The House Was Never Empty

On the edge of the village stood an old, abandoned house. The villagers claimed

that a light would turn on in it at night, even though no one lived there.

Curious Luka walked up to the house one evening. The door opened by itself.

It was cold and quiet inside until he heard footsteps. He saw a mirror in the hallway –

there was no reflection of him in it, just an empty room. When he whispered “hello”,

a dark shadow appeared in the mirror. The light went out and someone whispered his name.

Luka ran away. The next morning, the villagers saw the figure of a boy looking out

the window of the old house. The house was never empty.