At a funeral on the village’s edge, where quiet sobs mingled with the whisper of the wind, a polished wooden coffin lay beside a freshly dug grave, the soil still damp. Men recited prayers while others stood in heavy silence, heads bowed, the air thick with grief. Then suddenly, the stillness was broken by the thunder of galloping hooves, sending a jolt through the mourners. Out of the dense forest emerged a majestic horse, its chestnut coat gleaming, a white blaze marking its forehead, as it ch