Hans Siepel OPEN UP ENG

Day of the reunion
Tomorrow is the big celebration in the Kingdom.
The people will be in a good mood. Concert halls are
full and musicians are playing with pleasure. On streets
and in parks there’s dancing until the wee hours of the
morning. Theatres are packed, actors are giving it their
all and athletes are putting their superhuman skills on
display in crowded stadiums. On that special day of the
year, everyone is happy, no exceptions. It hasn’t always
been that way. The history of the Kingdom also holds
very different stories. About a dark past where no one was
happy and where sadness, fear, and gloom were the main
protagonists. It wasn’t even all that long ago. The Kingdom
had plunged into a deep crisis. Everything had gone wrong.
There were horrible natural disasters. But not only that.
On all fronts, things threatened to plunge into ruin and
every day a new, dark scenario added to the picture of a
catastrophic future.
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