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from the case file of enjia's lifeShe bounded up the steep steps up to the caves,eager to get to the biggest cave of all.once inside,she wsa immediaely stunned by the vastness of the cave and it's massive,grim-looking walls o stone.they made her feel insignificant,and.. for some unaccountable reason,a little uneasy.
The net moment though,she saw something more reassuring.in the far right corner of the cave a large white cloth screen was being erected,musicians were gathering and people were taking their places for some sort of a show.
an old man in a tattered and grimy green cloak with a long straggling beard made his appearance by the side of screen.his expressioned startled.it had an intensity she had never seen before and it made him seem like some sort of mysterious magician.her uneasyness returned as she watched him gazed around the audience.
he clicked his fingers and immediately a small boy with large sad eyes wearing a startling costume,all green and red,appeared.even stranger... was his face.his cheeks had been painted with scarlet make up,making him look like some perculia doll.from his hands dangled two wooden puppets,armed with swords,and dressed as he was,in brightly colored clothes,with their wooden cheeks picked out in scarlet paint.the doll-like appearance of the boy and his wierd similarity to the puppets...sent a shiver through her.
the figures jerked into action in the boy's hands as a lively dance tune struck out.they leapt and spun in the air,their swords flashing,and all in time witht eh music,until she thought it was real.the boy himself seem to become one with them.his body mimicked the movements of the puppets,while his eyes glowed...with eager fire.the music stopped.the dolls fell limp.the boy disappeared behind the screen at a nod from his master.
a melody struck out again,this time,solemn..slowly,the white cloth of the screen seemed to come alive.behind it the black shape of a temple appeared,followed by black shadowy figures moving in a stately procession.they were cuncanningly life-like,with their nodding heads and the slow deliberate movemnt of their legs.the spell of their realism took her in hold.she was entranced,yet helf-afraid.the dark shadows on the screen were taking on a reality all of it's own.a solemn note on the gong marked the end of the procession.the figures,outlined on the slowly darkening screen moved slowly inside the balck shape of the temple.then.....silence.
the stillness of the cave roke with the once again lit up screen.this time,the solitary figures moved slowly around each other.yet the sharp outlines of the swords indicated the beginning of a much grimmer contest.their paces quickened as they became locked in close combat.she held her breath,already believing in the deadly intent of their thrusting weapons.suddenly,a sword rose and swiftly fell,following a piercing scream,all too life-like in its agony.she jumped in terror.one of the swordsmen had fallen to the ground.a slow red stain spread against the white of the screen.
the old man appeared by the side of the screen,holding up two puppets,the fighters in the grim contest.one of the puppets raised its sword in a grisly gesture of triumph.she looked closer.the other puppet bore a close resemblence to the old man's assistant,the boy with the large,sad eyes and awful scarlet tinted face.
she panicked wildly,screaming as she ran out of the caves,stumbling blundering,desperate to get away from the ghastly presence of the cave....
she sat in silence on the way home....
once home,she made for the comfortable familiarity of her tiny room.her wooden doll still sat cosily in the corner,with it's fixed smile and large round eyes.but there was now somehing faintly mocking about that smile.she screamed.
okae...this is a story i got from english tys paperII june 2002.yeah.it's been aedited.thyought not much.yea.heh.reminds me of the movie'the candyman'.yeah.typed it out cause i like it!!! Xppeacemaker cheated me.haha.okita shouji.thought it was a girl.turned out to be a guy.who's like a girl.hurmph.ahahaha.well,who ask me to thinkwithout thinking?
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