outfits and ornaments. She never cares about anybody. She is a day dreamer and dreams of an unknown Prince charm, to take her away with him. Senyorita is the poor little girl at home. She is pretty and kind hearted. She takes care of all the household activities. She loves her family more, though her sisters criticize her saying that she is the reason for their mom’s death. But, Hatkin was always there to console and comfort her.
One fine day, Hatkin found £15 missing. He had preserved the money for the groceries. He was tensed and disturbed. He beckoned all his daughters. The girls summoned in front of him. To his astonishment, he found Golda with new pair of earrings and a new outfit. Hatkin turned red. But, Golda does not seem to be bothered. She came closer to Hatkin, stretched his hands, placed a small bag on his palm and said, “Dad, I spent only seven pounds and remaining are there in the bag”. Then she went away to meet her friends.
Similar scatterbrained behaviours of Golda made Hatkin highly worried. His only solace was Senyorita. He set on his boat and started sailing down the river Menice. His tangled mind did not allow him to concentrate on the direction towards which he was proceeding. He was suddenly awakened from his thoughts, when his boat got struck in between the roots of a huge tree, that looked scary. Hatkin was frightened of this unexpected, uninvited trouble.
The boat remained silent. Hatkin then noticed that the place is the restricted zone in the river. The colour of the water in this zone, will be either dark green or dark blood red. There is a belief in Modland that a ghost lives in this place. No one dared to come to this region. Hatkin prayed, “Oh god! What have I done? Please save me. My three little daughters will be orphaned. God rescue me!”. With his full strength, Hatkin tried to force the boat away from the clutches of the tree. Suddenly, there was heavy ramble in the water, mysterious noise and thousands of bubbles on the water. A witchy face emerged on the tree and shouted in a horror voice, “You are finished”. The boat shook, Hatkin lost his control and became partially conscious. He was unable to help himself from falling into the river. He got drowned and completely lost his consciousness.
He was woken up by a terrifying laugh. It was a witch. She appeared pale, puny and wrinkled. She wore a torn hat and a black, long gown. It was obvious that she did not bath or at least brush for a very long time. Her voice was terrifying. Hatkin felt his heart racing fast. He was perplexed and found clutched by long heavy chains, tied up with the tree. There was no water around him, but all the waters were floating just above his head. The witch’s place was a hollow space, just under the river. Hatkin couldn't believe his eyes.
Hatkin got frightened, started crying and begged her to leave him. But, the witch does not seem to hear his cry. Instead, she laughed loudly. But this time, she was accompanied by frightening laughter of the tree to which Hatkin was tied.
“You want me to leave you, huh?”, questioned witch with blood red eyes wide open.
“Yes Ma’m…please…”
“Do you think I will leave you as such, huh? How dare you come to my place damn it? I can never spare you”
Hatkin kept crying.
“Don’t spare him”, shouted the tree.
“I won’t darling”, said the witch to the tree, with a smile.
She moved closer to Hatkin and with a scary look she said,”Look! I have a job for you. Take this Huberla with you. I will spare you to reach your land. You have to give this Huberla to girls who are unmarried. When the Huberla turns blue on the touch of a girl, then that girl is the one we are searching for. Then, immediately you have to bring her here. You have only 30 days time. Now you go”, said the witch.
She then waved her witch band, which spilt few glittering stars. In a fraction of second, Hatkin was sailing in his boat towards the land, with Huberla in his hand.
Modland is a lovely small town at the borderline of the city, Mengelin. River Menice wipes through the green town. Agriculture is the main occupation. The town owns a small shopping area at its heart. It bores very few houses, quite far from each other. People in the town do not own million pounds. But, they own tons of happiness.
Hatkin Werger is a farmer, who lives in a small hut near the banks of Menice. He has three daughters, Mary, Golda and Senyorita. His three daughters are his only wealth. His wife died on giving birth to Senyorita. He took very good care of all his three daughters. For him, his daughters are the only asset, life, world and everything.
Hatkin is a hard worker and he owned a small land behind his hut. He was unable to provide education to his daughters, but had never made his little daughters suffer out of hunger.
Mary is a rotund girl and always wishes to eat a lot. She is innocent but lazy. She seldom does any household work. Golda is a beautiful angel. But, she is not beautiful in her heart. She always prefers expensive outfits and ornaments. She never cares about anybody. She is a day dreamer and dreams of an unknown Prince charm, to take her away with him. Senyorita is the poor little girl at home. She is pretty and kind hearted. She takes care of all the household activities. She loves her family more, though her sisters criticize her saying that she is the reason for their mom’s death. But, Hatkin was always there to console and comfort her.
One fine day, Hatkin found £15 missing. He had preserved the money for the groceries. He was tensed and disturbed. He beckoned all his daughters. The girls summoned in front of him. To his astonishment, he found Golda with new pair of earrings and a new outfit. Hatkin turned red. But, Golda does not seem to be bothered. She came closer to Hatkin, stretched his hands, placed a small bag on his palm and said, “Dad, I spent only seven pounds and remaining are there in the bag”. Then she went away to meet her friends.
Similar scatterbrained behaviours of Golda made Hatkin highly worried. His only solace was Senyorita. He set on his boat and started sailing down the river Menice. His tangled mind did not allow him to concentrate on the direction towards which he was proceeding. He was suddenly awakened from his thoughts, when his boat got struck in between the roots of a huge tree, that looked scary. Hatkin was frightened of this unexpected, uninvited trouble.
The boat remained silent. Hatkin then noticed that the place is the restricted zone in the river. The colour of the water in this zone, will be either dark green or dark blood red. There is a belief in Modland that a ghost lives in this place. No one dared to come to this region. Hatkin prayed, “Oh god! What have I done? Please save me. My three little daughters will be orphaned. God rescue me!”. With his full strength, Hatkin tried to force the boat away from the clutches of the tree. Suddenly, there was heavy ramble in the water, mysterious noise and thousands of bubbles on the water. A witchy face emerged on the tree and shouted in a horror voice, “You are finished”. The boat shook, Hatkin lost his control and became partially conscious. He was unable to help himself from falling into the river. He got drowned and completely lost his consciousness.
He was woken up by a terrifying laugh. It was a witch. She appeared pale, puny and wrinkled. She wore a torn hat and a black, long gown. It was obvious that she did not bath or at least brush for a very long time. Her voice was terrifying. Hatkin felt his heart racing fast. He was perplexed and found clutched by long heavy chains, tied up with the tree. There was no water around him, but all the waters were floating just above his head. The witch’s place was a hollow space, just under the river. Hatkin couldn't believe his eyes.
Hatkin got frightened, started crying and begged her to leave him. But, the witch does not seem to hear his cry. Instead, she laughed loudly. But this time, she was accompanied by frightening laughter of the tree to which Hatkin was tied.
“You want me to leave you, huh?”, questioned witch with blood red eyes wide open.
“Yes Ma’m…please…”
“Do you think I will leave you as such, huh? How dare you come to my place damn it? I can never spare you”
Hatkin kept crying.
“Don’t spare him”, shouted the tree.
“I won’t darling”, said the witch to the tree, with a smile.
She moved closer to Hatkin and with a scary look she said,”Look! I have a job for you. Take this Huberla with you. I will spare you to reach your land. You have to give this Huberla to girls who are unmarried. When the Huberla turns blue on the touch of a girl, then that girl is the one we are searching for. Then, immediately you have to bring her here. You have only 30 days time. Now you go”, said the witch.
She then waved her witch band, which spilt few glittering stars. In a fraction of second, Hatkin was sailing in his boat towards the land, with Huberla in his hand.
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