Once upon a time in milknhoneyland lived boys and girls who fed on milk and honey and kissed flowers, birds, beasts and all that they found adorable. They never were people but always boys n girls. Lilliputs were wary of these neighbours who were entirely uncivilized and refused to ever grow up. The lilliputs thought of invading these barbarians many times. This time they had a good plan…
A girl named kiss-me-quick went for a walk one day. She picked up cherries and other wild berries and put them in her basket. Suddenly she stumbled upon something and fell down. She stood up but her knees were scratched. She was about to cry but her eyes fell upon a parcel that was wound around by a ring of roses. She was delighted to see such a pretty packet. She looked around for a possible owner but was mesmerized to find scribbled in tiniest little hand these words: “Congratulations! You are the possible winner of a return ticket to “Heavenever land”. Kiss- me- quick put the hamper in her basket and hurriedly retraced her steps to home.” Once home she made herself a milk n honey drink.
Her bed was cozy but she didn’t want to sleep just then. She unwrapped the parcel and discovered a booklet inside. The cover was rich red and on it were these gold engraved letters: You are the chosen one. Immediately she sat up in the bed. She turned a leaf and her enthusiasm was not a bit dampened to read: Conditions Apply. She thought she could manage it; besides her desire to visit heaven- ever was great. “ It must be nice there!” thought kiss- me- quick. “ I am bored of milkn honey… I am becoming chubbier by the day… I need a change!” said she. She turned to the next page- an elaborate map presented itself to her- on the lower edge she read, “ THIS IS Your Destiny”. So many lines criss- crossed. It was really hard to read her destiny. But the map jumped out of the book and spoke to her. “Kiss- me- quick. Try me out!”
“ How?” asked Kiss- me- quick.
“Look at me carefully. What do you see?”
“ Now that you have told me I see trees, birds, babies, boys, girls, pretty things, jewels, dresses and treasure troves inside”.
“ Well then! I am a live map and you can break or build your destiny now.”
“ Really! How?”
“ Well! You just have to make the correct choices. Make the right moves.”
“ How’ll I know what is right?”
Tired at this cross- questioning and embarrassed by its limited knowledge the map replied: “ Well! I don’t know much about right or wrong… I am simply a map… but I can tell you all the rules…” said the map a bit offended, a bit irritated. It was going to say, “Why don’t you go and ask the Lilliputs themselves!” but it held its tongue.
“Well tell me the rules then”.
“ There is only one rule which is that if you make the wrong choices your bin of blunders keeps on growing but if you choose the correct alternative then your bin of wonders may fill and you would then be able to make the trip to Heaven- ever that would change your life.”
This time the map was happy to be able to deliver such a long speech full of good advice to this clueless little girl.
Kiss- me- quick was a bit circumspect but she said “Okay! I’ll try”.
“Go on then. All the best”
“ I believe I can make my destiny”, said kiss- me- quick hopefully.
She again looked at its features. Strewn inside were many objects: broken hearts, mended hearts, kisses stolen, kisses sent, some kisses were flying about, some were planted on cheeks of babies, boys and girls.
She entered the wilderness and was happy to find a pot full of kisses all by itself. “Looks like a good sign! I can’t believe my good luck.” She pocketed a few and rest she passed on to the flowers and butterflies. She felt in a light mood and very soon she had traversed the whole map. At the end of the road she found a signboard declaring in big bold letters: “HEAVENNEVER”. She was on cloud 9 and her happiness knew no bounds but “WAIT!” She read again. HEAVEN NEVER. O no! She had lost her way. How could this be? Throughout she had kept her heart of gold and had never been stingy in sharing treasure pots when she found them.
“ Don’t lose heart,” she reminded herself. She looked to check the bin of wonders- It was EMPTY. Hesitantly and knowing the answer well she checked the bin of blunders- It was FULL and overflowing. It seemed that all the kisses had added to the bin of blunders. “Why were the kisses scoring for the bin of blunders?” She was puzzled and lost.
“ Lost…lost…lost I am lost forever in Heavennever”
“ But you needn’t worry that much”, said a voice.
Nobody was around. She was alone.
“ You are not alone.”
The voice was quite close to her.
“ Don’t be so annoyed with me”. It was the map.
“ Go away. Because of you I lost milknhoney land.”
“ Not at all. You are still there. That was just virtual reality. Look around you.”
True. She was still in milknhoney and glad to be where she was.
“ This was a Real Time Experience. You can improve upon it.”
“Never. I do not like the game.”
“ You QUIT then?”
She didn’t want to hear anymore of heavennever or for that matter of heavenever either.
She did not feel like a loser and the jibes of the map had little impact on her. The book fell from Kiss- me- quick’s hands onto the quilt and she was fast asleep. In her dreams the map was trying to tell her something but it was inaudible. He pointed towards a key on which something was engraved but it was invisible or atleast blurred.” But after a few days her curiosity got the better of her. That day as twilight fell the gold on the book glittered with renewed lighting: “To the chosen one”. Kiss- me- quick was still mystified and she wanted to know why her quest lead to nowhere or heavennever and not heavenever. The answer lay somewhere within this book. Eve alone had been tempted so by the apple on the tree and so was Kiss- me- quick now. She snatched the book and in one go her resolve of days went up in smoke.
