A 'Rosy' Tale
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Silence of the empty road was broken by the life less steps of the tired cat Tom as each of his steps took eternity to go forward. He didn't find any food even after his hunt for three hours that seemed like three decades in the scorching sun. As he was about to take another step forward, a very bright twinkle stole his attention.
He looked up slowly only to find a shining object atop the tree. He couldn't take a step forward and it's not because he was tired. He experienced situations worse than that. It was something that he never saw before. All of a sudden, his gloomy eyes were filled with excitement and anxiety. "What on earth is that?" he thought as his anxiety kept soaring like global warming.
He couldn't hold onto the anxiety anymore. He had to see what it was. He slowly began to climb the tree. After he took a couple of steps, he remembered that he never climbed a tree. How's he going to do this? Fear started gripping in his mind. 'I AM GOING TO DO THIS.' he told himself with grit. He continued on his journey. A couple of thorns did pierce through his flesh. But the pain bowed down to his determination.
Slowly but steadily, he reached the top to find a Christmas star hanging on the tree's top most branch. It seemed so beautiful. The view from the top was breath taking and it melted him in happiness. He couldn't believe that he was experiencing all that. He never even had dreams that were even half close to that blissful feeling. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath. It felt like heaven. He wanted to spend the rest of his life there.
Wait. He could hear something. Sound of footsteps. Footsteps of a cat. What? He never saw anything related to a cat in that area let alone finding company. His shadow is the only thing he could talk to. He lowered his head to find a beautiful lady cat. "This can't be real!!!" he thought and even without his knowledge, he shouted "Heeeyyyyy!!!!". He jumped down from branch to branch not caring about his safety. "Heeeyyyy....heeeyy..." he ran towards her as if a dog was chasing him. She stopped and looked back in surprise.
There was our Tom just a couple of feet away from the beautiful lady cat. He tried to catch his breath but he realised that his heart started to pump more rigorously. He tried his best to not show that on his face. "Hiiiii!!!" he said "Who are you? I never saw you here." he continued. "I am Rosy." the angel replied. "Shall we go for a casual stroll?" asked Tom very hopefully. "I would love to." Rosy replied blushing.
Conversations grew sweeter as they walked to a destination unknown. Light faded off and the ever glowing moon appeared bright in the night sky. They both walked past the horizon. Happiness seemed to have found a new couple. It stayed with them for very long. Tom thanked his stars. Happiness was the only thing that occupied the nano metres between them. They lived the rest of their lives in a way people would call a dream.
