man ran away to another town from the house where they lived, so nobody knows who he is and why is he taking care of him. People are spreading rumours that the man makes the boy slave for him. Other people say that he took the boy's smile using secret spells, because his mother was accused of using witchcraft, but no one knows the truth… Moreover, when people try to talk to him he would not say anything.
One day, a girl moved into the town, and she wanted to reveal the boy’s secret. She saw him walking down the street and wanted to talk to him. Hey! She shouted. He looked at her and kept staring, and then he said: “Don’t talk to me.”
She asked: “Why? I wanted to ask you, why are you so angry and you never smile?” He did not answer and continued to walk down the street. She thought in her mind “I will find out and reveal his secret”. The next day, she saw the boy walking down the same street again. This time she didn’t say a word and started following him. When he arrived at his destination, he stopped and said “I know you’re following me, come out.” She came out, and asked, “How did you know?” The boy didn’t answer, approached her and said „I know, just know.“
Saying nothing he walked away. The girl was confused and decided to go home. The next day she went outside and waited for the boy, but she didn’t meet him. She thought that she came too early and decided to wait for him. But he didn’t approach all the week. She didn’t give up, and waited for him and waited, and waited… Finally, on Monday she saw a boy, who was as usually - without his smile, full of sadness. The girl poured over him with a lot of questions: “Where were you?” – she shouted. “Why are you so sad? “. The boy ignored her. “Are you OK?”. “Are…” And suddenly… The big grey clouds appeared, the lightning and thunder began. Suddenly the girl saw the shadow. The mysterious man… With his black suit, black hat and black glasses. He came and… The girl was scared and closed her eyes with her little arms. She thought he would tell something but… Just the strong lightning and the boy with the mysterious man were gone.
The girl opened her eyes… Nobody. Nothing. Everything was gone – thunder, lightning, the boy, the mysterious man…
She ran as fast as she can. She met all the citizens of the small town of Bergham. She told them what happened but nobody believed her.
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