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Have you heard the story of the Magician? said the old man who was sitting under a tree in one starry magical summer night at the outskirt of a mountain. It is a sweet and sad story of a young magician who for years entertained the people of this old village. He would start his show in the summer and every night villagers would gather to see his magical games, and wonderous stories of the far away lands and at the end of every show he would magically disappear into the night after swinging his wand and singing "Abra Cadabra" and poofffffffff he would vanish, like a dust in the air, and everyone would cheer and wondered where he was gone, specially children didn't want to go home and insisted on waiting for his return. Many years past and those children grew up, and the old people passed on to the next life, and the story of the magician became a myth that passed on from one generation to another.
Suddenly a little girl asked the story teller; "so what happend to him?" The little old man smiled and said: One summer night when he told his wonderous stories he swinged his wand and vanished in the air and he never returned the next day, and since then no body had seen him, but if you go to the forest at late nights, you can hear his whimpers, people who heard his cries are saying that he wants to come back but he can't break a spell that he had put on himself, so he is wandering around and crying every night". "Can we go and see him?" asked the little girl. "No, the only thing that you can find is the trace of his tears at the bed of the Weeping Willow on the outskirt of the mountain, his tears waters the tree and keep it's leaves greean and fresh.
There was a silent amongst the villagers and everyone seemed to be in deep thoughts, feeling sad and pitty the magician who can not break the spell and come back to the village and tell them tales of the far away lands. And then every one stood up and looked at the willow, who was weeping and dancing with the calm of the summer breez..........waiting for his knight in shining armor to nourish his soul..........
"March 2004"
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