The Quilt of Forgotten Names
Memories Sewn Back Together
An elderly tailor stitched a giant quilt from scraps donated by villagers. Each patch represented a story someone feared losing—names of places, melodies from childhood, scents of holidays. One evening, a storm threatened to destroy the quilt, but the villagers gathered to protect it. As they held it up, they noticed faint glowing threads connecting the patches. The tailor smiled. “The quilt was never meant to remember names,” he said. “It was meant to remind you that none of your stories are forgotten as long as someone still holds them close.”
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