>< A Wooden Flute of Harmony ><
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nce upon a time, there was a woodcutter in a small shack in the edge of the forest. He didn’t have a wife or a child. He just lived alone and did his work as a woodcutter. One day, he met with a beautiful girl in the forest. The woodcutter surprised why there was a beautiful girl in the forest and he dared to ask the girl, “excuse me, what do you do in the forest alone? Are you getting lost here?” The girl kept quiet for a moment and said, “Let me live with you.” The woodcutter surprised and he just said okay spontaneously.
A week later, the woodcutter purposed marriage to the girl. The girl accepted that in one condition, the woodcutter must make a wooden flute for her from a tree’s wood named Heare. The three located in the centre of the forest. The woodcutter accepted the condition and started to find it. Three days later the woodcutter back with Heare’s wood and started to make a flute. After the flute was finish they got married soon.
One night, the girl asked his husband, “Please give this flute for our child, it will useful for him.” The husband just shook his head and then slept.
A year later, a baby boy was born and his mother disappeared when the baby was born. The woodcutter looked for his wife and he couldn’t find her anywhere. Suddenly the woodcutter remembered the request of his wife and gave name for his child and it was “Harmony” because of his wife left a wooden flute to her child. Harmony was grown up by his father until seven years old because the accident made his father died and left him alone.
Six years after his father was buried he decided to have a journey and left his house without anything accepts his wooden flute.
“I think this is the right time to start my journey. I can’t just stay in this place alone.” Harmony thought in his mind. So, he prepared himself to go to the new world.
On the way of his journey he found a small village with a lot of people that he never saw before. He is very excited to see people around. He could communicate with the other humans not same as before just talk with plant or animal. He walked around the village and found some children played at the yard behind the village. Near of them there was a tree and he went to there to take a rest.
One of the children came close to Harmony and asked, “I never see you before. Who are you? Are you from another village?”
“My name is Harmony. Of course you never see me before because this is the first time I go out from the forest. May I know your name?” replied Harmony.
“Oh, I see… Call me Juvia. Nice to meet you Harmony” Juvia smiled to Harmony.
Harmony just laid down himself to the ground and ignored Juvia. Juvia tried to make a conversation but it is too beat around the bush so he didn’t give any respond to Juvia and made she kept quite. Suddenly she saw his flute and asked, “What do you bring Harmony?” In this time Harmony answered Juvia question, “it is my mother legacy. Since I was born I never see my mother, I grow up by my father only. I don’t know why my mother left this wooden flute to me.”
“I think there are a lot of reasons why your mother gave it to you. So, where is your father now? ” Said Juvia tried to amuse Harmony.
With a sadness face He answered, “My father died when I’m seven years old exact in the day I was born.” His eyes filled with the tears.
“I’m sorry to hear that Harmony.” Said Juvia slowly
“Take it easy. I’m Okay. Can I play this flute for you?” asked Harmony
“Of course you can. I’m happy to hear the melody from your flute”
Harmony took his flute and played it. When he played his flute, all of the animal near him came and gathered together. Juvia shocked to see them gathered near Harmony. She saw the animal enjoyed the melody from Harmony’s flute. When Harmony stop play the flute she asked, “Why the animal gathered together when you play your flute?”
“I don’t know, it happens every time when I play my flute. I’m very happy to play this flute because they also happy to hear that” said Harmony happily.
They were talking a lot about their selves or about their life. Harmony realized the sun was set and the day became dark, so, Harmony decided to take a bath in the river near of the village and would to stay in the village for a moment. When Harmony walked alone to the river, something fell down from the big tree and Harmony checked for that thing. He found an egg and took that egg because there was a crack in the egg. He wanted to back the egg to its nest but the tree was too high and he couldn’t reach it by himself. He decided to hatch the egg.
Day by day Harmony and Juvia just waited for the egg hatched. He always played his flute and put the egg between Juvia and him.
After the day, the egg cracked and finally hatched. Harmony and Juvia realized that the egg was a hawk egg and now a bower was born. The bower looked very strong and Harmony called him Fliner. Fliner grew up with Harmony and Juvia together. They were very happy to be together.
One day, the envious witch jealous as a Spaniard to the Harmony because Harmony always brought a peaceful day to the people in the village. So, the witch wanted to kill Harmony and made wickedness to the village. She commanded a dark shadow to kidnap Harmony’s friend, Juvia. When the shadow succeeded to kidnap Juvia, the witch sent a message to Harmony.
If you want to rescue your beloved friend, come to me. I will wait in the centre of the forest. Envious Witch |
Harmony scared and didn’t know what he must do to rescue Juvia. He just looked at the message and very hard to make up one’s mind to take an action. Flliner felt pity on him because Harmony hesitant to rescue Juvia. Fliner pecked Harmony’s hand to convince him. Harmony realized that just he could help Juvia from the Envious Witch.
Harmony and Fliner got a move to the center of the forest.
“Wait me Juvia, I will help you soon” said Harmony in his heart.
After several days of walking, finally they arrived at the center of the Forest. They walked around there and called the witch.
“Hey You, The Envious Witch. Where are you? Release my friend, Juvia!” Harmony shouted.
“Kyyaaaaaa…..” Fliner flew around.
The Envious Witch appeared herself with unconscious Juvia on the biggest tree. She risen Juvia by her magic and said, “Hihihihi… If you want to help your friend, give me your soul. Let your soul become my sacrifice!”
Harmony replied, “I won’t do that. I will rescue Juvia by myself.”
Juvia woke up and shocked with the situation. The witch said to Juvia to saw the dead of her friend. Juvia rose against the witch and shouted, “Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched.” The witch was angry and the impatience of the witch made she commanded the shadow to attack Harmony. Harmony who didn’t know anything was attacked and his leg was bleeding. The shadow tried to attack Harmony many times and Harmony just could dodge the attack. Because of dodging the attack, he felt tired and couldn’t move again. This chance was used by the shadow to give the final attack but fortunately Harmony was saved by Fliner. Fliner took the wooden flute from Harmony’s bag and asked him to play the flute. When he played the flute, the biggest tree at there was glowing and it was Heare, the tree where the flute became. Because of the light of the tree, the shadow disappeared and the Envious Witch felt burned. He used her magic to bear down the flute’s power but it was useless. The power of the flute became bigger and bigger.
Finally, the Envious Witch lost and became dust. Harmony asked Fliner to bring down Juvia from the tree. After they gathered together, there was a light came near to Harmony from Heare. The light suddenly talk to Harmony, “My son, I’m proud of you. You could defeat the witch and it is because you believe in yourself and your friend. I just want to say that this is not the end of your journey. You must still believe of the light of Heaven.” Harmony couldn’t say anything, his eyes filled with tear.
The light disappeared slowly and said, “Goodbye my son, I’ll always with you deep inside your heart.”
Harmony stood and said goodbye too to his mother. Now he believed that the flute had a meaning to the life. It was the flute of Peaceful harmony and also his journey will without end if there still darkness in the world.
