Grigory Borzenko "The world of mysterious, amazing and scary stories Issue nine Second Kaspar Hauser

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Grigory Borzenko
"The world of mysterious, amazing and scary stories
Issue nine
Second Kaspar Hauser

Episode one
Anyone who has read my story “Kaspar Hauser - the Man of Mystery” from the “Time Traveler” series knows about a surprisingly mysterious and enigmatic case when on May 26, 1828, an unusual teenager, about sixteen or seventeen years old, was seen on the Nuremberg market square. He seemed to come out of nowhere, almost fell from heaven. He appeared as if from another time, from another world...
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Something similar happened now, in this story, which is brought to your attention.

Episode two
- I understand that I’m speaking chaotically... You won’t understand me. You have a seed, a husband, children...
Jen Wang, one of two friends sitting at a table on a fine spring day in 1995 in the Chinese city of Xiuan He, leisurely sipping tea, sighed heavily.
The second friend, Liu Chen, seeing the sadness in her interlocutor's eyes, placed her palm on top of Jen's hand and gently stroked it.
- Don't be sad, Liu. I think that everything will work out soon. I believe in it. The hour will come, and the walls of your house will be blessed by the ringing cry of a newborn baby. Everything will be fine.
- Will not be! – Jen shook sadly in response. “You know how old I am.” All my peers have given birth to a bunch of kids a long time ago! And I... I'm afraid that my dream of having my own child is not destined to come true... Therefore, I agree to everything... I will try to adopt a newborn. I'm even ready to go to extremes! Even to the point of kidnapping a child! Just to avoid growing old alone...
- What are you saying?! – Liu, who had already raised the cup to her lips to take another sip of tea, heard this, immediately perked up and put the cup on the table. Her eyes were full of sincere surprise. - How is this possible?! Steal?! This is a crime!
- No, of course... - Jen was embarrassed. - I just said that. When a wife quarrels with her husband, in the heat of excitement she grumbles that I’m ready to kill you! But she doesn’t even have it in her mind to do this! She won't even hurt a mouse! I just want to show by this how much I would like to adopt a child. After all, there are children... How can I say this more tactfully? Nobody's, or something... Someone lost their mother, someone got lost and can't find their parents...
Jen Wang stopped speaking mid-sentence. Liu Chen noticed how she suddenly straightened up and looked with big eyes of amazement at something that was behind Liu’s back. She, driven by curiosity, immediately turned to ask: what or who had attracted such close attention of her friend.
It turned out that it was a little boy. He was dressed strangely and behaved very unusually. He kept looking around, as if he was in an unfamiliar place where everything surprised him. One could say even more: it amazed him! He looked at everything that was around with eyes so big in surprise that it seemed like he had just fallen from the moon!
- He looked like a lost child...
There was hope in Jen's voice. Liu immediately understood why this boy attracted her attention so much.
- Wait, Jen, don’t rush! Now everything will become clearer.
Liu stood up and approached the boy.
-Are you looking for someone, boy? Maybe you need help?
She tries to speak in as flexible and gentle a voice as possible, trying not to scare the stranger, but to demonstrate that she treats him very kindly.
But he continued to remain silent. Now, with the greatest surprise, he looked around not only everything around, but also the two women who stood in front of him. He looked at them with such amazement with which they themselves would now look at a sleepwalker if he had emerged from a landed flying saucer.
“He’s so cute...” Jen said slowly with admiration in her voice. - How cute he is...
Liu Chen understood perfectly well what lay behind these words of her friend.
- Wait, Jen! Do not rush things! You can see he's confused. He needs to be given time to recover. – And, turning to the stranger, she added. -What's your name, boy?
He, continuing to examine the ladies standing in front of him, was silent for some time, and then finally answered:
- My name is Hon-Hen... Why are you dressed so strangely? Why is everything so unusual around here?
Now it was the turn of the ladies to look at the boy as surprised as he himself had looked at them before.
