LANIEN

VILLA

- AND HIS FRIENDS IN THE 12TH DIMENSION

Book Title:

“Villa -

and his friends in the 12th dimension”

Copyright © 2023 by Samlen,

The Netherlands

All Right Reserved.

Writer: Lanien

Editor: Grimes

Printed by: Pumbo.nl

Cover & content design by: Lanien

Published as a

Fantasy Story - Dream Novelette

ISBN: 9789083353555

NUR: 334

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Contents

Chapter 1. At Home in The 12th Dimension

The Village Who Wanted to Stay

Shoro and Gardu

Winngadur

Flying with Winngadur

Chapter 2. Lessons for Man

The Age of Questioning

The Super Rich and The Politicians

Chapter 3. Conflicts Before Samlen

The Innocent Fathers

Why Will You Not Help Me?

Saved by Wolves

Chapter 4. Water, Wind and Weather

Villa is Feeling Poor and Lost

George and His Family

Covid in Florida

Summer Job in Ahrweiler, Germany

Gretchen and her Land Rover

Gretchen's Father and his Husband

Gretchen’s Grandpa Hans

Hannah and Friets

Learning German From Helga and Gunther

Family Stories to Remember

Venturing out in Ahr Valley

Staring Eyes in The Water

All the Rain

Caught up in a Water Flood

Bridge in The Water

One Beautiful Thing

Making New Plans

Lets Meet Up in Amsterdam

Chapter 5. The 12th Dimension

Invitation to Midsummer Solstice

Midsummer at Aueria’s Place

Getting Distracted

The Beings out in The 3rd Dimension

A little evening stroll

Winngadur Daughter of Aueria

Chapter 6. A Bright Boy With No Plans

What to Do?

She Who Has No Name

Knowledge Like Before

Oh No! Amsterdam

Who is The Librarian?

Becoming Amsterdained for Real

Chapter 7. Together Forever

Datenight

Heyiriena’s Mount Aruluttoq Itisooql

Muslim In-Laws

The Perfect Bridesmaid

Old Soul - Young Heart

No place for me

An Old Box Full of Notes

Valborgs Decision

Marriage at the mosque of An Nashshàsh

Kindness Quotes

Explanatory Dictionary

CHAPTER 1. AT HOME IN THE 12TH DIMENSION

THE VILLAGE WHO WANTED TO STAY

Once upon a time there was a village which had lived happily and well for about 5000 years in its own little spot in this world. This particular village was also home to Villa. He, his family and friends all exist and live their lives deep inside the 12th dimension. The people in the village mostly went about their lives without even taking any notice of any higher dimensions. That’s just the way it was, out here in the 3rd dimension. Villa grew up right among them becoming a strong leader and protector of all that is good for the common folk who live in old European villages just like this one.

Villa liked his villagers very much. They kept his houses neat and the gardens green, full of fine fruit and vegetables. For many years he watched on while families came and raised their children. The children grew up and, one by one, they left for the big cities.

Once they settled in the cities, many forgot about Villa’s village and they never returned. A time came when families only wanted to live in the big cities. Villa watched on while his favourite homes on the Main Street became abandoned.

Full of worry, Villa turned to his best friends: Shoro and Gardu.

SHORO AND GARDU

Shoro was Lord of the Shoreline. Shoro could often be found at the Shoreline surrounding the Island of Villa's place. Shoro had been there for even longer than Villa and, if you asked him, he’d answer, “well, I don’t think that I was ever not here.”

It was different with Gardu. He was the lord of a very special garden nearby. Gardu had been there much longer than the garden itself. The garden had been planted by some people. But Gardu didn’t mind at all. Most of the time anyway. If he did mind, he’d just throw a dead tree at any disrespectful, visiting human. They’d quickly learn to behave or to walk only on treadmills in a gym and not in his garden! It’s difficult to say precisely how long Gardu had been coming to this particular garden - somewhere between 10.000 and 30.000 years maybe.

Experiencing Gardu feels like standing in front of an exploding nuclear bomb. except the energy is static and seems never ending. You feel pure, unconditional love - and totally safe. Afterwards you walk away unharmed.

Gardu is a watcher. He watches how humans handle the territories and resources of the world they live in today. This is the most important lesson in the 3rd Dimension - the Dimension in which humans exist right now. The leaders of the human world are weighed down with the task of finding the way. Thankfully there is no end in chances. They have tried before and failed in earlier civilizations millions of years ago. Then their existence in the 3rd Dimension was dissolved. But humans do not disappear entirely. They pass into a Seed sleep. This is a sleep in which all their souls turn into seeds of light. They all gather together inside a dark and protective seed case, becoming one. There they sleep until it all begins again…and again…and again. Sleep is rest, a very important part of existence.

Gardu views humans much the same way as we see flowers. A flower is inclined to reach out for the Sun. Humans are inclined to keep on reaching out for Higher Dimensions. To Gardu, the humans are one mass. In order to pass on to the 4th Dimension. They must all come along together. Thankfully, this takes a very long time as the 3rd Dimension is a very nice place to be.

Anyway, back to the three friends. They often met to drink tea - or something like that - together and today is no different. Villa asks his friends if they have also noticed the chance among the villagers.

First Shoro and Gardu aren’t all that interested. Gardu said, “My place is well taken care of. The villagers have made a foundation for my garden. This means that everything is being kept neat whether people come to visit or not”.

Shoro couldn’t care less. “I don’t need anything from the humans who live here. Let them come and go as they please”.

“But if things continue this way I may have to get up and leave.” Said Villa. “I am heartbroken! I can’t go on! Soon it will go the same way as it did with Fully and Dully.” (Both were neighbouring villages that became extinct 200 years earlier. It had been a difficult time for the three of them dealing with this back in those days.) Gardu and Shoro didn’t like to hear that Villa was headed for the same ending. Therefore the three friends decided to brainstorm ideas on how to change the situation.

