Could you check my English writing, please?

I wrote a story in English and it needs to be checked and corrected for grammar and vocavulary.=) The following is the first part of the story. I'd appreciate if you suggested more suitable and appropriate words, expressions and alternative phrasal verbs. Thank you!

[Part. 1]

It was a place where mountains standed around in a row in the back and the wide river was stretched forward in the front. In the middle of it was a worn wooden little house like a toy which was awkward-shaped and a midget and his little daughter lived in it.

Meanwhile, there was a lush ground when you walked more deeply through the forest, which looked like an cursed area because of its complete darkness even during the daytime. All of the people who had been there said that it deceived them that they went deaf since soil and trees swallowed every sound of it, and they shranked because they couldn't hear their breath. They said that they felt like it was a devil who had the power of absorption of sound when they looked at the tough grass on their feet and perfectly tangled, twisted thick branches put in the air, so they called this forest 'The deaf forest'. After they went through the harsh forest, there was a waterfall with the sound of the thunder, and then, beyond it, they could see the tall castle, which was sticked up. The castle didn't look to be built very careful, but soared in the air in a way.

?In this castle lived a witch. She just existed instead of living. The witch insisted on calling herself God. It was because nobody lived in as the high place as hers, was taller and more powerful than her. Truly she was extremely tall and her cloack was so big and long that it overpowered the air and made people revere her and feel frightened. Some who believe it vaguely withouth seeing her said that she was the Nightmare who seduced bachelors, on the other hand,

some who claimed that they saw her in real life said that they kneeled before her and couldn't dare raise their head, so she was surely God. Or because the castle showed up right after the waterfall, some called the waterfall Witch's womb.

One day, he found that his daughter had disappeared without trace when he woke up. He searched all over the place for her day and night. He called her name so loudly that he was hoarse. A neighbourhood said that it was Witch, and he could feel the Witch's cloack brushing his house in his sleep. He also said that he felt a wicked devilish strength in her cloack flapping in its huge size.

"It felt like I was surrouned in the Deaf forest. It was dark and choking, and she might have been looking for something."

By that, Father decided to leave and go to Witch's castle. He took a piece of cloth in the size of a blanket to warm up/cover his daughter, some bread and water for her.

To be continued