A Realistic Short Story -Trampled Love

                    They were born on the same day by the different women,women who were enemies and by different clans,clans who were enemies. Asthey grew up,they became friends and when seen together,were beaten.

       

      Years after years,their fondness grew to admiration,their admiration grew to love.They often met at nights,in a place,where no eyes could see them and this continued till the night she cried before him,the night she told him her father told her to prepare for tomorrow would be coming to see her the next day.

     That night was dark and cold but it was full of promises,the promises they made to eachother,as they held hands,looked into eachother's eyes,as their lips met.....

     

      He fondled her,his eyes full of love and  lust with youthful rage which made her heart leaped.

      They ran back home,each to pick anything they laid their hands on and met in the nearby forest....So they ran,hand in hand,far into the forest....away from their people.

     The village was not smiling....The fathers fumed their faces,the mothers cried and wailed...The villagers searched and searched.

       Three days later,the lovers were still in the forest,bathed together in streams,ate fruits and roasted animals..and one night....

........the boy climbed a big tree and saw a village nearby,they slept happily,thinking of their happy future....together.

   

  Unfortunately for them,they were captured the following day,on their way to the nearby village...by the whites(who captured blacks and sell them into slavery).

          Two days later,they were sold to different masters....and that was the last time they saw eachother.

     But,at home....their clans became friends,thinking that their children will soon come home.....but.....It was too late....too late.

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