“Well, you’re always welcome at Aueria’s place,” said Shoro. (Aueira was Shoro’s wife. Aueria and Shoro had many homes everywhere on planet Earth.)

WINNGADUR

“Of course, Winngadur is also there so you can always find a new place to stay.

Though we do all enjoy the presence of the two of you here, so very much, Villa. Maybe you can stay here with us even though your favourite homes on the main street will fade away. Do you know what will grow in their place?”

“Well no, I suppose not,” said Villa. In his mind he was trying to figure out what Winngadur would say to all of this.

FLYING WITH WINNGADUR

Winngadur was the daughter of Shoro and his wife Aueria. Villa and Winngadur grew up playing together. From the moment she was born everyone knew her destiny.

Winngadur is the soft breeze that carries ladybirds and other small insects from one meadow to another. Winngadur is almost invisible even to her own 12th Dimensional friends. Except for Villa that is. To him she has always been visible, clear as day. She has turquoise ladybird wings on her bag, her smooth short hair as dark as the midnight sky and her light hazel eyes featuring a green ring encircling her pupils, which has two extra black buds. With these special eyes she is able to not only see all the smallest of living creatures surrounding the humans she can also ‘feel’ with her eyes. Winngadur is always able to sense what the creatures need from her. In this way she spends her days flying around creating the breezes and caring for all the little insects. It’s quite a job! The ladybirds are demanding to go in one direction but the dragonflies in another. Not to mention the bees and the bumblebees, who can be especially fussy about their own flight plans. Winngadur is used to this and always manages to send everyone on their merry way.

Of course, the human children could not see neither Villa nor Winngadur. That’s a good thing too. Villa would resemble a scary giant in their eyes. He is 4 meter tall and rather greenish. Winngadur is only 3,7 meter tall.

As young children, they would fly around the playground of the local elementary school: the boyish Villa would often sit on Winngadur’s back especially on very warm, sunny Summer days. Flying around together they could blow cool breezes upon the cheeks of the village children. This was absolutely one of the best memories of his childhood so long ago.

Gardu continued the conversation without him as Villa’s mind wandered off into his memories with Winngadur.

Gardu said, “Many human children leave and never come back. I’ve noticed that as well. We understand it if you do the same, Villa”.

CHAPTER 2. LESSONS FOR MAN

THE AGE OF QUESTIONING

Shoro asked: “why are they leaving at all? Where are the humans going?”

Villa sat down letting out a deep sigh. “The young ones leave for the big cities. There they put all their money in the grey banks. Humans love their grey banks. Everything they own ends up in there. In there it stands still. Is often even forgotten. Nothing ‘lives’ there and there is no real growth. It would be so much better if they could leave it out here. Here it will be invested and grow along with everything else during our Seasons.”

Shoro continued with his questions, “Why do humans no longer like to live in villages?” Gardu replied, “oh, but they still do…. It’s just that times have changed a lot. Through history, man has followed in the footsteps of his father before him. He kept the same job and livelihood through his entire lifetime. In many cases, a man and his family would also stay in the same place their entire lives. Nowadays, this is hardly possible. Humans change their livelihoods frequently and they’re inclined to ask more questions and seek different answers today”.

Gardu continued, “Humans have reached the age of questioning. They’re as busy as bees with it. This means that being flexible has become of utmost importance to them”.

Shoro asked, “Is this why humans like to sit on top of one another living in the big cities?”

Gardu answered, “Yes, this way of living is very efficient. Especially if you seek answers to a lot of the questions that humans are struggling with right now.

Even though most humans love village life, they also realise that if they buy a family home in a village so far away from the city, it’ll be hard to sell it again. Many think that they’d lose their flexibility in life. It’s simply too risky. That is how human life is these days”

Shoro got an idea. “So, what if we could provide the villagers with a flexible way to buy and sell their village homes more easily? Do you think they’d come back and live more often in our villages if we did that?”

“Yes, I’m sure of it!, “replied Gardu.

Villa had been thinking about this for a long time. He now shared his ideas with his friends. “I’ve been thinking much the same. If I could inspire the villagers out in the 3rd dimension to build a foundation for my village, I'd use it to buy all the rundown homes on the Main Street. Then, I’d make sure that they were all kept neatly and properly just like the nice mansion in your garden, Gardu.”

“I’d inspire them to form a village Co-operative Housing Association. Families could then buy shares in order to live in these houses from the Co-operative. The Co-operative would guarantee the family an option to buy the share back at any time. This way the human family’s get to move on when their work or needs change. Families remain free to make their own choices about where they want to live at any given time. And should the family choose to stay? Then their share could be paid out as an extra senior pension at 20 yearly rates”.

Shoro said, “That’s a splendid idea! This way any village could keep on existing forever. Imagine what it would be like if villages all over the planet had a foundation like that. That’s what we must do! So where should we go to seek funding for your village Foundation?”

“This could indeed become a new way of working!,” was Gardu’s reaction. Gardu was thinking of his own approach. Throwing around dead trees. This was definitely ‘passe’ he reckoned.

THE SUPER RICH AND THE POLITICIANS

Villa suggested turning to the super rich: “Actually, a little while ago the super rich humans of the world did mention something that caught my attention.

They came forward and wrote a public letter to the politicians and the leaders of the human world. The super rich said that they’d very much like to pay more taxes. They had so much money sitting in their grey banks that they simply didn't know what to do with it all!”

Shoro got excited, “That was a very nice thing to do! Did the super rich then actually pay more taxes or what?”