True love.

Once upon a time there was a sweet and kind girl named Olive who was engaged to a nice thoughtful young man named Abraham.

They both loved each other so much and were soon to get married. Back then, there were no vaccinations and if a very simple virus spread, many people died or stayed disabled very easily. Pox virus spread in the engaged couple’s village as well as all over the country.

 

Unfortunately Olive got the disease and it started spreading all over her face and body. Each pox created a deep hole which would stay for ever on the affected person’s body.

Olive refused to see Abraham because the disease was contagious and she was losing her beauty forever, no matter how hard Abraham tried. After a little while, Abraham claimed to his family that he was sick and he was sure that he had Pox as well. But no one saw any sign of Pox on his skin. After a short period of time Abraham announced that he lost his sight because of Pox. It was very common to go blind because of Pox.

Olive was so sad to hear that news. She was devastated and started to see him again. They didn’t break up their engagement and got married soon after.

They lived happily and in love for thirty five years. All those years, Abraham was still blind and Olive had pock marks on her face and body.

 

Sadly, Olive died and left Abraham all alone.

In Olive's memorial ceremony everyone saw Abraham walking without his blind cane and seemed to be normal.

Relatives were so shocked. They had realized how truly Abraham loved Olive to pretend to be blind for 35 years. Olive didn’t want Abraham to spend the rest of his life with her being ugly, and Abraham pretended to be blind so she would think that he couldn’t see her.

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