This
is my first pathetic attempt at writing something
thoughtful... Perhaps it might be decent... it
is a rough draft, don't be too harsh with your
criticism's... well please do actually, i could
learn from it. e-mail your comments and criticism's...
The
boy had just turned the age of four just one week
ago today. His name will be ommited, to save him
from the devastating gossip that could turn about.
In any case, this young boy was curiously devoted
to his older sibling, a sister at the age of 12,
a most complex age for any child. She played God
to him, he would follow her around, and if she
bade him to do anything, he most certainly would,
for he would do anything in his power for his
sister. It was a curiously stormy October night,
that the event that will be mentioned, occured.
The young boy pretended to be fearless, but would
not let go of his sister's hand. She decided that
they should go to the basement, and led him down
the stairwell towards the dark room. She told
him "don't be afraid my dear brother, you
will be safe with me." Once they reached
the paved concrete that was the basement floor,
she gave a most mischevious look at her young
brother, but her brother paid no attention, he
knew she would never harm him. She then looked
at him with such passivity, he suddenly became
aware that she had some intention she had not
made known to him. She started rambling incoherently
for a moment, about God and such, and then proceeded
to ask the following question: "My dear brother...
If it would make me happy, would you sacrifice
your fingers? Would you let me cut them off with
this razor my dear brother, for my own happiness?"
The young boy looked at her for a moment, and
then answered: "Dear sister, if it would
make you happy to sever my fingers, and put me
through that indescribable suffering, then do
so... only if it will truly make you happy."
The girl proceeded to do so, she took the razor
and severed his fingers, and upon the tenth one,
once again questioned him: "My dear brother,
if it would make me happy, would you sacrifice
your eyes for me? Will you let me pierce your
eyes through and through with this pen knife?"
The brother looked at his severed fingers, and
then answered once again: "Dear sister, if
it would make you happy for me to sacrifice my
sight for you, then by all means, please take
my eyes." At this answer, the girl immediately
grabbed the pen knife from a counter in the basement,
and pierced through his eyelids, and straight
through his eyes until the gelatinous ocular jelly
poured out onto his face and her hands. Immediately
she smiled, and then questioned once again: "My
dear brother, if it would make me indescribably
happy, would you be willing to sacrifice your
tongue; would you let me sever it with this rusty
blade?" The brother, pondered for a moment,
staring at blank space, as he was without sight.
He then answered again: "My dear sister,
if it would make you happy to take away my speech,
to take away my opinions, to take away my thought...
then by all means, sever my tongue with that rusty
blade you speak of... please." At this the
girl immediately picked up the rusty blade and
severed his tongue. Blood began to pour out of
his mouth, and he was without speech. The girl
questioned him one last time: "My dear brother,
if it would cause me eternal happiness, would
you let me crucify you upon this basement wall,
with these nails i have here, and watch you suffer;
watch you die?" The young boy, without speech
and sight, nodded slightly, as to show the girl,
he was willing to sacrifice himself for her. At
this, the girl immediately nailed the palm of
both his hands, and his feet to the walls, and
once done, looked upon him. She thought for a
moment, and then went down to her knees in a rage
of emotion, tears welled up in her eyes, and once
again, she started speaking incoherently to the
brother, who dying, was capable of listening to
her. She said this: "My dear Brother! You
have sacrificed yourself to me and me alone. I
have taken away your capability of work by severing
your fingers, I have taken away your speech by
severing your tongue, I have blinded you by piercing
your eyes! Why, have you let me do this to you?
You have suffered, and it is all my fault! I too,
have suffered like you, my dear brother. God has
taken my speech, and in turn, replaced it with
his dogma, he has blinded me as well, so all I
have to live for is a future happiness, and he
too has crucified me! You will go into heaven
my dear brother, as all children are saints, and
upon reaching the gates of heaven, please do this
for me. Please tell God to forgive me, for I am
not worthy. I was your God, but now he is your
God, and mine as well! The almighty will have
his wrath, but please, tell him that it was not
all my fault, all the blame is his! Forgive me
young brother, for having done this to you, but
this is truly necessary! Please dear brother,
do not fail me in this, i beg of you!" She
went down in a stream of tears again, and did
not pick up her head anymore. She waited for some
kind of response from her yound brother, who crucified
upon the wall, was dying. One last breath was
expelled from him, and he died that moment. She
stood up shakily, and wiped the tears from her
face. She finally walked away, crept up the basement
stairs, and began to play with her dolls.
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