Hugo looked around in awe at all the city folk gathered together, lighting the paper lanterns and sending them drifting into the the pale evening sky.
‘Why are we doing this, mama?’ Hugo asked, tugging on the skirts of a heavy pregnant woman.
‘Because, the princess has been born today and it’s been written that she will become the warrior who saves us from the eternal rage of the gods, so we are giving thanks for her safe arrival,’ Hugo’s mother replied as she lit a red lantern and let it fly upwards with the hope.
(Inspired by; https://only100words.xyz/2018/06/21/three-line-tales-week-125/ with thanks)
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