- Why do you think we are dressed strangely? – Liu tried to speak as slowly as possible. Her voice sounded extremely quiet and friendly. She saw the boy’s state, that he was literally frightened by everything he saw around him. Therefore, I tried not to aggravate the matter, not to increase his fear. – And what unusual do you see in what’s happening around you?
Before answering, he looked around again with a slow gaze. His attention was especially drawn to cars passing nearby on the roadway. And then he said something that the ladies did not expect at all:
- Why do carts travel without horses?
The friends leaned over. It was clear that the boy was not just lost. His strange behavior hid something else within himself.
- Aren’t there cars where you live? Well... Carts without horses. Where do you live? How old are you?
- I am eleven years old... I live in a monastery... It is located near the village of Chen-Jo...
The friends looked at each other again. This time their eyes became even larger in surprise.
“I thought that he lives in our city, and now his mother will come and take him away.” – Jen’s voice sounded somehow mysterious. - And he’s not from here at all... He appeared as if from nowhere... He’s no one’s... This is my chance, Liu...
Liu Chen continued to look at the boy in shock, not knowing what to answer to her friend.
At this time, she heard an unfamiliar male voice behind her:
- Please forgive me, ladies. But it seems the time has come for me to intervene in your lovely home conversation...
Both women quickly turned and looked at the stranger. A tall and slender middle-aged man stood in front of them, looking busily first at the ladies and then at the boy.
- Of course, I apologize, but I had to become an involuntary witness to your conversation. I assure you, I didn't mean it! You were just talking too loudly. Without paying attention to the fact that I was sitting at the next table. I would not have dared to interfere in your conversation if I had not seen that events could now turn in the wrong direction... I believe that such an unusual child now needs to be taken anywhere, namely to the police!
At the word “police,” Jen Wang shuddered.
This reaction did not escape the man’s gaze, and he immediately added:
- I didn’t mean what you thought! Can't you see that the boy is special?! It definitely needs to be shown to specialists! It's not even that he's horrified by the sight of cars. It is quite obvious that he has never seen them before. The main thing is that the child speaks seventeenth-century Chinese! Seventeenth!!! I am interested in the history of past centuries! Therefore, I came across similar dialects. One gets the impression that the child seemed to have come here from the past! This is a completely unique case! It's not you who should be taking care of this child. And the scientists!
A grimace of terrible disappointment twisted Jen's face. It was scary to look at her. The stranger again did not ignore this.
- I understand your feelings, madam. And this is what I offer you. My wife and I also didn’t have children for a long time. And we were also very upset. Therefore, I will try to help you in this matter. I am a reporter for a famous newspaper. I will write a resonant article about you. About how I witnessed how a certain Jen Wang showed conscientiousness and honesty by taking the found child to the police station. And this despite the fact that she has no children! A friend in her place would not have resisted the temptation to somehow bring the foundling closer to her. I will definitely appeal from the pages of the newspaper to everyone, both individuals and organizations, who could help a conscientious and honest Chinese woman resolve the issue of adopting a child. Or I will write whatever you say. Considering the huge circulation of our newspaper, I dare to assume that someone may respond. Will write or call you. What do you think of this proposal?
Jen Wang looked at the stranger with wide eyes in surprise, not knowing what to answer.
Liu Chen turned out to be more decisive.
- We look at this very well, sir...
- Ji Liu! My name is Ji Liu! Please forgive me for not introducing myself right away!
- Thank you, Mr. Liu! Your proposal is truly logical and noble. Thank you sincerely for this! All we have to do is take the boy to the police. Since everyone should know that it was Jen Wang who found him and brought him, I suggest you, Jen, take his hand. And this is exactly how to lead him to the station.
Having said this, Liu turned to the child:
- We will now take you to a place where everything will be explained to you... Why carts travel without horses. Where will you get help? There are good people there. They help everyone. They will help you too. Do you agree for us to take you there? Yes?
