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A trip to the sky

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Long time ago, there was a king and a queen living in a forest. One day, the queen wanted to go for a vacation outside the forest. So the queen asked the king - "O King! I have been wanting to ask you something - can we go somewhere outside this forest? Like a trip?" The king replies - "To where, my queen?" "Anywhere is fine, my King! I cannot stay here no more"  "Well, my dear queen, to be honest, it will be the same - the same mountains, same waterfalls - you can't feel any difference." Disappointed, the queen walks away and reaches the nearby lake. There, she saw her reflection - not only that, she saw the sky! The Queen runs back to the King and asks - "Can we visit the sky?" "my dear queen, to be honest, the sky is very plain, what will be there to see in sky, my queen?" "Till we reach there, we can't tell for sure right?" replies the queen.  "But how can we travel in sky? We don't have any floo...

The Envelope

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A yellow envelope with a letter inside, which was got into my hands a month back. As much as I want to read it, there is also the part of me that suggests not to read. As much as I want to hear him through his words, I don't want to visit his memories. I have been waiting for a day when I feel like I can read it as I was busy with other things going on with work, home and all. Today things seem better and I think I can handle whatever is there in the letter - whatever he wanted to say to me. I settled in the chair near the window, where sunlight was hitting afresh and making the room alive. I have picked the cover present between the pages of one of the books on the desk. Anyone who noticed the cover can understand two things: It is for a person named Leela; because it mentions "For Leela" in his handwriting. Also, it seems he didn't put much effort into making the cover, because it is almost tearing, or it could be an old one. With a deep breath, I opened the cover a...