There was a witch that lived in Tigu. When she became an adult, she stopped talking. As time passed, the villagers that lived in Tigu, became afraid of the non-talking witch, they thought she was going to plan a scheme to kill them. The villagers began to abhor her. But the cautions villagers didn’t know that the witch built an invisible wall surrounding the village like a fence….people were allowed in, but could never leave.

          One spring day, a child that was missing for several days, returned to the village at night, and fell into a deep sleep after he said the witch’s name “Shizuka” three times. When all the villagers found out about the kid, they were so angry; the villagers grabbed their torches and went to the witch’s house. They threw their torches at the house, hoping to destroy the witch once and for all, so she couldn’t hurt anyone again.

          Suddenly, Akaruku (the queen of time) appeared in a flash of light given off by the moon. She stopped the fire that was destroying the house. The queen looked at the witch and nodded to each other. The invisible wall the witch made disappeared and revealed a huge monster that was lurking behind the wall. Shizuka and Akaruku fought the monster with all their strength trying to stop the monster from destroying the village for several hours, until finally the monster was defeated and turned into stone. Finally, peace was restored tot the village.

          Then, the kid woke up from his slumber and told everyone how the witch created the invisible wall to protect everyone from the monster, and how the witch couldn’t talk in order to keep the wall intact. The villagers walked up to the witch and thanked her with all their hearts. They asked the witch to say something before she left to travel around the world to stop violence. The villagers waited, but

the witch still didn’t talk.

          The witch only smiled and sang a song. The song made the flowers

   from trees dance away from the tree and was guiding them trough

the wind, carrying the witch’s voice throughout the world.

          Today, no one remembers how the witch looked like, but her song is still sung around the world.

Even now the witch fights, trying to stop all violence in the world,

and because of the people who sings her song is giving her

immortality. But, today her strength weakens every day

because no one remembers her name nor believes in her. So

after you read this remember to say “ Shizuka” three times

everyday, so that the witch will have strength to fight

on and one day stop all of the troubles in the world.