The boy nodded silently in agreement.
- That is great! Take his hand, Jen! Let's go!
And a small procession walked together towards the police station.
All the way, happy Dane said in a voice languid with pleasure:
- God! How pleasant the touch of his hand is! How I wish I could always hold his hand like this...

Episode three
“I am sincerely grateful to you, Dr. Lee, for constantly sharing information with me about Hon-Hen. I am keenly interested in everything connected with this unusual boy.
- Have mercy! But how can he not share this with you, Mr. Liu! – The owner of the office raised his eyebrows in surprise. – After all, it was practically you who found it and showed it to the world!
- Well, it wasn’t me who found it, but Mrs. Jen Wang...
- Yes, I know, I know! I read about it! And that it was thanks to you and your newspaper that Mrs. Wang solved her family problems! That is why I am sharing information with you. You don't just publish some news. You talk about people associated with these events. Moreover, you talk about them with love and kindness. You spoke very flatteringly about Ms. Wang back then. Now, describing in your articles everything connected with this boy, you say a lot of kind words to me. About how much work and time I put into investigating the foundling's case. You are not only an excellent reporter, Mr. Liu, but also a good, kind and sincere person! That's why I want to help you.
- Thank you, doctor, for your kind words. I will be glad if you please me with something new today. I'm not interested in this just for the sake of publications. Like any ordinary person who cares about the fate of others, I am interested in the amazingly mysterious story of this boy.
- Of course, Mr. Liu! I'll please you! I will certainly please you! Everything really mixed up into one, unusually confusing and mysterious ball. Everything in this story is interconnected. I, like you, was immediately interested in the fact that the boy spoke seventeenth-century Chinese! This finally convinced me that he was a time traveler. However, this was clear immediately! And because of how strangely he was dressed, and because of how much he was surprised by everything he saw around him. He certainly never saw cars anywhere!
- I completely agree with you! – The newspaperman nodded his head affirmatively. - What can we say about cars, if he was amazed at the way people were dressed, or what buildings were around. There is no doubt that he is seeing them for the first time! I remember how some doctors shook their heads sympathetically, quite sincerely believing that the unfortunate man had lost his mind...
- Well, perhaps you shouldn’t judge my colleagues so harshly for this, Mr. Liu. Any person in their place, seeing that the boy was acting as if he had just fallen from the moon, would have thought the same thing. That is why the patient was immediately sent to a psychiatric hospital. But don’t think that in such establishments the patients know nothing but pills and injections. We, of course, work with them as psychologists. I immediately became interested in the phenomenon of this alien from their past...
The doctor smiled bitterly and shook his head.
“We examined the boy most carefully. We worked with him long and hard. I collected all the information bit by bit. I invited specialists from other fields of science and invited them to communicate with Khon-Khen. There were many conversations, tests, experiments. In the end, everyone came to the conclusion that the boy, oddly enough, was quite healthy! That’s when I decided that since he was in his right mind, I should take everything he said seriously. And he says, I must admit, strange things. Which are impossible for an ordinary person to believe. To all questions about what year it is, Hon-Hen, without hesitation, always and invariably answered one thing: 1695!
There was silence in the doctor's office.
“Yes...” the reporter said thoughtfully. – This is really hard to believe. And it’s even more impossible to explain this... But... How can I put this more delicately? You are now telling me what I knew before. Just like the fact that after spending exactly a year in your hospital, the boy suddenly disappeared without a trace... Without a trace! It’s like he disappeared into thin air! As he appeared out of nowhere, he went into nowhere... I remember how I came to you here, how you and I tried to find him! Even the police were then involved in searching for him! And everything is useless... Madam Wang called me... Her voice was saddened... She visited the boy so often, she became so attached to him. She wanted, if she was allowed, to take him into her family... Adopt him... But he disappeared without a trace... I must admit, I hoped that you had invited me today to report that the boy had been found. I see that this is not so...
