Writing For Fun 5

Once upon a time, in a village far far away, friendships mean a lot to people and they were so afraid of losing them that they put all their friendships in a treasure chest, together with all their precious memories which they had with their closest friends.

Once a year, everyone in the village will come together to open their treasure chests, for the Lord to see how many friends that they had made in the past year’s time. A year passed. Another passed. Year after year, people started to notice this young boy, as the amount of friendships in his treasure chest did not increase. It still remained at 3. However, the amount of memories kept in the box kept on increasing, which was a stark contrast to the other villagers, who had lots of friendships in the box, but almost no memories. However, no one has bothered speaking up to ask him why, so everyone kept quiet. With the passing of each year, the boy slowly grew up, and everyone noticed that his memories were overflowing from the box, but the amount of friendships he has still remains at 3.

Finally, one woman asked the boy, why do he have so less friendships. The boy replied, “Why is it a must to have many friendships? Sometimes, your true friends are worth much more than 100 friends, as they are the only ones who will love you when you forget to love yourselves, they are the only ones that will stand by you in times of trouble, even if it is just us against the world. They also accept you for who you are, never judging you based on what you do. These, real friends, are what you, or I, really need.”

Another man asked the boy, why does he have so many memories? The boy replied, “Our days are limited, spending them with those that you truly love as friends, are the most important, and it’s only when you treasure the time spent with them, then can you make memories, which will last forever, even as your friends slowly start to leave you.”

~~~ Treasure your friends. Your true friends. ~~~