She didn’t look defensive. She didn’t look confused. She simply looked up and replied calmly:
“This is my protection.”
“Protection from who?” they asked.
“From what’s coming,” she said.
She offered no further explanation.
Then winter came—and everything became clear.
Snow fell first. Then came the wind. Violent, relentless gusts that bent trees and tore through the village. People lay awake at night listening to roofs groan and fences collapse. By morning, sheets of roofing lay scattered across yards.
When the storm finally passed, neighbors went out to assess the damage.
Many houses had suffered badly. Roofs were partially destroyed. Boards were missing.
But her house stood untouched.
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