Read the book: «Creepy parables. Scary tales with a meaning. Scary Russian fairy tales»

© Ирина Буянова, 2025

ISBN 978-5-0068-2950-3

Created with Ridero smart publishing system

Dating Cafe

An unusual coffee shop appeared in a small cozy town. Some visitors run out of it with tears, and some come out with shining eyes of happiness and smiles on their faces.

The coffee shop is very cozy and warm. You feel at home. Home-made food and pastries on the menu. Ordinary hot drinks – coffee and teas of different flavors. A pleasant, kind, sociable and elderly bartender. Waiters over the age of sixty always smile and give kind and wise advice as a parting shot in life. The prices don’t bite.

But why do some guests run out in tears?

There’s a sign on the door that says “Only couples in love are allowed to enter.” And the name of the place suggests that it’s a dating cafe. Other guests are politely asked to leave and are not served.

There’s a little secret in this place. The drinks and food are filled with magic. And this magic only works within the walls of the cafe.

Everyone who comes here to eat or drink starts to tell the truth and nothing but the truth. If the lovers are using each other for their own gain and manipulating each other with a false sense of love, they will immediately admit it. They will tell each other everything they have been hiding.

If the love is real, the people who come here have never hidden anything from each other, and they have nothing to hurt each other with by telling the truth.

What is the mission of this cafe?

The universe sends each person their soulmate. But some people make the wrong choices, suffer from codependent and unhealthy relationships, torment themselves, and miss out on true love.

People are mired in self-deception and unhappy in insincere relationships. They need help in finding happiness, their own person, their soulmate.

This is where the Dating Cafe comes in.

Everyone who runs out in tears, realizing that they have spent their life with the wrong person, begins to search for love more carefully. They will not be so naive and foolish the next time. They will choose with their heart, not their hormones.

After all, many people choose their partner hastily and turn off their brains, falling into a trap. And when the heart tells you that it’s not yours, the first signs appear, but the person ignores them, digging themselves deeper into a hole.

That’s why the cafe helps those who need help to get out of the hole by telling the truth.

And those who have already found their happiness, they leave the cafe happy. After all, they have always been honest with each other and have always been happy with each other. And in the cafe, as always, they spent time together, and it was pleasant.

The truth can sting like a bee, but bee venom is a cure.

Superhero vacancy

When Vasily saw an ad in the newspaper that a superhero was needed, he thought about it. He sat on a bench in the park and read the ad over and over again.

The weather was warm, autumn had just started, and it was still sunny, despite the fallen yellow leaves.

The ad stated that a regular person without superpowers was needed. Vasily had always dreamed of becoming a superhero, but he was tormented by the thought that he didn’t have superpowers, which often led to bouts of depression and aggression.

But still he was in doubt, because it was indicated that there was no salary. Vasya began to think aloud:

– And why do I need money, in fact? I’m being fed and watered here, given clothes and a place to sleep. They even clean my room. They change my linen, wash it. Why do I need money? Although, at least I will fulfill my dream.

And he agreed with himself. A few minutes later, he was in the director’s office for an interview.

The director explained that he needed to help the residents of the building for free. He had to take care of the elderly. He had to walk with them, talk to them, entertain them, and cheer them up.

He had to have conversations with those who were very sad. He had to help those who were stressed or aggressive to deal with their problems immediately.

To help Vasya provide psychological assistance and support, he was given several books on psychology with instructions. There, he learned how to relieve stress, how to believe in the best, how to get out of depression, and how to deal with aggression and other outbursts.

All winter, Vasya read the instructions and practiced his knowledge on people who needed help. And he helped them. They really got better. He made a lot of friends. He learned and taught them how to communicate and live in society.

In the spring, Vasya realized a lot about his life, and he was discharged from the psychiatric hospital. Thanks to his superhero work in the past, he never went back.

He enrolled in a regular school, worked at a regular job, and no longer worried about not having superpowers. After all, he realized that it is possible to help people in another way. And started a new life.