The Music Box With No Melody
Silence Holding a Song
A beautifully carved music box produced no sound when opened. People accused the craftsman of failure. But when a young girl opened it, she cried unexpectedly. Not from sadness — from recognition. The box wasn’t meant to play music; it was meant to retrieve it. Each person who opened it heard only the songs they had forgotten: childhood lullabies, lost love tunes, quiet hums from forgotten nights. Music returned to them in silence, proving melodies never disappear — they only hide.
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