The doctor shook his head sadly.
- No, the boy was not found... And I think he will never be found again. Now I will explain why. All this time I tried to do everything possible and impossible to shed light on this mystery. Unravel the mystery surrounding the boy. And it seems I succeeded...
The newspaperman looked at the doctor with eyes wide in surprise.
- Are you joking?! How can this be explained?!
- It turns out that you can... Listen to me carefully...
The newspaperman leaned his whole body forward so as not to miss a single word.
- I decided to find the monastery that Khon-Khen spoke about. It turned out that such a monastery really exists! Yes, this is not a figment of the boy’s imagination! This is a real, still existing monastery, which was founded at the beginning of the seventeenth century! When I heard about this, I immediately went there! If only you knew, Mr. Liu, how much time I spent in the old archives of the monastery! , Long and persistently rummaging through documents, chronicles, scrolls. But my work was not in vain! I was rewarded for my efforts! I discovered absolutely amazing records! You won't believe what I'm going to tell you now! If you write about this in your article, the circulation of your newspaper will skyrocket! This will be a world sensation!!!
- What are you saying?! – The newspaperman cried out emotionally. - This is interesting! With your permission, I will take notes. Do you mind?
- Of course! This is why I called you, Mr. Liu! So that you can be the first to write about this. So…
The newspaperman hastily took out a notepad and pencil, and immediately froze, in anticipation of an exciting story.
The doctor paused quite a bit to add even more intrigue to what he was about to say, and began:
- In the archives of the monastery, a certain Khon-Khen, a servant at the monastery, was mentioned. The documents reported that at the beginning of 1695 the child suddenly disappeared... Yes! Exactly! Don't be surprised, Mr. Liu! This is just the beginning! The most inertia awaits you ahead! Further, the monastery records say that he appeared again exactly a year later! Do you understand, Mr. Liu, what we are talking about?! After all, he was also in our hospital for a year! And then he disappeared without a trace! But that's not all! Further notes said that when he came out, he was “possessed by demons.” But since his “possession” was extremely unusual, the monks considered this incident worthy of being included in the monastery scrolls. The child told everyone that he spent all this time, exactly a year, in the twentieth century! Do you provide it, Mr. Liu?!
- It can’t be... - The reporter’s face radiated such a high degree of amazement that it was scary to look at him. – Working at a newspaper, I’m used to various sensations... But this... I must admit, this is the first time I’ve come across this...
- I completely agree with you, Mr. Liu! But listen to my story to the end! The boy who returned from the future assured the monks that people “there are not like they are now”! That they ride on “carts without horses”, that “sparkling chariots fly across the sky”! And people “talk to mirrors”...
A ringing silence reigned in the doctor's office for a long time.
- I don’t believe in the reality of what is happening... - The newspaperman’s voice sounded as if from hell. - It can not be so…
- I completely agree with you, Mr. Liu. This is truly incredible... There can only be one explanation for this amazingly mysterious and mysterious case: the child somehow “overtook” time and ended up in the future!
- Even more incredible, Dr. Lee, in my opinion, is that the boy came back! In my time! The world press has already written about cases when people appeared as if out of nowhere. From the past or future. But in the end they remained in the time they ended up in. We got stuck in it. And they spent the rest of their lives there. But the case with this boy is truly unique...
Dr. Lee leaned back in his chair. But, instead of relaxing after a long monologue and dialogue, he looked at his interlocutor even more intently.
- Now I will order you, the most important thing. – He said in a clear voice, emphasizing the importance of the moment. “I thought about this for a long time... And I came to this conclusion...” His voice became even louder and almost solemn. - If this boy was then able to “come back”, this must mean that the past and the future exist simultaneously...
A ringing silence reigned in the doctor’s office for a long time... Reigned for a long time... For a very long time...

Date this story was written: March 13, 2024
Place of birth of the story: Great Britain, North Wales, Flint, Bolingbroke Street 135.

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