Discovery...
Rain hit the window as if it was Halloween and the neighbour kids were throwing stale marshmallows. Lily, being pant-less and generally a slob at home, sighed to himself as he tapped a pencil to his head. His hair was getting too long, so he tied it all up in a very small ponytail on the back of his head. His bangs hung as he dipped his head down; staring at his paper in deep thought. Headphones sat on his head that was covered with jet black hair. They blocked out sound and also gave him his pleasure… Oldies.
The sound of rain hitting the window above his bed was muffled by the sound of a song by Busted; a broken up boy band back in early 2000s. The dark rainclouds covered the lightness of the sun and the howling winds hurled the tree on his front yard back and forth. It had been raining non-stop since the previous night, but it didn’t bother Lily one bit. All he knew was that he didn’t have any plans or special dates and that there was no reason to leave his house that day. He just continued to tap his pencil on his head as he sat with one leg up on a computer chair; working on his art project.
A couple of hours after, the storm had subsided leaving the sun to shine brighter than any larger sized star than itself. Lily turned his head and looked outside of the window on the top part of his awkward house. He saw the sun and clear blue sky. He looked to his paper that was still blank, but now covered with bits of eraser shavings. He pouted to himself and just stood up, took his headphones off, stretched and threw on a pair of jeans over his annoying bright red boxer briefs. He picked up his keys from the counter next to the door, kicked on his only pair of shoes and left the house, locking it behind him.
Skipping down the steps and down a wiggly path along his side of the lawn, he headed towards the park in his neighbourhood. With the playground equipment still wet, he was bound to not run into any one who would disturb him. He walked for a good five to ten minutes before reaching the cement path and a sign in front of it telling passersby that it was a park. He avoided the sign and headed down on the 500km trail that snaked around a playground, a small pond, some flowers and a bunch of trees.
He was right, there was no one that went to the park when the earth was still dripping with the remnants of the storm. He pushed his glasses up with a hand and looked in front of him. He looked up and saw what seemed common but was difficult to find. A rainbow painted the sky in pastel colours. He had time to spare so he decided to run to where he thought the rainbow ended. Following the ranbow's arch, it led him very far. Before he knew it, he was on the other side of the large park where the fish pond was. He looked up at the sky and saw that it ended probably a mile or so down. It wasted him a few minutes.
He still had time...
He knelt by the pond where koi fish were kept by the paid employees at the park. They swam away at the sound of him approaching. They all swarmed when he had food, but when he didn't, they swam as if he was going to eat them. Their orange tails splashed and rippled the water. Light reflected from the water and got into Lily's eye. He blinked a few times and looked around for what actually caused it to shine in his eye. While looking, he saw something light blue across the pond.
"huh? What is that?" He wondered. He thought it might've been a small robin egg caught in the cat tails. At any rate, he should've gone to save it. He stood up and made his way to the other side of the pond. Amongst the cat tails, the blue thing sat, almost ready to fall into the water. Lily bent over and reached an arm forward. His fingertips touched the egg and made it wiggle even closer to the water. His eyebrows furrowed as he made it worse. He moved his knees even closer to the edge of the pond and bent forward.
Slip. Splash. It was just great...
The ground underneath Lily's knees had became weak from the constant water splashing and it wasn't any help that the storm had beat against the grass for the whole morning. Lily was in the pond now. anything below his elbows and mid thigh submerged in water. He took a hand out of was muddy pond bottom and hoisted himself up. His knees, shins and palms were covered in a nice even layer of mud. His legs moved slowly in the water as he made his way towards the cat tails where the egg sat. It looked as beautiful as the sky. He reached an arm forward and touched the smooth blue area of the egg. He moved the plants out of the way and realized that this egg... wasn't normal...
"Must be from one big bird..." He said to himself as he stepped right into the cat tails and dug his hands under the egg to lift it out of the plants. He lifted it as one side of the egg pressed against his stomach. Something sharp hit him. His face winced, but he didn't dare drop something as delicate as an egg. It wasn't an insanely large egg, but it was still about ten to eleven inches tall. Lily stepped out of the water and placed it safely on flat ground under the shade of a tree. While panting, he sat down next to it and gave it a pat.
"I should probably look for your parents." He said, still trying to catch his breath. He inspected the egg all over to see if he recognized what bird it might have come from. It was no help that the only eggs Lily could identify were Robin eggs, Chicken eggs and those blackened Quail eggs that he put into Congee.
The egg stayed silent like an egg should. He stood up and began to scan the treetops for any large nests that also had eggs that had a horn, was purple and blue with a rainbow on it. All the nests in the trees were abandoned or broken. Not even an eggshell was left from after the storm. He headed back to make sure the egg was still safe. He sat down with his legs crossed next to the egg shaped thing.
"Sorry buddy, but I can't find them." He said as he lifted the egg and set it in his lap. The horn that was stuck on it facing upwards. "I'll take care of you until you can stand on your own..." He said as he rubbed a muddy hand print on the egg's shell. It got dirty anyways from sticking too close to the soaking wet Lily anyways. He pet the thing gently and smiled at it.
"Boy, do I feel like a mom!" He said to himself jokingly. He carried the egg in both arms as he began to walk home with it, singing the first track on Evan Brightly's CD, The Narrator.
"Open up your ears and Listen, until the silence sings aloud
And then you'll realize, Life is what you wanna make it,
Open up your mind to see that Life is something beautiful...
...You only see your eyelids when they're closed..."
