The old wise man

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There once was an old wise man whose most precious dream was to have a daughter. He loved his wife more than everything but she only gave him 5 sons and the youngest one had her dying while she was giving birth. He was living in London and was loved by the biggest part of the population. Even though he was from the upper class he was donating for the working class to subsist. Which made him even more appreciate by the working class. But when his wife died he was inconsolable, he was not going out of his house and only his sons were able to enter in his room apart from the youngest, he could not look at him without thinking that he had killed his loving and caring wife. After two years of deep despair he decided to move out and to let his house to his sons. He went to settle down in a forest darker than the night, at the top of a hill taller than five time the size of the Tower of London , in a house abandoned many years before and which was in great need to be restored. His sons wanted to restore his new house for him because he was around his 70 and it was obvious for everyone that he will die soon, at this age he needed assistance but the old man refused. He said : 

«I want to be alone, I don't want anyone's help, neither from any of you»
And he closed the door of this strange house in 1843 . The house was probably at least twice the age of his owner and it showed but he felt great here. It felt right for him. And he stayed, for years, without letting anyone coming into his house, even his family ! And god knows what he was doing in there.

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