The empty swing

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Claude and Donald were soul mates, inseparable from the cradle. They played endlessly on the old garden swing, laughing out loud as one pushed the other higher and higher.

But their idyllic childhood was shattered one fateful afternoon. As Donald pushed her, Claude got too much momentum and was thrown off. Her body landed on a barbed wire, decapitating her instantly.

Donald's laughter turned into a piercing scream. Try as he might, he could never get over the loss of his other half. A week later, he was found dead in his room with an enigmatic smile.

Some believed his soul had departed to join Claude. Others whispered that she had returned to find him.

The fact is that since then, the swing remains immobile and intact, as a perennial reminder of the tragedy.

However, on nights when the moon is full, superstitious villagers claim to hear the spectral laughter of two children echoing in the garden.

And some swear to have seen two ethereal silhouettes rocking together on the swing, happy and indifferent to the cruel fate that united them in eternity.

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