Hide's 100-word story for June 8, 2025

Hide wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on June 8, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

A Man plays a Tune on the Peeno, but only U can hear it. Dose it make a Sound? 56.09227, 26.71594 The coordinates in the mysterious and badly spelled note brought me to a lush eastern European forest. I thought I was lost for hours until I stumbled across a little clearing. A dilapidated piano, and a bottomless mannequin. Nothing under the lid. The keys don’t work. What could it mean? I sat on a nearby log and ate my turkey panini, pondering. This is the last time I follow crazy Uncle Ernie’s letters to a different continent.

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