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Chapter One: The Forbidden Music

In a small town in Mexico, there lived a young boy named Miguel.

Miguel’s family had been shoemakers for generations.

But in this family, music was strictly forbidden.

There was a family secret, shown in a photo on the wall.

In the photo, one person’s face had been torn away.

Great-Grandmother Imelda said that man abandoned his family for music.

From that day on, the family made a rule: no more music.

But Miguel secretly fell in love with music.

His greatest idol was a legendary singer—Ernesto de la Cruz.

Miguel often hid on the rooftop, copying him on the guitar.

He dreamed of standing on a stage and singing one day.

But every time his family found out, they stopped him.

The Day of the Dead was coming, and the family prepared the altar.

Miguel noticed that one photo on the altar was incomplete.

He began to wonder who that erased person really was.

By chance, Miguel discovered an old guitar.

The name Ernesto de la Cruz was carved on it.

Miguel was shocked to realize: maybe he was connected to his idol.

To prove himself, Miguel decided to join the Day of the Dead talent show.

But this decision was about to change his life forever.