Just a story

Long long time ago, there's a farm far far away in the galaxy. A farmer keeps some chickens and ducks at his own private small farm. Everyday the farmer will release his chickens and ducks out of their cages for them to wander about. At dawn, he will lock them up again.

There is a chicken and a duck in this small farm, which became good friends after months of playing together. The chicken and duck will be playing and hanging around just to enjoy each other's accompany. Small surprises and gossips are some of the stuff they did. Everyday, they will be expecting each other and they will enjoy themselves to the fullest before they will be lock up back at their own cages at the end of the day.

Things were pretty much the same for them, everyday is a brand new day, filled with tonnes of enjoyment and zero unhappiness. Then came one day, the farmer decides to revamp the small farm. As a result of the renovations, the chickens and ducks were caged up further apart from each other. And the farmers decided to allocate different areas for both the chickens and ducks. They won't be wandering about in the same area anymore.

The changes were pretty much difficult for the chicken and duck to take. But after few days, they made the best of the situation. They will meet up at the fence between the chickens and the ducks and will play and chat like last time, but now, there's this extra fence whichs iterally separates them into 2 different world. The time they could spent with each other was greatly cut down too, after the farmer decides to lock up his keep earlier, simply for the fact he's getting on his age.

One day, the chicken went to meet up with the duck just like any other days. The big difference that day was that, she never put on a single smile for the whole day. The duck noticed it and asked her if something has happened. The chicken didn't want to bother the duck and thus she said to him, "You're just a duck, you will never know. I'll be fine."

The duck know something is definitely not right and wanted to cheer her up. But upon hearing what the chicken said to him, he didn't want to make the matter worse, and thus he did the next best thing, by dropping the topic and start teasing the chicken, hoping she will smile again. The chicken had some grins, but the smile wasn't that genuine anymore.

When its time for them to return back to their own cages again, the chicken mood was down again and she walked back sulking just like earlier in the day when she met up the duck. The duck asked the chicken once again before they left, and she simply replied, "I'm really ok."

Over the night, the duck feel pretty useless for not being able to help the chicken. Thus he went to approach the farmer. He asked the farmer how can he be a chicken. The farmer wasn't in the best of mood, and he said to the duck, "What? Be a chicken? Sure you can, be my next slaughter, and you shall be reincarnated as a chicken."

Even though the duck knew its not likely to happen, without any hesitation, he offered himself for the next slaughter. He bid farewell to his buddies and left a note for the chicken.

Days passed, and chicken was puzzled by the fact why the duck hasn't meet her up at the fence where they will spend the rest of the time together for almost a week now. Thus she decides to ask the duck's best friend for his whereabouts.

"That stupid duck wanted to be a chicken and offered itself in the slaugher." his buddy said to the chicken.

"Omg! He don't have to be a chicken to understand me. Why did he do silly thing again.." Before the chicken continue further, the duck's buddy passed her a letter left by him.

It reads, "Chickie, probably i'll never be able to help you since i'm different like what you have said to me. Thus i tried the impossible, hoping that it just might work. Even if it doesn't, i just hope that you will be able to keep your faith, to attempt all the possible slightest of chances, and ensure that things will work out too. Remember you will never walk alone."

Weeks passed..

The number of ducks in the farm were decreasing at quite a rate. The farmer decided to get more chickens to increase the counts. And due to the lack of buyers for ducks, the farmer decides to concentrate on chickens as his keep now. The fence which used to separate the chicken and duck apart, was torn down to accommodate more chickens brought in.

The chicken stood at the spot where the fence used to stand and tears can't help rolling down her cheeks. A chicken came up to her and said, "Now that duckie is a chicken, will he be able to see the lovely chickie's smile which melted his cold heart and kept him smiling for the past few months?"

The chicken looked up at the new "duckie" upon hearing the familar voice...

What greeted her were the same pair of bright eyes. It's the familar eyes and voice, which kept her company for the past few months. The chicken could not hide her joy, broke into tears, gave the duckie a huge smile and said, "Why did you do such a foolish thing?"

"Well, for what i've done, i've managed to see the smile which was missing for the past few weeks and it's great to see it again.", said the duck with a big smile too.

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This story was written and dedicated by me to a friend of mine. If you're reading this, hope you're better now. This version is the edited one. No one know what exactly happened to the chicken that made her down, or was she even sad at all. Probably one day the duck will eventually know what happened to the chicken. But nonetheless, hope this story inspires you and remember, you will never walk alone.

Just when you thought the world has given up on you, think again. Every single star in the sky shines for one. The shiniest star is the one you keep dearest to you. Never lose the faith that it will not shine again. If there's ever a day, you can't find your shiniest star up in the sky anymore, don't freak out, cos it's just that it has gone somewhere else, just to guide you secretly, just to see you happy and just to see the lovely smile of yours.

till then.