“Bella, my baby.” Her mother held her head in her lap.
Her father was caressing her hand.
The sister was shaking her head, but she could not answer. She refused to open her eyes. They did not understand what had happened to her. She was in agony.
Everyone was shouting at her, but she thought she could not hear anymore. Her brain had heard, her limbs had stopped moving.
She closed her eyes helplessly.
She thought she would never be able to open her eyes again.
It was difficult to guess whether she was dying or not.
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In the magic land where laughter used to resound, where joys and dances used to be, now in this magic land silence reigns, everyone was in mourning.
Today, the last rites of those who die of this disease are performed.
It was a very difficult time, but th
