FREE ESSAY 3

FRIEND
By: Eric Alina

Standing in the ground while looking up the sky, an enormous, terrible and deafening groan completely catches my attention. Suddenly, little drops of water starts to fall into the ground and make noise on the roof of neighboring houses. Every time the rain comes, I always remember the time when my friend always leaves me alone because of some shallow reason. But, he did not truly say something about it.

Why rain? You always visits me every time the sun leaves and gets me wet and soaks the lower part of my body into a sticky mud. Drops of water coming from a gloomy sky are running on my skin like a marathon, very quick. Despite the fact that it's getting cold and you causes the feeling of sadness and loneliness, your rainwater as it touches my skin seems that I am regaining energy or refreshment. I don't know why. It makes me feel alive like the kids I've seen playing in the rain.

After a couple of minutes, the rain vanished and a glimmering sunlight starts to reappear. It's great to see the glittering sands, rocks, stones and leaves due to raindrops that are being hit by the sunlight. Until, scorching rays of the sun starts to penetrate my skin. During that time, I see my friend again who always leave me when the rain comes. I looked up in the sky and strongly asked, "Why?". I repeat it  much louder, "Why?!!!".

Out of my expectations that he will not reply, My friend, named Sun replied, "It's because I want you to live happy and healthy into your life".

"What?, How odd you are!".

 "It's true!, my dear, plant. I know you can't understand everything because you're just small. I am your friend Sun, who made promise to your parent plants to always take good care of you. I am the one who gives you light in order to manufacture your own food. But then the reality is, I'm not the only friend that you needed most, you need also rainwater and air in order for you to live that's why I'm leaving sometimes..."

"Is that true?, You care for me and made promise to my parents?. By the way, where are my parents? Where are they?"

"I'm sorry to say but they'd been destroyed by the typhoon two years ago...But it's okay, the important is YOU ARE ALIVE!"

"How sad it is!, Do I will experience the same thing as my parents?'

"No, if you will make yourself strong and healthy!'

"But how?"

"Through us! your true friends--Sun, Rainwater and Air...We are the agents for your good transformation. We are your strengths, you can be strong and healthy."

Finally, I realized that our true friends are blessings in disguise, they are good or they do something good which aren't recognized at the first instant. Our friends can be the source of our strengths. Everything has a reason and a purpose. Appreciate it as a good thing for yourself.



Thanks to my friends! I am lucky to have you! If I will count all the blessings that I have in CBSUA, I count on you!!!

I created this story during my free time, actually it's raining that time. I saw a very cute and small plant. Due to that plant, it inspires me to create a story that will relate to the concept of friendship...