Flyover To The Future

If (You Have Time)

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“ Hello there! Wake up kiddo. You look tiny and creepy. Who are you? “

“ Hi!!!  Is it morning already? ”

Yeah. Tell me who you are before I wish you good morning.

I go by the name - seed. I came here yesterday night. May I know who you are?

You don’t know me? I am stone. They call me milestone.

Nice meeting you Mr. Milestone. What do you do?

“ Well, I stand here. I just stand here all day and watch people around me. I have been standing here for years. I don’t think I have seen anyone like you before.”, the milestone briefed.

“ Well, that’s the reason he brought me here. To make my presence felt.”, enthused the seed.

“ He? Who is he? ”, questioned the milestone.

“ I’m sorry I forgot to mention about my master. He found me inside a fruit. Then on his way back home he put me here.”, answered the seed.

“ Beneath the sand?”, inquired the milestone.

“ Yeah. That’s where I reside. But one day I will spring up.”, the seed told.

“ You look very small and tiny. What do you take to live?”, the milestone asked.

“ Only Water, air and some light.” the seed answered.

“ Then your master need not spend even a penny on you. He must be a happy master for having a freebie. “, the milestone chuckled.

“ Absolutely, I ask nothing. One day I will try to be of great help to my master.”, the seed believed.

One fine day. “ Hey seed, what have you become? ”

I am not seed any more. I have sprouted up. Call me Sprout.

“ Wow, sprout. You still appear little. But you are lovely and adorable now. I love things that grow.”, expressed the milestone.

“ Thank you for the compliments. Look there. My master.”, the sprout gazed anxiously.

“ Yes I see him. He is busy making a small ‘Way’.”, replied the milestone.

“ Way?”, the sprout inquired.

“Yes. A way to walk.  Generally a way to his future.”, answered the milestone.

“I believe I will be part of his future.”, exclaimed the sprout.

Some days later. Another fine day.

“ You look taller and stronger now.”, the milestone expressed.

“ You are mistaken. Now I grew up. I am called sapling now.”, explained the sapling.

“ Sapling? You are amazing.”, complimented the milestone. “You know what, you are not tinier any more”.

“ Look at your master. He is busy laying road. ”, the milestone spoke.

“ Road? ”, inquired the sapling.  “ Is he not happy with the way?”

“ Now he is laying road to ride. May be the road to a BETTER future.”, the milestone laughed.

“ I still hope that I will be part of his future ”, the sapling hoped.

After a brief period of time. One fine day.

“ It’s been a long time since we had a conversation. You have grown taller than I thought you would. Am I audible? ”, the milestone stared up.

“ Yeah. Now I have become The Tree ”, the tree conveyed staring down at the milestone. “ Don’t you feel happy now that I am able to give you shade? “

“ I feel blessed. You are such a nice thing. Thank you from the bottom of my stone-heart. “, the milestone giggled.

“ Never mention. I am happier now because I am able to serve my master in several ways. “, the tree delighted.

“ Now that you speak of your master. Look at him. I have heard that he is not satisfied with the road. He is trying to lay a highway.”, the milestone told.

“ Highway? ”, the tree queried.

“ Yes a highway. Highway to drive around. Highway to…..”

“His FUTURE ”, the tree interrupted with a sad tone “ I am not certain if I will be part of his future.”

Some days later. One not-so-fine day.

“ Hey woody!! watch out your master. He is coming to you with the wood cutters to uproot you”, the milestone shouted in grief.

“ What? Why? “, the tree was baffled.

“ He is planning to construct an elevated express way made of steel. A flyover”, the milestone spoke with a low voice.

“ Flyover? “, the tree asked.

“ Yes a flyover that can quickly lead to his future”, the milestone told.

“ But why uproot me? What harm have I done to him? “ the tree muttered.

“ He believes you are an obstacle. He thinks you are blocking the way to his future“, the milestone smirked.

“But where is the future without me? ” the tree cried in agony as the master axed.

The master never seemed to care and continued to axe the tree.

“ Just because I don’t bleed doesn’t mean that I don’t have life. Please stop ”, the tree groaned its last words.

After sometime the tree was felled and there was silence. The place turned gloomy and bleak thereafter.

“ Until now I thought I was the one who is DUMB and DEAF. Congrats Your future has reached a MIGHTY MILESTONE”, the milestone sneered at the master who was feeling smug.

Dedicated to all the masters who wish of building flyovers to our future.

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Conceived and Written By,

Jayanth