The Witch's Protector

n one morning of

n’t unl

found a wooden gate behind her fam

nsion while I am taking a morning walk. I hope

as a small path from red stones where along both sides, some willow trees

ty in the morning

chirping birds on some pine and wi

just appeared to show his

peacefu

much fresh oxygen from the fantastic morn

estructure my life! I think this village

ut and continue

topped walking, rubbing her back

her eyes had caught slightly a shadow of something sneaking so

breath to become

ittle bit para

d folded her t

lowing. Glad it was only my

ogging sweater that she wore a

noises of the big city where she used to live. The natural voice of som

ure was grunting and panting near the

teps and tried to

he encouraged he

pensed the rancid gore scent fr

away from any piles of dried leaves and old branches or twigs on th

scattering on the ground in front of her. She felt a bit suspicious and her mind started to run some scenarios of wh

ore they either moved away to another state or could flee to another country. That rich merchant family should sel

d its prey!’ Sonya sighed and kept

hat she saw was quite a nasty sight. It was a f

oaching the dead body of the fox that was positioned near the side of the br

ed it near to her as she felt a little bit s

is area.’ She started questioning. ‘But what did this to the carcass?’ She disseminated her sight to the surro

then, decided to bury it. She sighed and her eyes caught an old shove

ugged the shovel and started to dig a hole i

brook when she found a steam of withered wh

withered rose

the white rose pr

se and got up from h

me from th

flashed into

fence of her family’s property. It

ured mansion with so

rrogant merchant family. Whenever I asked Granny why she didn’t allow me to visit that mansion, she answered that the

the mansion f

ant, mysteriou

ysterious façade of that old mansion kept my curiosity to find out more abo

and stopped near the small brick bridge with its old

the padlock

ocked!’ She

osity enormously draped her mind

ut from what existed behind the slightly opened gate. Her heart was beating faster an

ing will

t to step into the entrance path of the o

on that the cr

looked at the crow

the top place where s

m that crow’s stare. Did it

looked into the crow’s ey

self to walk into

finding the crow was still perching on the gate wa

hite rose that she found floating in the

ery it is keep

as the breeze kept blowing further to bestow some

und and seeing Lassie, the famil

te and even to bark. He was only sitting in the front of the

iet La

s as a code to ask for the Ge

ut there was no door. Some of the bricks were broken and

ay gate. She could see some piles

covered with mosses as it had been aged. The smell of dumpy, rotten plants or probably dead rats

otten. I couldn’

r mouth and nos

tened to a woman

return to the gate of her family’s property land. She tried to loc

un with her. She found that the crow had hovered away as

the breeze blew harshly behind her. She turned her head and wat

ing ahead. His barking voice m

aid as she found the dog sitting ah

eyes as he frequently stopped just to turn his head back, directi

Sonya put him into her a

rd. She looked quite worried in her waiting for Sonya but, finally, she made

see clearly since she had a cataract on her left sight. She was a widow of a local w

Sonya smiled and put down Lassie o

Carolin

ou used to be so curious about it! Mother always

he neck of Lassie as they w

from the gate and rushed to follow the steps of Auntie Caroline and the wiggled tail