THE GLORIOUS CITY OF CLOTHS
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" 'SHIRABAN' A PLACE KNOWN ALL OVER THE WORLD FOR ITS DESIGNS AND EXCLUSIVE CLOTHING. THIS PLACE WAS INHABITED BY THE MOST CREATIVE AND SKILLED WEAVERS OF ALL KINDS. PEOPLE CAME FROM EVERY PLACE ON EARTH TO PURCHASE THIER TALENTED WORKS . EVERY PIECE OF CLOTH WAS MADE WITH A VERY GOOD QUALITY FABRIC AND DESIGNED WITH THE FINEST MATERIALS. EVEN THE RULERS OF MANY DIFFERENT KINGDOMS WOULD COME IN THEIR ROYAL CARRIAGES AND WOULD TAKE HOME BUNDLES AND BUNDLES OF THESE CLOTHS. FOR 3 CENTURIES (300 YEARS) 'SHIRABAN' RULED OVER THE WORLD OF FASHION."
"THE WEAVERS OF 'SHIRABAN' HAD A LITTLE SECRET. THE REASON EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEIR CLOTHS WERE WORLD FAMOUS AND WERE SOLD AT GREATER AND GREATER PRICES EVERY YEAR WAS BECAUSE THEY WERE MAGICAL WEAVERS. EVERYTIME THEY TOOK UP ANY CLOTH OR MATERIAL TO MAKE THEY WOULDN'T JUST SIMPLY WEAVE IT. THEY WOULD INFUSE IT WITH MAGIC WHILE WEAVING. AND WHERE DID THIS MAGIC COME FROM?.. FROM THE 'TOTEM OF WEAVERS' ( LATER CHANGED TO 'TOTEM OF SEAMSTERS' WHICH WILL BE EXPLAINED LATER)."
"EVERY YEAR ON ONE PARTICULAR NIGHT, EVERY SEAMSTER AND SEAMSTRESS IN 'SHIRABAN' WOULD GATHER NEAR THE 'TOTEM OF WEAVERS'. THEY WOULD FIRST WORSHIP ALL THEIR TOOLS (NEEDLES, THREADS, PINS AND ALL THE OTHER SEWING STUFF) AND MACHINERY; IN THOSE TIMES, THE ONLY MACHINERY WERE LOOMS WHICH WERE BROUGHT ON WHEELED CARTS TO THE TOTEM. THEY WOULD THEN SING THEIR SPECIAL SONG OF ' THE SEWING OF LIFE' AND DANCE THEIR TRADITIONAL 'THREADS AND RIBBONS DANCE'."
" THEN DURING MID-NIGHT WHEN THE MOON WAS FULL, IT'S LIGHT WOULD FALL ON THE TOTEM AND LIGHT IT WITH THE BRIGHTEST RED WHICH WOULD SHINE ALL THROUGHOUT 'SHIRABAN'. ALL THE WEAVERS GATHERED THERE WOULD BOW DOWN TO THE LIGHT AS IT WOULD SMOOTHLY GRACE OVER THEM AND RENEW THEM WITH NEW AND IMPROVED MAGIC. ON THIS ONE PARTICULAR NIGHT THE WHOLE OF SHIRABAN WOULD LIGHT UP AND SHINE THROUGH THE SKY LIKE THE MODERN WORLD'S 'NOTHERN LIGHT'.
" BUT THIS WASN'T ALL. 'SHIRABAN' ALSO HAD ANOTHER SECRET IT HAD HIDDEN FROM THE WORLD. 'SHIRABAN' WAS CURSED. EXCEPT THE RESIDENT WEAVERS IF ANYONE ELSE CAME TO 'SHIRABAN' ON THAT MAGICAL NIGHT AND SAW THE PROCEEDINGS, THEY WOULD BE CURSED BY THAT MAGIC TO LOOSE THEIR EYES AND BECOME WILLOW TREES EVENTUALLY. THE MAGIC OF THE WEAVERS OF 'SHIRABAN' WAS GIVEN TO THEM FOR A REASON. A REASON WHICH WAS KEPT VERY WELL HIDDEN FROM THE WORLD TILL DATE WHICH NO ONE KNOWS ABOUT.....OR NO ONE WILL SPILL THE BEANS ABOUT.... SHHHHH."
"NOW IT SO HAPPENED THAT A CERTAIN PRINCE OF A VERY VAST AND WEALTHY KINGDOM HAD SET OUT TO 'SHIRABAN' ON BEHALF OF HIS FAMILY THIS YEAR. IT WAS 3 DAYS TO THE 'MAGICAL NIGHT' WHEN THE PRINCE ARRIVED. THE PRINCE ROAMED THE BAZAARS ALL DAY LONG LOOKING AT ALL THE COLOURFUL DISPLAYS OF CLOTHS IN EVERY SHOP AND BY EVENING HE HAD PURCHASED A HORSECART FULL OF MERCHANDISE AND RETIRED TO AN INN WHERE HE WAS STAYING FOR THE TIME-BEING.
" ON THE 3RD DAY THE PRINCE WAS MAKING PREPERATIONS TO LEAVE FOR HIS HOMELAND AGAIN. IT WAS WELL PAST EVENING BY WHICH TIME HE AND HIS BAND OF SOLDIERS WERE ALREADY HALFWAY AWAY FROM 'SHIRABAN', WHEN SUDDENLY HE REMEMBERED THAT HE HAD ACCIDENTALLY FORGOTTON TO TAKE THE BUNDLE OF LACE THAT HIS SIBLINGS HAD REQUESTED OF HIM. HE STOPPED THE MOVING PARTY AND OREDERED THE REST OF THEM TO MOVE ON FORWARD. TAKING TWO SOILDERS WITH HIM THE PRINCE TURNED BACK TO FETCH THE BUNDLE OF LACE."
"IT WAS JUST PAST SUNSET BY THE TIME THE PRINCE CAME BACK TO 'SHIRABAN'. HE IMMEDIATELY WENT TO THE INN WHERE HE WAS STAYING, BUT WHAT A SURPRISE!!. THE WHOLE INN WAS DESERTED. PUZZLED THE PRINCE WENT TO HIS ROOM AND FETCHED THE BUNDLE. WHEN HE CAME OUT HE NOTICED THAT, HEY! THE WHOLE ALLEY WAS EMPTY. "STRANGE", THOUGHT THE PRINCE, " LAST NIGHT THE ALLEY WAS VERY BUSY AND SO WAS THE INN, BUT NOW EVERYONE ARE GONE. WHERE IS EVERYBODY?". THE PRINCE LOOKED IN THROUGH THE WINDOWS OF ONE OF THE SHOPS, BUT ALAS! IT WAS EMPTY TOO."
Will the prince find out about the magical night of 'Shiraban'? Will anyone interrupt him before he dooms himself out of curiosity?
Find out in the next episode.
Stay tuned.
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