Once upon a time.....

Once upon a time in a land far far away lived a boy with eyes full of wonder and adventure. He lived in a land which was cursed by silence. No one spoke, no one sang, and no one whispered. He was so saddened by this, that one day while his family was sleeping he packed his bag, kissed his family goodbye and left in the middle of the night.

He travelled far and during his travels he came to a forest with very big trees and  strange sounds coming from inside. He was so happy though to hear sounds, instead of silence, that he wandered inside without realizing he had gotten lost. The trees were so big they hid the light of the sun. Now there was total darkness! At first he was scared but he grew to like the darkness, it was the silence he hated. So he thought hard and decided to stay in the forest and help those who lost their way in the darkness by speaking the most beautiful words of kindness and love to them. His words were so beautiful, the land of darkness no longer seemed dark for the lost. The boy's words soothed the lost souls so much, they eventually found their way out of the darkness.

One dark, rainy day a girl wandered into the forest. She was lost and scared and sat all alone crying. The boy heard the cries echo in the darkness, he hid behind a tree and saw a beautiful girl with long black hair and beautiful black, sad eyes. He was taken by her beauty but he was too afraid to show his face.  From the distance he whispered words of beauty, words of wisdom and finally words of love. At first the girl was afraid and thought she was dreaming. One day though the words were so magical that her heart started beating faster and faster, her soul flew further than she had ever imagined. She was deeply and totally in love. So strange though, she had never, ever seen the boy..she was in love ....with his words.

The boy though grew weary and scared of this love and one day as he heard other sad voices in the forest,  he left the girl alone in the darkness. He never returned.  The words suddenly stopped. The girl desperately tried to find the words but all she found was silence. Silence deeper than the night. The girl cried and cried and cried and cried. The tears flowed for days until one day there were no more tears. The tears had fed the earth with love and passion and pain ...so much pain. The earth wanting to repay the girl, caressed the girl and gave her bountiful and wonderful fruits of passion, berries the color of blood and wine to soothe her soul. The girl was so pleased to see the beauty that came from her tears that she found her way out of the darkness and went back home.  She began to put this magic from her tears, from her soul in her cooking, in her life and since then has never stopped creating magic!!