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When I was young, my parents and teachers used to tell me that life was a gift from God, that it was priceless, invaluable; but now that I've grown up, I realized how wrong they were, because nowadays, just by signing a check of four or five digits I could have the life of any person I want.
She waited until nighttime and came out wearing a black coat that would disguise her in the darkness, so no one would notice what she was about to do, very stealthily she walked the town, searching for the house of the adorable couple she had met that morning while she begged for change on the streets.
That couple was the perfect candidate, they had a house, money, and more important they didn't have and could not have children because of that thing they had told her that morning but that she didn't remember anymore.
When she finally found the house of the couple, she checked that no one was watching, and from inside her black coat she withdrew her newborn baby, she looked at him with tears of sadness and happiness in her eyes, kissed him for the last time and left him on the doorway of that adorable couple.
A couple, that looked like a regular one, was sitting on a bench in the park, kissing and hugging each other in a regular way and whispering regular things into each other ears; whoever saw them would have though nothing bad of that couple that looked like a regular one; but when a elegant women walked in front off them, the girl, who also looked like a regular girl, told her boyfriend:
"I like the purse she is wearing."
"Do you want it?" Asked the boyfriend.
"Yes, would you get it for me?"
"Of course, honey, I would get everything for you!"
And the boy, who looked like a regular boy too, ran after the woman, grabbed her by the hair, whispered a few threads in her ear and let her go once she had given him her purse. Then, on his way back to where his girlfriend was waiting, he cleaned the purse, trashing all the belongings of the precious owner and saving to himself the few cash that was inside of it, and put a red ribbon, he had on his pocket, on it.
When the girl, who looked like a regular girl, saw her boyfriend coming back with the purse as a gift for her, she ran to his arm in a way any regular girl had done if their boyfriend had given them a purse. She loved her boyfriend, who also looked like a regular boy, because he always get her everything she wanted.
To them, all that had happen was very regular in their lives, and that's why they looked like a regular couple.
When he heard that a tsunami was coming, he heart jolted, because this was the chance he was waiting for accomplish his dream, so he ran to the bank, withdrew all his savings and bought a hut in front of the sea for an excellent price, taking advantage of the fear of the owners of losing everything due to the tsunami.
As soon as he got the keys of his new hut, he came in and sat next to a window which look to the sea, finally his dream of having a hut in front of the sea had come true; so ignoring the evacuation alarm, he sat still next to the window, smiling, and seeing how the big wave of the tsunami became bigger and bigger as it came closer. He had never felt so happy in his whole life.
His eyes lit when he found that rotten tomato in the trash can that was in the alley behind the restaurant, because it was just what he needed to make himself a sandwich with the green stained bread he had found that morning and the loaf of cheese he would buy with the spare change people had given him during the day.
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UAGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!
Dear friend;
Since you left, my heart has filled with a deep sadness I cannot get rid off, and now that you are gone you're always on my mind as I remember the way you used to look at me and the sound of your laugh. I ask myself when will day come that I could see those green eyes of yours again and listen to you laugh out loud like you used to do when you were by my side.
Here, in the mortal world, everything is the same; even though it looks to me that everything has worsen because you are no longer by my side, and without you everything seems difficult, the sun doesn't shine so bright, the sky looks grayer and the lawn turns yellow faster since you left.
I miss you so much my dear friend, and some times, I think about altering the divine order of the world so could meet you faster than it was planned by the Providence, because the wait is harder everyday and it doesn't seem to become shorter; because unlike you when you were alive, I have a very good health and plenty of money that assure me a long and prosperous life; but why do I want a long and prosperous life for if my heart is bleeding of sadness inside of me and I cannot enjoy the little pleasures of life with you.
And that is my situation right now, I am living a life where my only motivation is to die soon, so we could see each other again like you promised me just before your last breath in that terrible moment when I had you in my arms and your soul left your body and this earthy world.
I hope you are doing fine over there, and that you are waiting for my arrival just as much as I'm waiting to start my journey to you.
Always yours.
Sir. D.W.
And that's why I gave her so many diamonds when were dating, so when I left her for another one, she would have many best friends to rely on.
A twenty-something years old boy wanted to be famous, and when he saw a shooting star, he wished upon it to become famous and that every body would claimed his name.
When the aliens, who were passing near the planet earth disguised as a shooting star, read the mind of the twenty-something years old boy, they shoot him with his abducting ray and took him to their galaxy; where they caged him, and showed him to the public as if he were an animal in a zoo.
The twenty-something years old boy, instead of feeling sad or worried for his situation, was happier than ever, because since he was the only human there, he had become the center of attention and all the aliens of that galaxy claimed his name and would die to see him.
"Since this is your first class, take a wooden sword and practice some moves with it."
"A wooden sword? How old do you think am I? Five? Six? I'm already a man..."
"Take a wooden sword, and as you progress you'll use a real sword."
"But..."
"But nothing. Wooden sword."
But he disobeyed and took the sharpest sword he found to prove his master wrong, and way before the class ended, they had to take him to the he hospital in a hurry due to all the cuts he had done himself practicing with a real sword.
A couple arrived to a fancy hotel to spend a weekend as their second honey moon after being married for five years; and right after they came into their room, they put the "Do not disturb" sign on the doorbell, just as they had done on their first honey moon; but this time the couple didn't want to be disturb so they could sleep and rest like they hadn't been able to do it since their first offspring had arrived to their home.
