There is a place called Shadowland. It lives side by side with us and maybe you know of it already but here is a story of how I experienced shadowland. In shadowland, shapes of all sorts and sizes exist. They thrive the most in darkness, but not without light of course. Without the light, we would be unable to know of their existence.
Because so many of us don’t know much about shadowland, we are scared when we first see it and the people that live in shadowland. Most of the people in Shadowland can take different shapes and they like to play with our minds, you know. In the night, you will see the people of Shadowland grow tall and short all at the same time. It can be so frightening that it makes even the elderly afraid to walk in the dark. Also, some children like to sleep with the lights on, because they have somehow seen shadow people before and like the elderly people, they are afraid of the dark, where shadow people live.
Do you want to know a secret? Shadow people can also be very friendly because they like to play a lot. During the day, if you have noticed, shadow people come out to play with us too. Yes, they do! When you walk during the day, if you are keen, you will notice that they walk beside us, trying their best to look like us. When the sun is up directly above us, they are almost under our feet, hiding because if the light is too bright, it will make them disappear. When the sun is just rising or setting, you see shadow people look taller and longer. They may even look bigger, but all the time, they try to copy us. If you raise your hand, they will raise their hands. If you turn your head, they will turn their heads in the same direction as you. If you laugh, they will laugh, only you will not hear them laugh, but they copy us like the copycats.
Shadows can be whatever we want them to be when they really want to play with us. And we can call them out to play even in a dark room. All you need is a flashlight and a wall in front of you. We can make the shadow people take different forms and shapes making use of our body parts. All you need to do is be creative. Are you creative? Here are examples of some of the shapes and forms my papa and mama use to make the shadow people play with us in the night: we shaped them into bats, dogs, birds, bulls and cats, in fact, whatever we wanted. To do this like we did, make sure to have the light behind you as though it were a projector. Flash the light onto a wall and step in between the light and the wall and use your hands, legs, etc to make different shapes.
We can make fun memories with the shadow people of shadowland. That is the superpower of shadowland and its people. Shadows can be our best friends if we befriend them, and they will always come out to play when we wish. And you can be a superhuman if you speak shadow language just as I do and did with my Papa and my Mama every night when they were home and wanted to spend quality time with me. Today, my siblings and I play with shadows. I show them how awesome it can be doing that. Do you want to play with the shadow people and walk in and out of shadowland? It is up to you. Just be creative and you will be as amazing and even more amazing than I am.
Read – How Shadows Came to Be – A Children’s Story by Adetoyese Odekunbi, Nigeria
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