Wind Song

So it has been a while since Sue last came by the vast grassy fields. Homework has been so heavy lately, and she found that it was getting harder to find time for her to come out. Money has always been a problem at home, and she has been working as an assistant at the nearby pet shop over the weekends.

Today was different. Sue's boss gave her a day off because even he felt that she had been working a little too hard and not having enough time for herself; after all, Sue was only a high school student, and shouldn't those times be the happiest times of one's life?

She ambulated across the green grassy field until she was near the central region, far away from the surrounding trees, far away from the people who walked around it. The air was fresh, and the wind blew in strange patternless rhythms.

This was the part that Sue loved the most, the song that the winds sang. It was a strange song, at times it was rather sweet, like when the wind was but a light breeze which shook the nearby trees, causing a slight rustling sound, yet at times it sounded regal, and aggressively so too, as it blew strongly across the field and beat into her face with the sound of a wolf howl.

Sue loved the song that the winds sang. It was a surreal kind of feeling, to be able to stand there in the middle of the field, feeling and listening to the patternless rhythms that the wind blew.

Yet, today was different. Sue could feel it in the air as she stood there at her favourite spot in the middle of the field after not doing so for so long. The wind song was somewhat melancholious, with a tone that she never seemed to have heard before. It was as though something was horribly wrong, yet she could not place her finger quite on it. Brushing off her misgivings, she stood there, and listened on, revelling in the coolness of the winds and enjoying the songs that they were singing.

As the sun slowly dipped towards the horizon, Sue felt the wind drop, and with great reluctance, decided to go back home. When she opened the door of her apartment, she found, to her sad surprise, that her cat had died on the floor.

(Based on an exercise generated by WriteThis - 07 Jan 2008 17:51:57)