An old story I wrote during my 1st year college days.
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There
was a sunflower, a small cute one, all alone in a place where nobody
went to. The sunflower felt lonely, unloved and uncared for. Then one
day, a stranger came and sat by the lonely sunflower. The sunflower did
not like the stranger at first but sooner or later, it started to like
the stranger's company. The stranger started to visit the sunflower
every day.
One
day, the stranger decided to pick the sunflower from the ground; so he
brought a cute pot, as cute as the sunflower, and a small shovel. He
started digging in the area where the sunflower stood; he dug as deep as
he could to avoid hurting the sunflower. The stranger managed to dig up
the sunflower without any harm. He placed it in the cute pot he bought
for it and took the cute sunflower home with him.
The
sunflower soon found out that the stranger was lonely too. It then felt
that they were both on the same boat. The stranger whispered to the
sunflower with a smile, "I promise to take care of you."
As
the days went by, the stranger took care of the sunflower by giving it
Tender, Love and Care, the three basic things for a plant. Soon, the
sunflower started to love the stranger for what he had been doing for
it. As it grew in his care, the sunflower made an effort to make the
stranger happy by looking cuter and more cheerful each day. This made
the stranger very happy, and he loved it even more each day.
Months
later, the stranger met new people; people whom he thought were
interesting to spend time with. He then started going out more often
than he stayed at home with the sunflower. Day by day, the sunflower
felt neglected and soon started feeling weak. Later on the sunflower
could no longer stay looking cute and cheerful for the stranger.
Instead, it wilted, looking ugly and rotten as it could be. Yet, the
sunflower endured the pain just for the sake of staying with him.
As
the days passed by, the sunflower felt even more neglected. It could no
longer stand how ugly and rotten it had become. At long last, the day
came when the sunflower had completely wilted.
The
stranger, who had been neglecting the sunflower, dug it from the pot
and threw it out, along with the soil where he had kept it. The
sunflower, barely alive, could no longer bear the pain and finally
decided to die...
After
all those months, the sunflower never felt happiness until it met the
stranger; who loved it more than anything. All that remained from the
dead sunflower was a sunflower seed. The sunflower, who lost all the
strength to live, can only hope that the next one who picks up its
sunflower seed will be caring, loving and gentle, like the stranger was
when he still loved it.
