She stopped and turned around. Seeing me standing still, she cocked her head. "Why did you stop?" She asked me.
"It is hopeless!" I wailed. "I picked a flower for you, picked up a frog for you, I even protected you from the wild horse man!" Yet I still have not seen your smile.
"You want to see me smile?" She asked. "Then why didn't you ask me to smile?" She said with a puzzled look.
I hadn't thought of that. Yet, it was so simple! All I had to do was ask and she would smile for me. I had finally found a way to restore the girl's smile! "Can you smile?" I asked with a hopeful look on my face.
"No." She said.
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The Girl Who Lost Her Smile
Short StoryOnce upon a time, long long ago, I met a girl who had lost her smile. "Where is your smile?" I asked. She did not answer. "Are you sad?" I asked. Yet, she did not answer. "Why do you not answer?" I asked. Once again, she did not answer. She ignor...