The Lantern by the Lake

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The story goes this way; On the edge of a very quiet town, beside a moonlit lake, a young woman named Veronica lit a small lantern every night of each day. She placed the lantern by the water, letting its golden reflection drift across the ripples.

Far away in the town, Mike, a traveler who had once promised to return, saw the glow whenever he thought of returning home. On one certain night, after so many seasons apart, he followed the light back to the lake.

Veronica was still there, waiting, with her lantern in her hand. No words were needed just the light between them, steady and warm. Their love, like the lantern, had never gone out of them.

Through the light of the lantern, Veronica and Mike became tight friends in the town, and whenever Mike travels through the town, he signals Veronica that he is passing by.