This story was read during I was a kid through a comic-styled in a book called "Kawan" on the Mystery section.
It is a story during an old time when a man from an English family had to travel to outside of the country to do a business leaving his family behind, a wife and two kids, a boy and a girl. Unsure it is a time of war or a moment of exploring continents for civilisation for the country.
The man leaving his family with saying goodbyes and bid farewell leaving on horse-carriage. He said he will be back after 2 months or 2 years or so.
Moments passed and one day while his son is playing at the back of the house, the man surprised his son and greets him like how a kid have never met his father for a long time, crying. His father appears with a smile and talk to him just like usual. After sometime, after he calms down his son, and after a short brief of conversation of asking how's his mother doing, how his sister is doing and all, they are both greeted by the sound of a horse-carriage arriving to the family's house.
The son run to the front of the house shouting "mom, somebody's arriving here!" while her mom and her sister is somewhere inside the house doing house activity.
"Mummy look! It's dad's carriage. He's back now mum!" - shout the boy. The mother rushes outside of the house to greet the visitors and so is her daughter.
"I'm sorry, madam" - said the carriage rider alongside with his partner on the ride.
"I have a terrible news to inform you". But just as before he could finish his words, the boy abruptly interrupt his speak.
"Uncle, dad is on the back of the house. He has been waiting for us!. I wonder how could you be so late with the horse-carriage!" said the boy.
"That is not possible!" - startled the rider.
"It's true. Come, I will show you dad is on the back waiting for us to greet him. I just met him just now and we have a chat and he is taking a rest at the back of the house!" - replied the boy.
The rider and the boy run to the back of the house, founding nothing as a prove of the man's existence. The rider then with a very sad, almost-crying face, informed the family of the real news.
The mother cried and stumbled upon to the ground after hearing the sad news. The boy denies it and tries his best to tell them that what he said was true. All of it, like a persistent boy he was until he cried and got no words to utter. All of them cried on the spot, confused and dumbfounded by the things that happened that very moment.
The Englishman died sometime ago on his way back from his travel. That is the news that the rider brought and alongside the carriage is his remainings in a casket. The carriage-rider showed the Englishman's body to the family, stiff and soulless, as he died sometime ago from on his way back from the travel.
They all are confused of who appeared to the boy before the arrival of the horse-carriage and that includes me and you who are reading this.
And that concludes the story. It is unknown who appeared to the boy either the man's spirit or a form of soul-travel wanting to meet his family for the last time.
It is unknown whether this is based on a real tragedy that happened or it's just the artist's imagination, but it is a story that kept me wondering and to be confused about, sometimes gives me the creeps and to me, it is a good story to be shared than to be kept dead.
But dont wonder the unknown so much, cause it might eat you in a negative way, and let this story affects you in a bad situation.
Great spiritual and mind makes you a person. Your mother doesn't raise you to be a ghost, or a dead person.
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