Franz Kafka (1883–1924), who never married and had no children, was walking in a park one day in Berlin when he encountered a girl who was crying because she had lost her favorite doll. She and Kafka searched for the doll without success.
Kafka told her to meet him there the next day, and they would go back to search for her. The next day, when they still hadn’t found the doll, Kafka gave the girl a letter ‘written’ by the doll saying, ‘Please don’t cry. I’ve gone on a journey to see the world. I will write to you about my adventures.
And so the story began, which lasted until the end of Kafka’s life.
During their meetings, Kafka read the carefully written puppet letters that contained adventures and conversations that the girl found wonderful.
Kafka returned the doll (he bought a new one)
The girl said, “It doesn’t look like my doll at all.”
Kafka handed her another letter in which the doll wrote: ‘My travels have changed me.’ The little girl hugged the new doll and brought it with her to her happy home.
Kafka passed away after a year And after many years, the grown girl found a letter inside the doll. The small letter signed by Kafka said:
“Everything you love may be lost, but in the end, love will return in another way.”