Autobiography of a jack fruit seed

Autobiography of a jackfruit seed

Once upon a time I was a seed inside a jackfruit on a big tree. The   jackfruit was plucked and was taken to a house where everyone ate the jack fruit. The seeds were kept in a corner to make curry and I was one of the seeds.

       The maidservant was cutting the seeds and I was about  to be cut when I slipped and fell on the ground. For a week I was taken out by some naughty children and they played with me.they threw me up and down for a long time. Suddenly a boy threw me over the orchard. The gardener saw me and planted in a corner. He was a kind man. He watered me everyday. I grew into small plant.

       After many years I became big and strong and had plenty of fruits and exported them to different states. Years passed by. The owner thought of cutting the trees in the orchard and to sell the land. One by one all my friends were cut down. I felt very lonely. I was spared as I was in a corner.

          Only a few months passed before some men came and constructed flats over there. Many people began to live there. They climbed on me and pulled my branches and leaves. I was fed up. One day I was also cut and off my wood was sold to a carpenter. Now I stand in a house as a lot. People sit on me, sleep on me and jumped on me. And I dream of my destiny, that people may use as a fine wood one day.

                                  Vishnu Sasi

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