The Red Flower

In a sunny beautiful day there was a young lady called Lora, she used to live with her dad in a small house in the village. Everyday Lora visit her sick grandma , she cook for her and check if she need any help in anything, in one day when Lora went to her grandma house she found her very sick

Lora:” Grandma, are you okay? You look more tired today”.

Grandma: “Lora my dear, I am fine, I just feel little bit more tired”.

Then again the grandma continued:” Lora, I want to tell you something very important”.

Lora:” What is the thing grandma?”.

Grandma :” There is a small secret I want to tell you about , in the end of the village there is a big waterfall and behind that waterfall there is a cave , inside that cave there is a red flower so I want you to go and bring that flower “.

Lora:” Red flower! But grandma I can bring  red flower from any place here , why should I go that far  ?”.

Grandma:” Sweetheart, there is a secret you will know very soon about that flower because this flower is not like the other flowers”.

Lora returned to home and all her way to home she was thinking what is the secret behind that flower, so she decided to go tomorrow to bring that flower. Next day Lora woke up in early morning , she rode on her horse and went to the waterfall, after three hours Lora arrived there and she was very surprised because the waterfall was very beautiful and a lot of flowers around it . Lora remembered what her grandma said so she went behind the waterfall and found a big dark cave, Lora took a flame with her and entered the cave, she walked for an hour until she reached the end of the cave and there she saw a door, Lora wondered what could be inside that door because until now she didn’t find the red flower not even any kind of flowers. When Lora opened the door, she saw a very large land full of yellow flowers , she was shocked from the huge amount of yellow flowers and because there is no red flowers , she was confused because she didn’t found what her grandma want , but then she thought for few seconds and decided to walk inside this big land , while she was walking between thousands of yellow flowers she found the red flower , Lora was so happy and as fast as she can she took that flower and went to her grandma home .When Lora arrived she found her dad and the other neighbours in her grandma home

Lora:” what happened dad?”.

Lora father (with sadness voice):” your grandma passed away”.

Lora was shocked , she couldn’t believe her dad , she told her father that her grandma told her to bring that flower but she died before she know that Lora brought what she want . Lora was so sad and when her first drop of tears fall down the colour of the red flower changed to purple. Lora kept looking at the flower and she can’t believe how the colour changed, she went to her grandma room and while she was looking around she found a letter, when she opened the letter, she read her grandma explain everything about the red flower and how it’s colour change to purple just when Lora tears fall down and it’s colour get back to red when Lora stop crying and be happy again. Few weeks passed, Lora used to visit her grandma grave every day and she put the red flower on her grave so that her grandma can know how she feel every day.

written by :
Haya Hedaya