MS BELIEVER
The grass seemed greener on the other side. That's where I wanted to go most of the days. As I laid down, the pitch dark suffocating me, I closed my eyes to dream of the lush green scenery that was waiting for me on the other side. It calmed me.
I lived in this vast field and getting to the other side was not an easy task. You could take the long route and cross the entire field; passing through each and every obstacle that lay ahead. Now, the place was also covered with deep chasms and the short route meant falling into a hole so deep that it would carry you to the other side. The odds of this happening was very low and the ones that fell into these deep holes had to waste away their entire lives there, unable to get out.
But the place wasn't all that awful. There were flowers here and there. Some of them had the sweetest smell, an enthralling smell, which would for a second make my wish of going to the other side feel absurd. And if I could have stayed by these flowers I wouldn't have wanted to.
Alas! Ferocious monsters also inhabited the place. Some of them would sneak up behind you if you if you are not careful and push you down deep gorges. Others were so big that jumping down into the holes seemed easier than facing them. Being a particularly timid person, most of my times were spent in deep dark holes, afraid of facing what stood outside.
I was down in a hole at that very moment. It was not a very deep hole and I could get out of it if I put a bit of effort. But I was tired. I recalled all the times I had previously fallen down and I was scared of getting out because I knew I would fall down again. I could just glimpse the light that shone above and I craved to smell the flowers. But I could also hear the faint footsteps of the hairy beast. It was circling me above, ready to push me down again if I tried getting out.
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