Daily Vlog #11 Three Drinks- A short story
Disclaimer: People with good intellect must stay away from content since it doesn’t make much sense, even though the creator, seeded it as an excellent idea in her mind. And the author doesn’t have the faintest idea how to conclude this. Well, both being the same person, it’ll be easy for you to make fun of both at one go! Enjoy (maybe!)
"Being thirsty s not a sin", she reminded herself, it was a constant battle inside her head. This one or that one? Too many bottles, too many labels, yet she ended up with the wrong choice every time. She knew there is nothing better than plain water but the heart always wished for some flavor, some color, something more, something else. “Stupid heart” she always commented and yet followed it anyway.
“Madam try this, it's good,” he said with confidence and she let him choose the drink for her. Seeing the combinations turning colorful she expected it to be good. Something that she has never had in her life. Those were the happy moments, full of imagination, seeing more people coming around to order. Somehow deep down she knew it wasn’t going to be good. She knew this is not something she wanted. Yet she stayed, till the end when the drink was handed over, all colourful and cold.
The first sip and the whole expectation-filled-mind stared at her with anger. She fought that thought and said, “if we don’t try how would we know!. Now, that we know it’s not good, we won’t be here again. OKay?”. Listening to that, the heart gulped the laughter like it always did.
To forget the bad taste she bought a sizzling drink on the way back to her nest. She didn’t want to have another disaster when she gets thirsty again. Not much later it was again time for another drink. This time, being happy that she had found the one and kept in store, she opened the seal and poured into the bottle. But it didn’t do any good to her, with every sip she knew she is not happy with it either.
Finally, she went back and brought those lemons she bought on the way. After murdering one with the sharp knife, she made that lemonade. It looked plain and simple. Colourless and not attractive. But, it changed everything. She never looked back to anything else, the boring lemonade had that magic was looking for, it didn’t make her feel like she is killing herself.
Legend has it their story lasted forever.
Few things in life come are like that. Too flashy and colourful on the outside but the quality may disappoint you, make yourself slowly die in misery. Few come with a “too good to be true” tag, they don't seem harmful. But, eventually will drought your soul.
And there exists some, plain and simple, easily ignored. Sometimes, they turn out to be the best, nurtures your life in ways you might not have known. Hold on to those lemons life throws at you, maybe the lemonade will just do fine!
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