"The Gumiho's Journey: A Tale of Love, Friendship, and Acceptance"_The Essence of Thin
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"The Gumiho's Journey: A Tale of Love, Friendship, and Acceptance"
Once upon a time, in the misty mountains of Korea, there lived a beautiful and cunning fox spirit, known as a gumiho. She had nine tails, each representing her strength and wisdom, and could transform herself into any form she desired. For centuries, she lived a solitary life, observing the world from a distance, until one day, fate intervened.The gumiho was out hunting when she heard a soft whimpering coming from a nearby clearing. Curious, she followed the sound and discovered a small human child, abandoned and alone. The gumiho approached the child cautiously, afraid that it might be a trap...
The Essence of Things
We were arguing again. It was the same song and dance that we did at least once a year for the past five years. Nothing ever changed. We went in circles, rehashing every statement and revisiting every debate we’d ever had.“You don’t need these things!” Evan’s voice rose, and he shook a handful of papers towards me. Those particular papers were a mixture: letters, old school assignments, brochures from events I’d gone to. Evan repeated what most everyone thought—that I didn’t need the things I carefully saved over the years. Only I did.“I do,” I replied calmly, with a small nod. “I do need the...
Introspect
“Yeah, that sounds like you. Definitely sounds about right…” he said with a light laugh. I could tell my story and accept his jibes and sarcastic comments because I knew him so well. You could say we were lifelong friends. I used to look through my parents’ old photo albums and www.onedoor.ccsee pictures of us during a time I was too young to remember. In the earliest days, my father had been diagnosed with an auto immune disease which would not kill him immediately, but without proper care would debilitate him over time and erode his presence. He wasn’t into health and fitness and never really kicked his s...
Opening Portals
"Jackie, what do you think is happening to you?" Star Phoenix, expert child psychologist, gazed patiently at the squirming boy sitting in front of her. Star's office was all grey. A bleak, cold grey, which muffled the sunshine and made another monochromatic world which seemed to be drowning in silence. The cat clock's eyes ticked back and forth. Jackie Sloan was seeing portals everywhere since his parents went off the grid. He believed that one day, these doors would lead him to them. When asked why he couldn't open them yet, he always said the same thing. "I'm not a grown up yet." "Jackie, I ...