I saw Lucy the grasshopper when I visited the Zoo at Zurich. She was one of a kind.Sprouting a little yellow flower on her back,her green skin complemented the pink stones she was walking on. I had to have her.
I- Alisha the starlet could have anything she wanted.
After buying her at a exorbitant price, I was so excited. I spent hours gazing at her, talking to her, took her around in my Louis Vuitton on my trips.
Time passed and new people, things came into my life. I got bored with her. She was growing old. I no longer had time, she withered away.
I had no inkling the same cruel fate will follow me. Younger actors came and I was pushed to the corner. Youth and beauty is what matters here, Hollywood is a ruthless place.
I missed Lucy today, I wanted to make up for my misdeeds. Alas it was too late.
(156 words)
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Chartered Accountant, Story Teller, Dreamer, Voracious Reader, Blogger, Mommy to a little munchkin, Shopaholic, Day Dreamer.Passionate about my career in the corporate world and aspire to break the glass ceiling, at the same time nurture my passion for writing. My niche area is short stories, I also write on parenting, sexism, life's experiences, micro blogs and flash fiction. I have won the best Parenting blog post at mycity4kids.com the largest parenting website in India, 4 times and several of my posts have been published in the #MostPopular category on this site garnering millions of views. I also write on Bonobology, Rivo Kids, Women's Web and Youth Ki Awaaz. My blog has been chosen as the Top Indian Blogs for the years 2018-2019,2020 by TopIndianBlogs website and found a place in the prestigious Top 22 Indian Literary Blogs in 2020 @TopIndianBlogs.
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Happens to us all, actors especially. Felt sorry for Lucy being abandoned though – that was harsh! 🙂
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She learnt her lesson alas too late
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Alas so many people never realize what they have and what they’ve lost until it’s too late.
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True James that’s life!
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How sad! The same fate befell her that she did to Lucy! Great story!
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Thx a lot Joy
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Great story Akshata 🙂
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Thx Meha!
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This story is so pertinent to us all…the sad thing about life is we age, though we’d like to think we gather some wisdom as we do.
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Can’t agree more Mike!
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Loved your story, Akshata.
Absolutely wonderful!
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Thx so much Moon
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Loved the way you connected two instances of life Aks. It is a sad truth indeed!
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Thx so much Keerthi
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