Lost Souls

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Two boys had decided to explore "The Haunted Wonderland" a weirdly spooky birch forest near their town. The deeper they got within the woods the more they felt like they were getting watched.. The oldest, fearing they got lost started freaking out, but he kept walking not having noticed his brother was no longer at his side. Soon, he heard footsteps. fearing them he walked faster, but in the end, he felt a sharp pain inflict his head. He fell to the ground against a tall birch, in this daze-y state he thought he saw his brother, he reached out, crying for his little brother, but the figure kept walking away.. soon the boy could no longer keep his heavy eyes open and his arm fell to his side. he was gone. A small spirit roaming the woods came across the boy, taking pity, she gave him life again. though.. this came with the cost of him no longer being human, the tree he was collapsed under became apart of him. Once awoken, he cried, saddened by the loss of his brother and his humanity, what was he now? he looked like a monster. He wandered around, and soon came across the dead body of his little brother. In his hands was the ukulele he loved to play. The boy took it, and buried his brother. Now, rumours around the village spread that if you go into the forest you'll hear someone sobbing a song, and the quiet tune of a ukulele being played.

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