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The Shadow Man

The village seemed silent at night. The only noise was the cry of crickets and sometimes the far-fetched howling of the dogs. On such a quiet night, something strange happened in the small village of Madhavpur. Noyeon had just arrived from town to stay in his grandfather's old house. He searched for peace from the chaos of urban life, and thought the few days in the village were refreshing.

By VijoyPublished 9 months ago 3 min read

The village seemed silent at night. The only noise was the cry of crickets and sometimes the far-fetched howling of the dogs. On such a quiet night, something strange happened in the small village of Madhavpur. Noyeon had just arrived from town to stay in his grandfather's old house. He searched for peace from the chaos of urban life, and thought the few days in the village were refreshing. However, he did not believe that this quest for peace would make him a terrible secret.

The first few days were peaceful - morning walks in the fields, reading books on the riverbanks, sitting on the fire at night, listening to the old stories of his grandfather. His grandfather was a famous collector of folklore and legend. He had stories about spirits, ghosts, mysteriously vanished travelers, forest gods, and, above all, "the shadow man."

Noyeon thought they were just stories. But on the third day, everything changed. It was a full moon night. The village glowed with a silvery light, but No-young's room felt strangely cold. The window's pane was foggy, and he thought of the window, and he saw the shadows that looked like a man's shape. But no one was outside!

He rubbed his eyes and looked again - nothing. He assumed that it was his imagination.

The next morning, he heard some of the oldest whispers at the market:

"The Shadowman was seen again. Last night, at Bolas Jute Field.

A cold ran down Noyon's spine. Was the shadow he saw the same?

He said no one, but when he returned home, he began to browse his grandfather's old papers. He found a letter written shortly before his grandfather's death. The letter was:

"Noyong, if you stay in this house, you remember the night when the shadows began, when the shadows began, when they began. Truth - Who is this shadow?"

Noyeon felt the shower. He lived in the West Room!

Tonight, he closed the window and pulled the curtains. He lay on the bed and heard the mites clicking.

Suddenly - Sound: "Tap on...Tap on... Tap... "As if someone had gone to the veranda. He opened the door and looked - wet footprints on the floor!

In the weak moonlight passing through the curtains, he saw it - a shadow that shaped himself as a person and moved upon him. No-young tried to scream, but his voice choked. His body was surrounded by fear.

Their appearance was quiet - black, faceless, Iros. However, in it, No-young felt a flood of sadness and a quiet cry.

Shadow raised his hand. No-young grabbed the air: "Who are you? What do you want?"

To her surprise, Shadow continued his break. Then whispers like the wind:

"Let Me Return..."

The next morning, Noyon woke up on the floor on the veranda. The villagers discovered he had passed away. Some said that the mind attacked him, while others thought he had lost consciousness.

However, No-young knew what he saw was real.

He began studying his magazine for Shadowman - Grandfather, Old Stories, Village of Folklore. The truth slowly emerged.

In the village, a crazy scientist named Jadu Dutta lived in the village. He believed that he could capture human memories and souls in the shadows. He tried it on himself, but his body died, and his soul remained bound by the shadows. Since then, this Shadow Mad Hub Pool - on a full moon night near the room where the experiment began.

Noyeon realizes that he has to end the story. His grandfather's diary mentioned how to release the shadows. On a full moon night, I had to light a fire and say the correct name of the shadow. It releases the souls and allows them to leave this world.

On the next full moon, No-young set fire in his room. The shadow returned through the window and moved to the fire.

Noyon said: "Her name is Jadu Dutta. I know what you wanted. But that's when it's time to go. "

The shadows remained in the air as if carried by the wind.

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