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Three weeks passed
Their hope started to fade away.

A month passed

“We searched all the forests and we couldn’t find her.
Where is she? Is she still alive?”

“Ella might slip into the stream and drowned. That’s why we
couldn't find her. We decided that it’s best to put this to an end.”
said one of his father’s friends. The father figured crying and
crouched down to the floor while his beloved wife hugged him.
“We will help you with her funeral and -” “No! She is not dead yet!
She still out there. We can’t give up right now. She still alive and
out there!” Lily shouted. “Lily, It is pointless to find her. We
searched every part of the forest, still, we couldn’t find her,”
answered by a random merchant. “We should let her go and
accepted it," her mother told Lily with shivering voice while wiping
Lily’s tear. Lily couldn’t say anything, she was engulfed with rage
and sorrow. Soon, the funeral was held. Lily watched an empty
casket going down into the hole with the feeling of guilt deep down.

4 years passed by

The sound of a pencil scratching on a paper filled the room.
The outline slowly started to be the shape of a mountain. Lily took a
second to look at it. She closed her sketchbook and looked out
through the window. The sunset created a golden aura across the
village. It’s been 4 years since Ella passed away. Lily never set her

foot on that forest again. “Lily, about thirty minutes the dinner will