A Tale of The Past

This is the story of a girl who was at the time, around 10 years old. She lives in the brown and yellow house on the corner of the house lot.

On a particular day, she went out with her family. Once they got home, she noticed a new family moving into the house two houses away from hers. Her family introduced themselves to the new neighbours. They had two sons and a daughter.

The new neighbours liked playing at the park infront of hers and their house. So she decided to go out and play with them, bringing her brothers with her. She played and played with them until it was crimson and orange outside. She had so much fun.

Everyday since then, she would go out and wait for him to come out. He is the neighbour's eldest son. She grew fond of him.

There was this once when she went out to wait for him but he never showed up. She asked his maid where he was. His maid told her that he was sick. And so she ran home as fast as she could and grabbed a paper and pen and made him a "get well soon" card. She went straight to his maid and gave it to her to deliver it to him.

He studies in another country, one far away from here. She played alone outside. She was always waiting for him to come back. And when he did, he told her he had a surprise. He told her to sit on the swings, close her eyes and lay out her hands. She was scared he was going to put a bug on her but he insisted that she believed him that it wasn't a bug.

He put something soft and hairy on the palms. He told her to open her eyes and there it was. It was a lion doll. She thought it was adorable and that it was sweet of him to get her something.

Alas, all great things eventually have to come to an end. He eventually had to stay at the country he was studying to focus on his studies. She missed him very much. But she never saw him for awhile. Then little by little they grew apart.

Now they are strangers.