The Rose
I was a bud yesterday.
Today the bright sunshine helped me blossom into a flower,into a Rose.
I looked at my surroundings. It was full of beautiful flowers who became my friends instantly.
I didn't not know how I looked because I didn't have a mirror. My friends said ‘You are the most beautiful
here’.
Some friends said that they were jealous of me because the humans love me more, for my beauty and
fragrance. They love me even if they have to fight with a few thorns. They love me even after my death.
Even my mother was taken care of preciously because they anticipated my birth.
A sunflower said to me, “I always turn towards the Sun, but people always turn towards you”. I smiled.
My mother fed me with (feed with)water through the stem and said, “Even the people passing by always
take a glance at you and say you are very beautiful. I feel so proud of you and I am always happy”.
“Mother, I want to meet the humans now. I want to see how they love me. When will I go to them?” I am
happy and now I want to feel the love of a person.
She smiled and replied, “Soon honey, soon. When you go to them, you will be separated from me. Are you
ready to leave me?” she asked.
“I don’t know mother. I just want to meet the humans. I am sorry,”
We noticed a man coming towards the garden with a scissors in his hand and mom looked at me as if she
was about to cry.
“Honey, hurry up and take some starch as much as you can so that you can feed on it and stay alive longer,”
she said forcing the starch towards me through the stem, “if they place you in water, remember to drink
sufficient water. If you stop drinking water, it will be your last breath. Promise me to live as long as you
can, okay?”
“I promise mother.”
She smiled sadly and said, “This is the fate of plants and trees. We always see the death of our children in
front of our eyes. This is our curse, for unknown reason.”
I was taken by the man who came here with the scissors. Within few seconds, I was cut from my mother.
As I was moving farther from my mother, I know I should cry but I was happy to meet people who will love
me. I was placed among few other roses who were beautiful.
After a while, I was separated from the roses and a person started arranging me between few different
types of green leaves and tiny flowers. He made me look even more beautiful by tying (od tie) a ribbon
around me which tickled (od tickle) me since the grass touched my sensitive spots.
I was handed to (od hand to)a man who smelled me nervously and then smiled satisfactorily. That single
smile made me think ‘I am happy to be born into this world’ because I have just made someone happy. The
feeling in heart was indescribable but I was too happy to think about the words to describe my feelings.
He brought me to a place which was decorated too beautiful to imagine. There were lights all over the place
giving a different kind of shine to the area which could never be given by the great Sun.
He looked at me and said, “I am counting on you to pass my feelings to her. Please make her fall in love
with me.”
I didin't know what he meant but I wanted to try my best if it was something I could help him with. Though
I wanted to give him a reply, I knew that he could not understand my language, so I let it go.
After a while a girl came here with a smile. The man was too nervous,but brought himself to smile for her.
I did not understand most of their conversation because he held me behind him, so she could not see me.
Finally, he took me out and handed me to her, so she could hold on to me and he said, “I love you”.
Her smile disappeared as it was replaced by a hint of disappointment. She shook (od shake) her head too
slowly as if she was trying to move a wooden head which has no life in it. She slowly brought herself to
speak, “I am sorry. Please don’t spoil our friendship with this. I am really sorry.”
Looks like she was confused, it was a shock for her. So, she left without any further words. I felt sorry for
her. But I felt sorry for him too. I saw how nervous he was from the time he brought me.
He even asked me to help, but I didn't know what to do. If I knew, I would have helped him, for sure. After
all, he was the man for whose love I was born into this world. I wanted to make him happy. I wanted to
make him smile. I wanted to make him feel content. But how?
Suddenly I couldn’t see anything and everything started to be blurry in front of me. I was being crumpled
with his hand and the grass surrounding me started to cover my eyes.
I was thrown by him to the ground and all my petals started to separate from me. He stepped on me with
so much force as I felt my last breath leaving from my body and my soul leaving from the world.
Looks like I am dead now, but all I want to know the reason why he hated me while I loved him
unconditionally?!
I am not dead because I was cut from my mother. I am dead because a human rejected and threw me away.
DISCUSSION
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Plot
- Gdje Ruža živi? S kim ruža živi?
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- Kako Ruža izgleda? Tko je ljubomoran na Ružu?
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- Tko brine o Ruži?
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- Na koga je mama ponosna?
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- Što Ruža želi?
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- Tko dolazi u vrt? S čime muškarac dolazi?
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- U što muškarac gleda?
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- Što je muškarac napravio?
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- Kako se Ruža osjeća?
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- Od koga je mama odvojena?
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- Što je muškarac napravio s Ružom?
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- Zašto je muškarac dao Ružu toj ženi?
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- Kako je žena reagirala?
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- Što se dogodilo s Ružom?
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- Kako je umrla?
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