Rain hit the window as if it was Halloween and the neighbour kids were throwing stale marshmallows. Lily, being pant-less and generally a slob at home, sighed to himself as he tapped a pencil to his head. His hair was getting too long, so he tied it all up in a very small ponytail on the back of his head. His bangs hung as he dipped his head down; staring at his paper in deep thought. Headphones sat on his head that was covered with jet black hair. They blocked out sound and also gave him his pleasure… Oldies.
The sound of rain hitting the window above his bed was muffled by the sound of a song by Busted; a broken up boy band back in early 2000s. The dark rainclouds covered the lightness of the sun and the howling winds hurled the tree on his front yard back and forth. It had been raining non-stop since the previous night, but it didn’t bother Lily one bit. All he knew was that he didn’t have any plans or special dates and that there was no reason to leave his house that day. He just continued to tap his pencil on his head as he sat with one leg up on a computer chair; working on his art project.
A couple of hours after, the storm had subsided leaving the sun to shine brighter than any larger sized star than itself. Lily turned his head and looked outside of the window on the top part of his awkward house. He saw the sun and clear blue sky. He looked to his paper that was still blank, but now covered with bits of eraser shavings. He pouted to himself and just stood up, took his headphones off, stretched and threw on a pair of jeans over his annoying bright red boxer briefs. He picked up his keys from the counter next to the door, kicked on his only pair of shoes and left the house, locking it behind him.
Skipping down the steps and down a wiggly path along his side of the lawn, he headed towards the park in his neighbourhood. With the playground equipment still wet, he was bound to not run into any one who would disturb him. He walked for a good five to ten minutes before reaching the cement path and a sign in front of it telling passersby that it was a park. He avoided the sign and headed down on the 500km trail that snaked around a playground, a small pond, some flowers and a bunch of trees.
He was right, there was no one that went to the park when the earth was still dripping with the remnants of the storm. He pushed his glasses up with a hand and looked in front of him. He looked up and saw what seemed common but was difficult to find. A rainbow painted the sky in pastel colours. He had time to spare so he decided to run to where he thought the rainbow ended. Following the ranbow's arch, it led him very far. Before he knew it, he was on the other side of the large park where the fish pond was. He looked up at the sky and saw that it ended probably a mile or so down. It wasted him a few minutes.
He still had time...
He knelt by the pond where koi fish were kept by the paid employees at the park. They swam away at the sound of him approaching. They all swarmed when he had food, but when he didn't, they swam as if he was going to eat them. Their orange tails splashed and rippled the water. Light reflected from the water and got into Lily's eye. He blinked a few times and looked around for what actually caused it to shine in his eye. While looking, he saw something light blue across the pond.
"huh? What is that?" He wondered. He thought it might've been a small robin egg caught in the cat tails. At any rate, he should've gone to save it. He stood up and made his way to the other side of the pond. Amongst the cat tails, the blue thing sat, almost ready to fall into the water. Lily bent over and reached an arm forward. His fingertips touched the egg and made it wiggle even closer to the water. His eyebrows furrowed as he made it worse. He moved his knees even closer to the edge of the pond and bent forward.
Slip. Splash. It was just great...
The ground underneath Lily's knees had became weak from the constant water splashing and it wasn't any help that the storm had beat against the grass for the whole morning. Lily was in the pond now. anything below his elbows and mid thigh submerged in water. He took a hand out of was muddy pond bottom and hoisted himself up. His knees, shins and palms were covered in a nice even layer of mud. His legs moved slowly in the water as he made his way towards the cat tails where the egg sat. It looked as beautiful as the sky. He reached an arm forward and touched the smooth blue area of the egg. He moved the plants out of the way and realized that this egg... wasn't normal...
"Must be from one big bird..." He said to himself as he stepped right into the cat tails and dug his hands under the egg to lift it out of the plants. He lifted it as one side of the egg pressed against his stomach. Something sharp hit him. His face winced, but he didn't dare drop something as delicate as an egg. It wasn't an insanely large egg, but it was still about ten to eleven inches tall. Lily stepped out of the water and placed it safely on flat ground under the shade of a tree. While panting, he sat down next to it and gave it a pat.
"I should probably look for your parents." He said, still trying to catch his breath. He inspected the egg all over to see if he recognized what bird it might have come from. It was no help that the only eggs Lily could identify were Robin eggs, Chicken eggs and those blackened Quail eggs that he put into Congee.
The egg stayed silent like an egg should. He stood up and began to scan the treetops for any large nests that also had eggs that had a horn, was purple and blue with a rainbow on it. All the nests in the trees were abandoned or broken. Not even an eggshell was left from after the storm. He headed back to make sure the egg was still safe. He sat down with his legs crossed next to the egg shaped thing.
"Sorry buddy, but I can't find them." He said as he lifted the egg and set it in his lap. The horn that was stuck on it facing upwards. "I'll take care of you until you can stand on your own..." He said as he rubbed a muddy hand print on the egg's shell. It got dirty anyways from sticking too close to the soaking wet Lily anyways. He pet the thing gently and smiled at it.
"Boy, do I feel like a mom!" He said to himself jokingly. He carried the egg in both arms as he began to walk home with it, singing the first track on Evan Brightly's CD, The Narrator.
"Open up your ears and Listen, until the silence sings aloud
And then you'll realize, Life is what you wanna make it,
Open up your mind to see that Life is something beautiful...
...You only see your eyelids when they're closed..."
