Smile

A Short Story By G.S.Vasukumar

He saw her coming from the corner of the road. She is going to smile at me….and I will smile back…he thought. She was the most beautiful girl he had ever seen. She used to smile at him whenever she passed by him.

She approached him in little steps…he could hardly wait for her to smile at him. It gave a kind of joy, which lingered for a long time.

But she passed by him without even looking at him. A leaf fluttered and landed on her head and then fell down. She reached down, picked it up. Another one landed on her shoulder…She looked at him with a smile on her face.

“Sorry, friend” She said, still smiling at him "I almost forgot.."

She walked towards him.She hugged him and tried to reach around him as far as her little hands could reach.She kissed on his trunk.

The tree winked at the little girl.

The End