3. The Lost Doll
It is a story from Colombia, South America. It is
about reincarnation (rebirth)of a baby girl. Maria del Carmen was the only
child of her parents' Roberto and Rosa Soto. She was a bright, kind, and loving
child, however, sick since birth. At the age of four, she died. Almost everyone attended her funeral.
After a few days of Carmen's death, Rosa gave away
her all playthings and clothes to a priest from another village so that she
couldn't see those things again. Moreover, she didn't have any hope for another
baby. When Roberto knew about it, he
became very unhappy because he was hopeful that they would have the next baby. He
asked about the doll with which Carmen used to play almost all the time. Rosa
replied that she didn't find it with her other playthings. Then they searched for the lost doll all over and asked with villagers, but they didn't find it.
On the first anniversary of Carmen's death, Rosa
gave birth to another child. They named her Evangelina, which means good news.
When she grew up, she looked very much similar to her sister 'Carmen' her activities and character were also the same. The only
difference between them was Carmen used to be sick but Evangelina was healthy.
When Evangelina was about four, she told her aunt that she had a
beautiful doll with blue eyes and a red dress which she buried under a tree in
the backyard. She took her aunt and mother to the backyard and requested her
mother to dig up the ground, Rosa found the lost doll. She was shocked and felt
sick because it was difficult for her to believe. Evangelina disclosed how she
knew the doll was there. She said, when she was sick a long time ago and died, a nice man came and helped her to bury the doll under the tree.
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