The Chopsticks Sisters

Once upon a time, there were two twin chopsticks sisters. They lived in a chest with other twin chopsticks. They weren’t the most beautiful chopsticks but they weren’t the ugliest chopsticks. They were purple, with a golden crown. There were pink azaleas drawn under their crown. Their house was a Chinese restaurant. The chest was in a corner it was in paint wood. Some butterflies were drawn on the chest. The restaurant was vast, with some columns in the middle. In this red and black atmosphere, there were twenty round tables, with red tablecloths. There were place mats with drawings and, on it, there were black plates to put chopsticks in.

The twin chopsticks sisters were always together. They were sleeping together, waiting for lunchtime. Lunchtime arrived and everything became very busy. The chest was open and close as one goes along people arrived to have lunch in the Chinese restaurant. In the rush, the two purple chopsticks were separated. One stayed in the chest. She began to look for her sister in the chest, shoving the other couple chopsticks.

“Ling! Where are you? Answer me!” cried Mao. There was so much noise that neither Ling nor Mao can hear each other. Mao looked for her sister all afternoon. She escaped from the chest and wandered in the restaurant to find her sister. She continued to call her sister in the restaurant. It was so hard to walk without being crashed by waitress and customers. Mao jumped to the window. Outside, it was Manhattan, a really busy place in New York City. Mao hid behind the curtains. She looked outside, thinking about her sister. Someone may have taken her, and now, Ling may be outside, alone. Mao started to cry. She felt alone without her sister, they were born together and they promised each other to stay together forever, until they die.

Lunchtime was ending and the purple chopstick was waiting for a safe place before leaving the restaurant. She wanted to go outside, to find her sister. She was sure Ling was outside, maybe lost in the big city. Of course, Mao was afraid to leave the restaurant for the first time. She grew up here with her sister. When the restaurant was silent, she left the window, wore a raincoat and took one for her sister. She breathed strongly before get out.

“Mao! What are you doing?” Mao turned back and saw her sister, Ling. She ran to her and they hugged each other.

“Ling! I was so worried! What happened to you? I was ready to get out, under the rain, to find you! I can’t live without you Ling!”

“I can’t live without you too, Mao!”

The twin sisters chopstick came back to their chest, with the other chopstick couples. They invented a lot of different way to stay together anyhow. They lived a lot of other adventures but it’s another story.

Written on December 2010, the 13th

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