Unknown tree:- Story
Last night, when it was the middle of the night, I got up and searched for someone to discuss something. As I had reached the planned place, I found no one and got confused about what to do next. I thought and decided to go through the dark street to console the things but I couldn’t. I sat and missed all my friends. I closed my eyes and said, “God be merciful.” I watched the time it was from fifteen to four. After I had convinced myself, I thought of moving forward. I didn’t stop unless it had been morning. There was the singing of birds, the beauty of dawn, the whispering of air and the law of nature. As I felt these all I became sad, I didn’t know where to go, and where I wanted to go. It was unknown where I was now, was it a dangerous place. Then I silently kept moving ahead and hid behind a gate. People were so happy, they did what they wanted, in order to keep themselves happy. Though I was included, I couldn’t enjoy it.
I was isolated there because no one accompanied me since I had no way to cry. I wanted to cry as much as people cry on the death of loved ones but I couldn’t because I was someone unknown and a frightened girl who herself didn’t know why to be afraid of others and why not to cry at all.
I was still there behind the gate and the time passed. I took a glance over the sky and prayed, “God kill my enemies and save my life.” Suddenly I was touched by a two-year kid who asked me,” Who are you?” I smiled and answered, “I am the reality of my existence.” The kid glared at me and continued, “aren’t you out of senses?” Don’t you feel, you are in danger. As I heard that I escaped from there, I went forward and got thirsty.
There, I found a plain place, which had nothing just a river flowing from there. After I had seen the river, I became happy, I went nearer and I saw a tree, planted beside the river which was about to die. That seemed the tree was asking for something which people couldn’t understand and ignored. I felt guilty and went nearer to that, the tree was completely expecting something. I touched the tree and it shared its story and expectations. I got tense and became the same as that tree.
I came back to the river and made my fingers float in the water. I tried to think of something to sort out the problem related to the tree but I got failed because I didn’t know what to do. It was the middle of the night, I could see the full moon shining. I got irritated and said that everything might get destroyed like that tree. I was still sitting near the river, I heard a voice coming from the left side, as I turned my face and looked there, I stopped. There was nothing, I got up and took water from the river to the tree. I did the same activity for three consecutive days but had no result. The tree was about to share something new to me that, “life has no beauty unless you accept this.” I made the tree my friend and wanted to figure out the cause of that happiness. But I didn’t and I couldn’t too. Once in the early morning, I drank water and went to the tree. I asked, “Should I water you?” The tree became angry and said that it didn’t need water to be watered. I got insulted and moved on. I really was hovered about that place. Because I could see a small sapling. I eagerly wanted to live there forever as I was the only one to illuminate that place with something invisible.
I did my level best to gather courage and went again to the tree. I politely said,” May I know what you want from this unexpected world.” I continued, this world is so rude and searing. The same world’s providence has trapped us and became a violent storm. We are not able enough to understand the wordless call of this hopeless world, neither you nor me. Each of us has to be friends to sort out the problems, so I requested the tree to tell me. A tree that lived in the shade of life started crying and told me everything, I said nothing and departed and cried that day as much as I could and turned back to the tree. I said, ” I will help you.” The tree became happy, that day was very hot and unbearable. I thought about starting a new process for upcoming situations.
That day really deserves to be praised because that was so bright, actually the brightest. I was there along the river and the tree called me. I went, the tree demanded something which I couldn’t provide, I searched here and there for the thing which the tree wanted but I failed. After I had done something better, I came to the tree. The tree was staring at me, I said, “I will provide you with what you want, I had nothing left from there to get what was told to. At night, I came back but didn’t have anything, when the tree saw me the tree became angry and uttered that it didn’t need my help. I started crying because the tree was my best friend and the one who I loved so much. I went nearer to the tree and was trying to convince the tree but it was not ready to listen to me. I requested the tree not to be rude to me, When we both were easy and relaxed I found my two fingers bleeding and the tree was getting wet because of my bleeding blood. I got up and put my palm in the water flowing from there, the same night was so dark and strange not for me only rather for the tree and river. I didn’t think about anything and slept beside the tree. In the morning, I got up and saw the tree was very happy so did I. Because I could see a new leaf coming out, the shade of an evergreen tree. I was so happy, I wanted to shout and tell everyone about that, I said to the tree that life would be generous to us then. As I turned my face, I saw someone standing behind me. I looked into his eyes and could see a bright future.
I smiled and didn’t say anything. He warned me of doing what he wanted but I refused. However that was the time to ask every question but I couldn’t because I had no clue why to ask, I looked at the tree and who regained its beauty, then suddenly, that man aimed a gun at me and started staring. I bowed my head and said, “I love my mother,” even though I wanted not to die, I was killed by that man standing behind me and the tree got watered with my blood even started a new life from that day which I hope to be continued and evergreen till this world exists.
Shaima Noor
SANJ Buleda Kech