There had been a murder on the train, and all passengers were suspects, the policemen and detectives were dismayed, they had thousands of clues that lead them nowhere, "Who and why did it?" the asked themselves.
The deceased had a cold and fixed smile carved on his face even though he was six feet underground; his plan had came out perfectly: the letters addressed to the other passengers, the fingerprints on his wagon, the trace of blood, the hair strands... He had left everything perfectly placed, the policemen and detectives would never realize that he was the murderer they were so desperately looking for.
"What does it feel to be so... short?" asked the giant to the midget.
"Lonely" answered the midget "you go around the world waiting for someone to look down upon you and realize that you're there; but as the time pass by, you get used to the loneliness, it doesn't bother me anymore, feeling alone and that nobody realize I actually exist. And you? What does it feel to be so tall?"
"I feel the same way, or maybe a little bit worse, because unlike you, they only realize I exist when they look up to the sky, and nowadays nobody stops for a second to look up to the sky, and when someone actually does it they scream "AHHH!!! A GIANT!!!" and run away from me".
In a branch of a dried tree were two Condors watching how their dinner was dying of dehydration; and when it finally drop dead, the first condor spread its wings to flew over it to dine; but the second one stopped him and told him.
"Wait!"
"Why? I'm hungry!"
"He's just died, he's still too hot, if you ate it right now, you'll get a stomachache."
"Come! Come quickly!"
"What happened?!"
"There he is! There he is again!"
"Who? Who's there?!"
"The boy! The boy with the red cape!"
"Where?"
"There! In the bedroom!"
"Where?! I don't see anyone!"
"There!.. There!... He was there, standing in the middle of the bedroom with his long red cape!"
"But there is no one there in the bedroom!!"
"I swear it! He was there!"
"There is no one there, you must be having visions."
"But... but..."
"But, nothing! Stop it, don't make me lose my time with this stupid things, I'm busy!"
And when I turn my eyes back to the bedroom, there he was, standing in the middle of the room with his long red cape, but this time he was holding a sign with the words "I AM NOT A VISION" written on it.
On a sunny day I went on a walk wearing my new designer shirt and a lot of people who passed me by told me how pretty my new designer shirt was, until one weird man stopped in front of me and told me:
"I'd like your shirt."
"Thank you! It's new!" I answered him, a little bit concerned.
"I'd like your shirt."
"Thank you! I like it too."
"I'd like your shirt."
"Thank you! I bought it..."
"No, no, you're not understanding me, I would like to have your shirt." He told me, pulling up his own unbranded shirt and showing me a gun.
"Oh! I... get... it..." I answered, scared " Well, if you like it that much, here, you can have it."
And there I stood, half naked, seeing how the theft run away with my new shirt and thinking that maybe in a couple of days he would wear it for stealing a pair of pants what would matched it.
I reached out, I almost attained the warm light that blinded me and fill me with happiness; but just when I was a few inches away from reaching it, I felt an invisible force pulling me from my foot back to the darkness, and my mind started to recall all my problems, my sadness, my failures... I opened up my eyes.
"WE GOT HIM!!!" screamed the doctor.
He couldn't believe that two years ago he was a successful busyness man that spent most of his time locked in his office, refusing to go out without sun-cream protection on the sunny days or his umbrella on the rainy ones, and that he kept a vegan diet because he used to believe that eating meat was bad for the body; and now, that he had been lost on the jungle for two weeks, he was hiding in the bushes, waiting for his pray to come closer enough to grab it and kill it with his own hands.
Late in the night, one can hear God crying, regretting his creations and asking himself what had he done wrong and why he had never done anything right.
That morning, there was a revolt on the jungle, the animals were coming and going in a rush, everyone wanted to know was was happening at the court, where the King of the Jungle was judging the Albino Panther for having eaten his breakfast.
The theft of the King's breakfast was a mystery, because it had been perfect committed, the burglar hadn't left not a single trace of evidence that could help the King of the Jungle to find him out; but some witnesses said they had seen the Albino Panther around the King's breakfast minutes before the crime was committed.
At Court, the King of the Jungle was calling one by one the witnesses to recall the little they know about the theft, which was only seen, heard and commented by three monkeys that were on the top the tree where the King usually takes his breakfast; but when these three monkeys were called to testify, all they said was:
"I saw nothing" said the first monkey as he put his hands over his eyes.
"I heard nothing" said the second, as he put his hands over his ears.
"I say nothing" said the third, as he put his hands over his mouth.
And because there wasn't evidence enough to condemn it, the Albino Panther was set free.
Even though he was just 5.0 feet tall, he didn't care about his height, because wherever he went he carried with him his ladder, and with it, there was no object that would be out of his reach.
According to his blood test results, he was going to have a successful life and accomplish all his dreams.
While he was waiting for the bill of the table number 6, he closed his eyes for a few seconds and imagined himself in the cover of the most prestigious magazines, he imagined hundreds and hundreds of paparazzi stalking him on the street as they shoot their flashes to him, he imagined his millions of fans screaming his name and asking for his autograph...
The bell ringed, the bill was ready, he opened his eyes and sighted.
"Some day, some day..." He told himself while he took the bill to the table 6, where they complained about the restaurant's high prices and didn't even left him a tip.
365 Microfictions, Flash Fictions, Micro-Stories and Short Stories written by Sir Helder Amos Copyright © 2011 -- Template created by O Pregador -- Powered by Blogger Templates
