Sari and the village that didn’t change

Once, very deep in the mountains, near a river, there was a village that no one could find. No new person ever came, nobody ever left. Why leave, after all, when you have everything you need? The forest provided food and shelter. The stream, even in the scorching summer noons, never ran dry. And everyone took what they wanted, there always seemed to be enough for all. But something strange had…