There was a well on the road I passed. It was almost at night. I looked in the well. When I looked in the well I saw a person with surprise. Because there was no light in the well his face was dim and hard to make out from the darkness of the well. But my instinct told me he should be a young man. To prevent himself to drown he was doing a starfish on his back.
How can this be? How can there be people in this uninhabited mountain wildness. And how can it be possible to fall into the well thought I? Despite my surprise the young man in the well seemed quite calm. The water surface was quite calm. You hardly could see any ripples. It seemed as though he had already predicted someone discovering him because he did not show any panic or gratitude or anything else.
How did you fall in the well I asked him?
I fell in he said unconvincely
Just like how you fell in when you were looking inside the well he replied.
That phrase made me step back a few steps automatically.
Why did you look in? Were you checking to see if there was any water?
Nah he said please tell me you aren’t stupid enough believe a person would look into a well just to check to see if there is any water or to do any other stupid thing.
No the answer came if there was a well a person would automatically look in, no? That’s the reason.
Then why didn’t you yell for help I asked?
That’s no use he said the well opening is too little and narrow.
It is very hard and rare for sound to go out even if sound goes go out it sounds like a fading echo. Besides this place is so wild and uninhabited nobody would hear said he.
But you can climb up by yourself I don’t think that is necessary impossible besides the opening of the well isn’t that far up I believe you can do it come on buddy I said. As I said that I stretched out one hand hoping to help him. No, I won’t come up he retorted.
Why, I asked him?
You want to know why he said.
Yes I want to know why I replied while I adjusted my body. I accidentally bumped a bit of loose rock protruding from the well. The rock fell into the well hitting the person in the face his face rippled when the rock hit it , like water until the ripples spread all over his body. His whole body shook like he laughing…
I understand now you’re my reflection you’ve been tricking me all along why have you been tricking me?
He didn’t even wait for me to finish beforehe pulled me into the water…
When I sank through my reflection turned topieces, pieces beyond repair. When I stayed in this narrow place my heart felt a calm that I had never felt before the kind of calm you feel when you’re asleep.
Just then a bird threw across the narrow opening. I hoped that the bird could send a message to my dear family and friends. The message that I wanted him to send was that to tell them that I wanted to take a deep sleep here until someone came tomorrow and woke me up.
