SHORT STORY by NEO CANIA
In a cold apple farm located on the top of the mountain, there are apples named Red and Green. They have known each other for years and they are currently best friends. Both of them came from different apple trees. Red came from a tree called “Malus pumila”, while Green came from a tree called “Granny Smith.” Both of them have spent their days to the fullest despite their color differences, They enjoy being with each other a lot despite their personalities and appearance being the exact opposite. Green is the silent type, also he did not look very good, while Red was the noisy one and looks very good.
One day on the mountain apple farm, something unexpected happened. The farmers that took care of them for years suddenly started pulling out apples from many trees to be sold in the market. Many apples in the area started to panic including Red and Green. This was the first time they saw this. They were scared and shocked from the event. Many unlucky apples were pulled out that day and mostly the green ones.
“Good thing many of the green apples were harvested but only a few from ours” A random red apple said.
Many more red apple’s started to follow saying something similar. The green apple was upset and sad of what happened. Hearing what the red apple’s insults was like rubbing salt on a fresh wound. As you can see, green apples and the red apples don’t get along very well. Red and Green was a special case as they get along with each other just fine, not only, they were best friends. The day ended and every apple’s mood was starting to ease up, they all thought that it was just a bad day.
However, the next day the farmers came back again to harvest more apples in which they did not expect. They were surprised and scared again. Red and Green, knowing that they will be the next to go both, Green was sad while Red was feeling a bit angry, seeing the apple trees in front of them that were previously filled with tons of red and green apples, now is gone.
Red’s rage died down and now felt hopeless and just waited for tomorrow hoping for a miracle which did not happened. The sun has risen up Red and Green did not sleep that night. They talked the whole night knowing it will be there last night (even Green who’s the silent type talked a lot). Both of them was reminiscing about the day’s that they spend with each other happily. After saying their goodbyes to each other, they had accepted their fate.
The farmers arrived and Red and Green were picked out from their trees and was put in a cold container. Days later, they were transported to the store and was put to the shelves. In coincidence, they were still with each other. A little girl pick them up and said
“Mommy, can I buy these two? They looked like best friends”.
Her mother replied with a smile. “Okay.”
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