Journey from gold to grey…

Manisha
Manisha
Jul 10, 2017 · 4 min read
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Once upon a time, there was a beautiful butterfly with gold dust sprinkled on her purple feathers. It was the envy and the pride of any garden that it flew into. Wherever she went, she would spread brightness and sunshine. Every one marvelled at her beauty and she hopped from flower to flower in search of the sweetest nectar to quench her thirst.

One day, a bumblebee asked the butterfly if she had ever been to the faraway land of yellow flowers that had the sweetest nectar in the world. Butterfly had never heard of a place like that. She was eager to find out more about it. The bumblebee offered to take the butterfly with him to the faraway land. “But where will I stay,” asked the butterfly. Bumblebee smiled and offered the butterfly to share his home. Butterfly promised that she would think about it and get back to him. From that day on, she could not stop thinking about the yellow flowers and the promise of sweet nectar. She kept living in her home land but no flower could attract her any more. The thought of yellow flowers had clouded her mind. She looked for the bumblebee and told him that she would come with him to the faraway land.

Bumblebee was very happy as he had fallen in love with the purple butterfly and dreamed of making a life with her. Butterfly waved goodbye to her friends and family in the home land and set out to journey to the faraway land with bumblebee. It was a long and tiring journey and all through the various gardens and forests that they crossed, bumblebee was always at her side to keep her safe. She was very happy to have found him. She knew he loved her and she was also falling in love with him.

After many days of flying, bumblebee and the purple butterfly reached the faraway land. It was a different kind of place and yet it had similar things as her home land. She was amused at the idea of being so far from any one and any place she knew. She was exhausted by the journey and wanted to rest. Bumblebee took the purple butterfly to his home and she slept the entire night without a dream. The next morning, purple butterfly woke up with the first ray of sun and was excited to go to the yellow flowers garden and taste the sweetest nectar in the world. To her surprise, bumblebee refused to take her out and instead went to run some errands while she waited at home. He came back long after the sun had set. He promised to take her there soon.

Butterfly was disappointed but she hoped that tomorrow would be a better day for her. Next day and the day after that and many days passed away without a sight of the yellow flowers garden. Purple butterfly started to cry and was missing her home, bumblebee took her hand and apologized to her and promised that tomorrow they would definitely go to the garden. Purple butterfly smiled and they kissed each other and slept peacefully.

The next morning, bumblebee showed the purple butterfly a clip, it was a very beautiful clip with jewels and diamonds engraved on it. She had never seen anything like it before. She asked what it was and bumblebee showed her. He took her wings and joined them together and clasped them with the clip. There was a gold thread attached to the clip and the bumblebee was holding the other end of the thread. She was scared as she couldn’t fly and felt bound. Bumblebee told her that it was for her own safety as she didn’t know the place and could get lost. If he was holding the string then she would always be within his reach and would not get lost.

Purple butterfly could not flap her wings while they were clipped but she wanted to trust the bumblebee and as she was staying at her place, she did not question him. They went to the yellow flowers garden and after reaching there, bumblebee opened the clip. Purple butterfly was so happy to be free and to see the huge bed of yellow flowers that she flew up and down, sat on the flowers and flew ahead. She was unstoppable and joyful. After some time, bumblebee came near her and clipped her wings again as it was getting late and they should head home. Purple butterfly was sad to leave the garden, that is where she belonged. But bumblebee would not hear her pleas and took her home tugging the string.

The home became purple butterfly’s permanent place. She stayed there every day. With time, the shiny gold dust turned grey and the bright purple of her wings faded too. She no longer asked the bumblebee to take her to the yellow flower garden…

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