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Oct. 4th, 2005 07:56 amstory 48
once a woman lost something. it was so very important to her, yet she could not find it no matter how hard she tried, and finally she went to a wise man. the wise man told her she would have to travel for it, travel far to a land beyond, a fantastical land that exists only in legend and rumor here. he gave her specific directions on how to reach the land, and all her envious friends waved goodbye to her as she set out on the journey. a year later, the woman returned, triumphant with the item in hand. her friends eagerly asked her questions about the place she had travelled to; they wanted to know exactly what it was like, what creatures she met, the way of life there... etc. but the woman could tell them nothing, aside from vague vague answers that did not satisfy them at all. for she had been so busy in her search that though she saw everything, she saw nothing at all.
story 49
once there was a desolate lonely little town. no one lived there. yet everyone lived there. and one day anyone came by and saw no one there, and decided to stay. and someone left. and there, in that empty little town, no one liked anyone. no one was loved by everyone, and everyone was always jealous and envious. and i guess one day anyone died. and no one put flowers on the grave because no one cared. everyone was being busy going about whatever business there was and pointedly ignoring the death. and from then on no one left the little town. everyone stayed. and everyone was sad and bitter and angry because everyone liked no one, no one at all, and that was how it was, in the desolate lonely little town.
story 50
once there lived a cat and a dog, both cared for by the same human. one day while the dog was relaxing contentedly on the hearth he remarked to the cat, "our human feeds us, washes us, walks us, takes care of us... why, he's almost like a god!" the cat looked at him. "you say our human feeds us, washes us, takes care of us, worships us... you see, we are the gods," said she, and majestically stepped over the dog to reach the couch. this confused the dog very much, and eventually he decided to stick to his own analogy and forgot about the whole event. then one day the human nearly got killed, but the dog shoved the human out of the way and the dog died instead. the cat looked on and remarked, "fool, if he'd only seen things properly he would have seen that risking our own death in place of a human's is not worth it. we will still be provided for if our human dies. but not if we die..." she shook her head. on another day, a similar incident occurred, and the cat saw it coming but did nothing to help, because she figured it was foolish to risk her own life. she was absolutely convinced that she was right. it wasn't until she got thrown into the pound, escaped, and became a starved, thin, homeless cat on the streets before she began to think back on the dog's words...
Edit: Awwww isn't Rice just the cutest thing you have ever seen~
Squeeee~ ^^ And he's so nice and fuzzy and soft to pet!
But there are drawbacks to having him here. Dog in room = no cats. And since he has his own doggie bed there aren't any nice warm furry little animals for me to curl up with even though it's frickin' cold in my room. >> Oh well.
once a woman lost something. it was so very important to her, yet she could not find it no matter how hard she tried, and finally she went to a wise man. the wise man told her she would have to travel for it, travel far to a land beyond, a fantastical land that exists only in legend and rumor here. he gave her specific directions on how to reach the land, and all her envious friends waved goodbye to her as she set out on the journey. a year later, the woman returned, triumphant with the item in hand. her friends eagerly asked her questions about the place she had travelled to; they wanted to know exactly what it was like, what creatures she met, the way of life there... etc. but the woman could tell them nothing, aside from vague vague answers that did not satisfy them at all. for she had been so busy in her search that though she saw everything, she saw nothing at all.
story 49
once there was a desolate lonely little town. no one lived there. yet everyone lived there. and one day anyone came by and saw no one there, and decided to stay. and someone left. and there, in that empty little town, no one liked anyone. no one was loved by everyone, and everyone was always jealous and envious. and i guess one day anyone died. and no one put flowers on the grave because no one cared. everyone was being busy going about whatever business there was and pointedly ignoring the death. and from then on no one left the little town. everyone stayed. and everyone was sad and bitter and angry because everyone liked no one, no one at all, and that was how it was, in the desolate lonely little town.
story 50
once there lived a cat and a dog, both cared for by the same human. one day while the dog was relaxing contentedly on the hearth he remarked to the cat, "our human feeds us, washes us, walks us, takes care of us... why, he's almost like a god!" the cat looked at him. "you say our human feeds us, washes us, takes care of us, worships us... you see, we are the gods," said she, and majestically stepped over the dog to reach the couch. this confused the dog very much, and eventually he decided to stick to his own analogy and forgot about the whole event. then one day the human nearly got killed, but the dog shoved the human out of the way and the dog died instead. the cat looked on and remarked, "fool, if he'd only seen things properly he would have seen that risking our own death in place of a human's is not worth it. we will still be provided for if our human dies. but not if we die..." she shook her head. on another day, a similar incident occurred, and the cat saw it coming but did nothing to help, because she figured it was foolish to risk her own life. she was absolutely convinced that she was right. it wasn't until she got thrown into the pound, escaped, and became a starved, thin, homeless cat on the streets before she began to think back on the dog's words...
Edit: Awwww isn't Rice just the cutest thing you have ever seen~
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Squeeee~ ^^ And he's so nice and fuzzy and soft to pet!
But there are drawbacks to having him here. Dog in room = no cats. And since he has his own doggie bed there aren't any nice warm furry little animals for me to curl up with even though it's frickin' cold in my room. >> Oh well.
