There were two blooming flowers in the neighborhood. The red flower and the wild purple flower. The wild purple flower was growing outside the garden facing the red flower that was planted inside the garden in a pot. The wild purple flower always wondered the feeling being inside the garden . It was so jealous of how the red flower being cared so much. The wild purple flower thought about it everyday. It was tired being outside the garden, with the hot raging sun and tall grasses nearby. Little did the wild purple flower knew, the red flower was jealous of it, too. The red flower always thought about the feeling being outside the garden . Carefree, enjoying the shining sun, feeling the touch of the rain and the fresh breeze of the air. It was tired being inside the garden in a pot.
One morning came, it was a cloudy day. The red flower gazed the wild purple flower outside the garden. There are children playing merrily outside. The children outside accidentally stomped the wild purple flower. Horrified from what it saw, the red purple flower was frozen due to shock. The red flower realizes how lucky it was and was thankful it was in the garden and not growing outside like the tragic wild purple flower. The red flower never wishes again to be outside the garden. On the other hand, as the wild purple flower was gaining its strength from being stomped, it gazes the red flower swaying happily inside the garden. The wild purple flower felt unlucky for a while and cussed itself for being outside. As moments passed by the wild purple flower witnessed how the red flower being plucked by the one whose taking are of it. The red flower was sold in the market. The wild purple flower was shocked and for a moment felt how lucky it was being outside the garden not like the tragic ending of the red flower that was plucked. The wild purple flower never wishes to be inside the garden again. The wild purple flower sways beautifully with the wind and then the kid plucked it.
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Jealous Flowers
Short StoryTwo flowers growing in the neighborhood. One was planted in a pot, another grows in the field. What would be their future holds?