This story is brimming with effective descriptions. It starts with the first line. The trees had lost their leaves for winter. The tone is set. This will be a somber story. You have devised a wonderful used for the shadow. The poor man imagines his shadow has the power to hurt, but does not realize that in each case, as the priest says, the man is instrumental in saving the people who are afflicted.
The story is well written. The voice is consistent. The prompt is used very effectively. Thank you for sharing this with us and for engaging meaningfully with the community.
Thank you very much for your comments from which I learn. In the story I wrote I was not very clear about the outcome, and I was imagining it by re-reading what I had written, it was a very good exercise and I tried not to make it a tragic ending.
Greetings @theinkwell