A Sunflower Story

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.