Wishing all the admins, moderators, and members of the ''Venezolanos Steem'' are well and healthy by the grace of Almighty. The reason I’m here today for participating in the writing contest which topic I loved the most. Today I’m going to be a part of ''Art and Writing Contest #135''. This innovative and interesting content is being organized by our honorable mam @solperez.

Today I decided to make a story based on the shared picture of ''Swan Above Left (1897)'' in the contest . Without any further ado here I'm going to share my story with all of you.

Alisha and Adnan, two orphaned siblings lived in a small village which is next to a deep green forest. The brother Adnan was older and the sister Alisha was younger. Since they had no parents, they both loved each other and also took good care of both. Adnan used to cut wood from the forest and sell it in the market this is how they survived their family. And Alisha did all the household chores. In this way, the two siblings spent their days in financial hardship but with great love.
One day, while in search of cutting wood Adnan went deep into the forest. It was getting too late from afternoon to evening, but there was no sign of returning Adnan. Alisha was worried about Adnan at home. One day, she left the house and went into that deep forest for searching her brother Adnan. Alisha searched by calling out her brother's name many times from one end of the forest to the other, but she could not find Adnan anywhere. Gradually, the night deepened and Alisha also became very afraid. Then in the forest, she climbed up a big tree for taking shelter and she fell asleep while sitting on a branch of a tree.
The next morning, in the sunlight she woke up, and as soon as she remembered the last night's incident, she got down from the tree and again started searching for her brother Adnan. After going deeper into the forest, she saw some human footprints in the mud, which gave her a light ray of hope. She followed the footprints and kept moving forward with hope. Slowly, she entered deeper into the forest. Around noon, she saw a hut inside this deep forest surrounded by dense trees. The hut was very dilapidated from the outside and she did not think that anyone could live there, but suddenly she saw light smoke coming out from that small hut. Then she knocked on the door of that small hut. An old woman came and opened the door, she was too old and could not stand properly. Opening the door, she saw Alisha and asked. ''Who are you? How did you come here?'' Alisha replied, ''My brother Adnan came to this forest yesterday for collecting wood but he has not returned home yet. I have come out to look for him.'' Alisha cried and said, ''Grandma, have you seen my brother?'' The old woman replied, ''No, I have not seen anyone.'' The answer disappointed Alisha a lot. She was very tired and exhausted, so she asked to the old woman, ''Can I get a glass of water?'' The old woman replied with annoyance, ''You stand here, I will bring water.'' This made Alisha a little suspicious because the old woman did not want to let her enter the hut.
After the old woman left, Alisha gently pushed the door and looked inside the house. After the door opened, she was being very surprised to see her brother Adnan lying on the ground. Then, shouting her brother’s name and sat next to the body. Immediately, the old woman said in a sharp and hoarse voice from a distance, ''Move away from this body.'' Immediately, the background scenario was being changed around her. Deep darkness descended around the place and she saw various things was kept next to her brother's body. She also saw a black pond in front of her brother, the bank of which had several large stones and red blood on the stones. There was a duck floating on that small black pond, whose eyes were terribly bright yellow, which made Alisha very nervous. She called out loudly to Adnan and said, "Brother, get up. Let's go home." Hearing these words, the old woman burst into laughter and, strangely laughing, she said, "He will never wake up. From now on, he will stay here with me. If you want to be alive, then leave here right now." In response, Alisha said very firmly, "I will not go anywhere without taking my brother with me." Alisha looked up at the sky above and prayed to Allah to give her the courage and strength to fight against this danger. Alisha quickly threw big a stone next to her at the old woman's head. The old woman got hurt and with a loud scream almost subconsciously, she fell to the ground. A black smoke came out of her body and surprisingly. On the other hand, Adnan slowly regained consciousness. Coming into sense Adnan asked very slowly, "Where am I? How did I get here? Alisha, how did you get here too?" Alisha quickly replied, "Brother, this is not the time to talk, let's run away quickly."
Adnan and Alisha quickly left that place and returned to their village. After returning home, Alisha took care of her brother Adnan a lot and when he recovered, she told him the whole story.

Before ending up my today’s post I would like not to miss the opportunity to invite some of my Steemian fellows - @sur-riti, @shabiha-jahan, @rajusam, and @sadaf02.

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