Encouragement
Author: Ukari
To say here is far, and to call yonder nearby. Stories on the edge of the every day, strange tales you may or may not be moved by. Strange, curious, fantastic stories told by me, you, him and her. There are many stories but they’re all concluded within a single page, each story around 200 to 1200 characters in length, a short story collection you can easily read. Please enjoy them. Updated every Saturday at 6pm.
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I caught a cold.
For the first time in a while, I had a fever, and while I was sleeping I continued to wake myself up with my own moans and delirium. As I kept falling asleep and waking up, I heard a faint voice coming from somewhere. I couldn’t quite make out what it was saying, but it was definitely a voice.
My mind fuzzy, I got up to find the source. It appeared to be coming from the book I was reading that sat beside my pillow.
The voice was obscure and distant, so I pressed my ear to the cool cover to hear it better.
“Hoorah! Hoorah!”
It was screaming words of encouragement over and over. I had no idea who it was or where it was coming from, but it was an extremely nostalgic sound.
For some reason I was beyond relieved and passed out immediately. It was a deep, dreamless sleep. When I woke up the next morning, the fever was completely gone.
Come to think of it, that book used to be my father’s.