My father's story

Carrot, Egg, or Coffee?

One day, I was about to have a speaking competition. Because of my small voice, I was really scared that I'm gonna be eliminated. Then, my father called me when I was about to walk inside the lounge.

- Hey, Sillivan, what do you think about yourself? 

- What are you trying to say father?

- Well, I've just thought of a story. Wanna hear?

- Yeah! Sure! But make it hurry.

- Let's start by an old fashion way. Once upon a time...

-*facepalm* *poker-face*

- ... there is a kitchenware kingdom. The previous king - Mr. Flan - was about to passed away. Therefore, he announced to every citizen that he would held a competition the following week to choose the best candidate to replace him. However, the first day, no one came, and it kept continuing. The second day, the third day, the fourth day,... the King kept waiting. Then, just the day before the competition, 3 people appeared to entered the competition. The first one to arrive is Mr.Carrot - a heavyweight professional. The second one to arrive is Mrs. Egg - the head of the Fragile army. The last and the most unexpected one is 'lil Coffee - a young girl in her 18. The next morning, the king gathered every single citizen in the kingdom to come and judge this competition. There is only one obstacle that they have to walk through the gigantic bow of hot boiling water.

My father paused and looked at me.

- Then, who do you think that is gonna win this competition?

- Uhm... Mr. Carrot... maybe

- Nope you're wrong. 

My father brushed my head 

- If you win this competition,  I will tell you the rest of the story.

At first, I didn't really care about the story. But after hearing a part of it, I kinda wanting to know the ending. So, before I walked up the stage for the speaking contest, I told the people to raise the volume to maximum caused my voice is really small. Luckily, the backstage people were really nice. And my competition went well. I won the first prize and ran over to my father to hear the rest of the story.

- Good job. As a promise, I will tell you the rest of it. The three people entered the boiling water at the same time. But Mr. Carrot who was so hard so strong had shattered into pieces, for when he got into the water, he became soft. On the other hand, Mrs. Egg who used to be so fragile, became harder than before and our 'lil Coffee was the only one who wasn't changed...

- So you mean... Mrs. Egg won?

- No. Be patient and listen. The others also thought like you, but after they looked back at the water. The hot boiling water turned into a big bow of Coffee. And the winner is 'lil Coffee. Because 'lil Coffee is the one that not only couldn't be changed by the environment but also made the enviroment around her to changed in her own way. While Mrs. Egg could only became stronger thanks to the obstacle in her way. Especially, Mr. Carrot, who is so great so powerful became so weak when he faced the obstacles in life. So, who are you? Mr. Carrot? Mrs. Egg? or 'lil Coffee?