A girl named kiss-me-quick went for a walk one day. She picked up cherries and other wild berries and put them in her basket. Suddenly she stumbled upon something and fell down. She stood up but her knees were scratched. She was about to cry but her eyes fell upon a parcel that was wound around by a ring of roses. She was delighted to see such a pretty packet. She looked around for a possible owner but was mesmerized to find scribbled in tiniest little hand these words: “Congratulations! You are the possible winner of a return ticket to “Heavenever land”. Kiss- me- quick put the hamper in her basket and hurriedly retraced her steps to home.” Once home she made herself a milk n honey drink.
Her bed was cozy but she didn’t want to sleep just then. She unwrapped the parcel and discovered a booklet inside. The cover was rich red and on it were these gold engraved letters: You are the chosen one. Immediately she sat up in the bed. She turned a leaf and her enthusiasm was not a bit dampened to read: Conditions Apply. She thought she could manage it; besides her desire to visit heaven- ever was great. “ It must be nice there!” thought kiss- me- quick. “ I am bored of milkn honey… I am becoming chubbier by the day… I need a change!” said she. She turned to the next page- an elaborate map presented itself to her- on the lower edge she read, “ THIS IS Your Destiny”. So many lines criss- crossed. It was really hard to read her destiny. But the map jumped out of the book and spoke to her. “Kiss- me- quick. Try me out!”
“ How?” asked Kiss- me- quick.
“Look at me carefully. What do you see?”
“ Now that you have told me I see trees, birds, babies, boys, girls, pretty things, jewels, dresses and treasure troves inside”.
“ Well then! I am a live map and you can break or build your destiny now.”
“ Really! How?”
“ Well! You just have to make the correct choices. Make the right moves.”
“ How’ll I know what is right?”
Tired at this cross- questioning and embarrassed by its limited knowledge the map replied: “ Well! I don’t know much about right or wrong… I am simply a map… but I can tell you all the rules…” said the map a bit offended, a bit irritated. It was going to say, “Why don’t you go and ask the Lilliputs themselves!” but it held its tongue.
“Well tell me the rules then”.
“ There is only one rule which is that if you make the wrong choices your bin of blunders keeps on growing but if you choose the correct alternative then your bin of wonders may fill and you would then be able to make the trip to Heaven- ever that would change your life.”
This time the map was happy to be able to deliver such a long speech full of good advice to this clueless little girl.
Kiss- me- quick was a bit circumspect but she said “Okay! I’ll try”.
“Go on then. All the best”
“ I believe I can make my destiny”, said kiss- me- quick hopefully.
She again looked at its features. Strewn inside were many objects: broken hearts, mended hearts, kisses stolen, kisses sent, some kisses were flying about, some were planted on cheeks of babies, boys and girls.
She entered the wilderness and was happy to find a pot full of kisses all by itself. “Looks like a good sign! I can’t believe my good luck.” She pocketed a few and rest she passed on to the flowers and butterflies. She felt in a light mood and very soon she had traversed the whole map. At the end of the road she found a signboard declaring in big bold letters: “HEAVENNEVER”. She was on cloud 9 and her happiness knew no bounds but “WAIT!” She read again. HEAVEN NEVER. O no! She had lost her way. How could this be? Throughout she had kept her heart of gold and had never been stingy in sharing treasure pots when she found them.
“ Don’t lose heart,” she reminded herself. She looked to check the bin of wonders- It was EMPTY. Hesitantly and knowing the answer well she checked the bin of blunders- It was FULL and overflowing. It seemed that all the kisses had added to the bin of blunders. “Why were the kisses scoring for the bin of blunders?” She was puzzled and lost.
“ Lost…lost…lost I am lost forever in Heavennever”
“ But you needn’t worry that much”, said a voice.
Nobody was around. She was alone.
“ You are not alone.”
The voice was quite close to her.
“ Don’t be so annoyed with me”. It was the map.
“ Go away. Because of you I lost milknhoney land.”
“ Not at all. You are still there. That was just virtual reality. Look around you.”
True. She was still in milknhoney and glad to be where she was.
“ This was a Real Time Experience. You can improve upon it.”
“Never. I do not like the game.”
“ You QUIT then?”
She didn’t want to hear anymore of heavennever or for that matter of heavenever either.
She did not feel like a loser and the jibes of the map had little impact on her. The book fell from Kiss- me- quick’s hands onto the quilt and she was fast asleep. In her dreams the map was trying to tell her something but it was inaudible. He pointed towards a key on which something was engraved but it was invisible or atleast blurred.” But after a few days her curiosity got the better of her. That day as twilight fell the gold on the book glittered with renewed lighting: “To the chosen one”. Kiss- me- quick was still mystified and she wanted to know why her quest lead to nowhere or heavennever and not heavenever. The answer lay somewhere within this book. Eve alone had been tempted so by the apple on the tree and so was Kiss- me- quick now. She snatched the book and in one go her resolve of days went up in smoke.
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