CHAPTER 1: THE PRAYER FOR A CHILDFor ten long years, Mr. and Mrs. Johnson cried and prayed for a child.Every doctor told them, "You can never have a child."Every family member told them to give up. But they never stopped praying to God for a miracle.Finally, in their old age, God heard them. Mrs. Johnson became pregnant.The whole village celebrated. After ten years of shame and pain, their miracle had come.The baby girl was born beautiful, more beautiful than any child the village had ever seen. They named her Mira.But from the first day, something was strange.Mira never cried like other babies. Her eyes were always open, shining like moonlight.By one month old, she looked like a one-year-old baby. She could sit, stand, and say small words.By three months old, she looked like a five-year-old girl. She could walk, talk perfectly, and read.Her parents were afraid but they loved her. "She is our miracle from God," her father said.But Mira was not like other children.She refused to eat cooked food. She refused to drink milk. She hated the sun.One afternoon, she went outside to play. The sunlight touched her skin and she screamed loudly. Her skin turned red and burned. She ran inside and hid in the dark.That same night, her father brought a raw rabbit home. Mira smelled the blood from far away. Her eyes turned bright red. She ran, grabbed the rabbit, and drank all its blood with sharp teeth.Mrs. Johnson screamed, "My God! What is our daughter?"The next day, a big bear entered their house. Mr. Johnson tried to protect his family. But Mira stepped forward. With only one hand, she lifted the huge bear and threw it away. Then she drank its blood.The village people saw this and shouted, "She is not human! She is a vampire! Kill her!"That night, Mr. and Mrs. Johnson cried. They loved Mira, but they were too scared to keep her.While she was sleeping, they carried her to the lonely river far from the village. They left her under a big tree."Forgive us, Mira," her mother cried. "We prayed for a child, but you are not human."They left her alone.Mira woke up in the cold, alone by the river. She was confused and hungry.Then she heard footsteps. A young man came - John Smith, a handsome, kind fisherman who lived alone in a small hut by that river.He saw the beautiful, abandoned girl crying alone in the dark.And that was how their story began.