The Green Light
Cycle for a brighter world.
Dark clouds were surrounding at the Sky. As if it was frowning. They were upsetting everyone dwelling under their shadows. Every human was trembling to do their errands. Every cat was having difficulties catching a mouse. Dogs were sleeping longer then before cause there wasn’t enough daylight to wake them. Even mice didn’t care about being caught; they stood still on the corners of the town. Only birds were mocking with clouds. They had the opportunity to see the sun above them. The clouds were there only for a few months but; everybody was feeling they had been there since they were born. Nobody could perceive time. It was the worst affect of shade.
One day, a journalist came in town. It was hard to reach down town. Even she had a bike she was struggling in the traffic. There were so many cars on the road. They barely moved and left no room for a bike or motorcycle. Dark grey smoke was ascending from road. She took pavements through down town. While she was riding, she realized mice’s and cat’s awkward behaviours but; people seemed stranger to her.
At town center, she met with the governor for an interview. She asked lots of questions about the smoke above them. Governor didn’t understand why she was calling clouds as smoke. So she widened her research about how citizens react to smoke. They were all agreed they were clouds. It was a dark clouded habitat that was their bad luck. She couldn’t keep on her way till she finds a solution to change people’s minds and make them fight against that smoke.
As long as she stayed in town she cycled all around. There were no other cyclist except her and the smoke was getting worse and expanding. It will soon affect the other dwellings. She wrote articles at local newspaper; created cycling events; talked face to face to anyone she could. None of them convinced a single person. Everyone avoid admitting the cause of their cars. Weeks passed and nothing changed except the size of smoke.
At last, the journalist thought she had no other choice. She rode through all the ways in town, most on pavements. She sat down each corner near the mice, took her fountain pen and drew the scene. Mice got excited first time in months when they saw the green light glowing form her pen. As she drew cars on her notebook, the green ink turned them into bicycles. Drivers became riders, seatbelts became helmets. The journalist was now surrounding with mice, cats and dogs. All the animals that saw the green light shining through the paper sensed some good force is on work.
After journalist finished drawing green glamour spread and reached out to smoke. Light was so bright, only cats stared at it without blinking. Birds were missing. Others put their hands on their eyes. Warm breeze turned into sudden storm. All this happened in one second then every living thing in the town went asleep.
The other day, sun was shining; birds were singing. Citizens of town ride their bicycles to work or school. Most of them were smiling but; none of them remembered the smoke or the journalist. They felt like they had been living in this shiny town since they were born and cycling for many years. Cats were chasing mice, they weren’t remember the journalist either. Only birds didn’t forget the green light glowing through her fountain pen and released their dirt on heads of who start thinking cars instead of bikes.
