Ano Oto: The Sound I heard that Day
I still don't know the source of the Sound I heard that dayI live in a small village in the mountains.
I have to pass through the forest everyday, to and from the village.
As usual, today also, I was walking by the forest.
But something unusual happened.
I heard a sound.
Not the birds singing.
Not the winds howling.
It was as though...
I ignored it.
I continued on my path.
I had to reach home.
I was very much hungry after the days work in the fields.
I heard it again.
"May be it isn't just my imagination," I thought.
I heard it once more.
Continuously ringing.
The sound of a tiny bell.
I didn't think cats would come this far from the village.
I followed it.
Leaving the trodden path, I head deeper into the forest.
I could feel the sound getting farther and farther away.
Before I knew it, it was starting to get dark.
I had lost track of time.
I thought of returning back.
I turned around.
But alas,
I was lost.
I realized, the sound too had stopped.
I put my hands into my pocket.
I look up at the sky.
It was cloudy.
May be it would rain tonight.
I pulled out my smartphone as I had that thought.
I opened up a compass app.
"All hail the modern world!" I cheered.
I followed the arrow showing south.
I found the trodden path.
I reached home to a delicious meal by my mother.
I wonder.
"What could have been making that sound?
Did it know I was following it?"
I guess, I will never know.
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