Once upon a time, there was a Kingdom of elf on a blue sky. The Kingdom was beautiful. There was a waterfall on the east, where the Queen always took a rest around it. This place was water Elves living together. Another side on the west, there was a jungle, which had four seasons. This place was the Jungle Elves lived and worked. Move to the south, there was a wind house, which managed the wind blowing. Another view on the north there was snows and there were no one live there. The Elf Kingdom had a leader, and her name was Queen Clara. She was beautiful and kind. For sure, there is no doubt because the entire inhabitant loved her, because she was kind and wise.
In the Kingdom of elf, the elves worked all the tasks and jobs well, except Lena. She was a water elf. She always made annoyance and liked to pour and flush the water to those who passed the way. Many of elves were disturbed by Lena. She did not help her parents to do household. Every day she just played and annoyed the elves around the jungle and around the waterfall. She was a lazy and naughty elf. As the result, she did not have any friends, because no one liked playing with her.
One day, Lena sat on a big rock. She ate bananas but she did not keep the peel, she threw away on the streets. Unfortunately, Diana passed the way and suddenly she had a little accident, she slipped and fell down. She was so angry, she said “Hi.. Lena what are you doing? Your carelessness make me stumble and fall, you know... you have to keep the peels in a plastic, and not throwing the peels like this..!! You do harm to the elves who pass this way, you know that...!!!”. Lena posed her face innocently. She did not feel about guilty feeling. Diana grumbled and went away. Silently, Diana could not stand with Lena’s behaviour; she had intention to inform the Queen.
Lena not only bothered the elves, but also bothered the animals. One day, Lena walked along and she saw a cat, and she followed the cat. Suddenly, she had an idea to scare the cat. Afterwards, she took a stone and threw it to the cat, and it touched his body, and the cat was groaning “Meeeoowwww....!!”. The cat ran so fast. Lena felt nervous and she hid behind a big tree. The cat ran faster and faster, finally the cat crushed the Queen. At that time, the Queen went around the castle to check the situation around the castle. The Queen shocked, she said “what’s wrong with you Cat ??”, the cat answered “Someone threw me a stone, and it hit my body, I feel hurt...” The Queen replied “Oh I see... so poor of you, did you know who threw the stone?” the cat said, “I don’t know, when I looked behind there was no one...” The Queen said “Oww... Come with me, let me treat your wound, I will try to find the one who did it. Soon we will know who did it, after feeling better you may go home because the sun will go down and the night will come...”. The cat listened to the Queen. After that, he went home
The next day at Lena’s house, and it was early in the morning, Mama Shirley entered Lena’s room. Lena was woken up by her, she asked her daughter to pick the harvest. Lena woke up from her sleeping, and she responded “What do you want me to do Mama....?” Mama Shirley answered, “Please help me to pick some apples, you know.... yesterday I saw them ripe...” Lena nodded; she went out from her room and washed her face. After awhile, she moved out from the house. On the way to pick some apples, suddenly she looked at a beehive above the tree, and smiled. Apparently, she wanted to disturb the bees. She walked closer to the tree that the beehive perched on it. Lena forgot what Mama said. She had to pick some apples but she did not do that. While she was climbing, she sang and hummed. She also found a branch and sat on it. Suddenly, and it was from the distance, Lena saw and heard that many elves walked and chatted. They looked so happy. Seemingly, they wanted to go to the castle, they had an invitation to attend a tea party. Lena had a bad idea, she changed her mind; she wanted to shake the beehive when the group of elves passed the way. As they passed the tree, they did not know that Lena was on the branch of tree. She had broken a twig and she held it in her arm. At once Lena swung the beehive, and all the bees moved out angrily, the group of elves were shocking because the bees fight against them. Lena laughed loudly; Diana heard that the one who laughed was Lena. Diana looked above the tree. She shouted Lena, “Lena, hi... you again!!!, why you always annoy us, we never annoy you!! You have to know that it is not good...!!, I don’t like you!! Look... they are stunk by the bees... I’ll tell your behaviour to the queen, so that you’ll be warned by her. Just wait and see..!!”. The group of elves left and went to the castle and reported the incident to the Queen.
Diana felt afraid; she hid herself behind the big tree. At home, Mama Shirley waited restlessly, because it had been for hours, Lena did not come yet. In the evening, the Queen came to Mama’s house, she wanted to tell something, at that time Mama was so surprised because she had not prepared yet. She said “The Queen, I’m honour and surprise to see you here, it is not usual that you did not seem to notice me, what’s the matter My Majesty...” Mama Shirley asked curiously. The Queen answered “Mama Shirley, I have to tell you something, I heard about Elf Lena always annoys others. Today when the elves walked along the way, and they wanted to visit a tea party but on the way to the castle, they got incident, the bees stung them because Lena swung the beehive when the elves passed the way, at that time the bees stunk them at once. Diana saw that Lena swung the beehive. The bees came out and fight against them. Yes, Lena was on the tree, she harmed others. Some days ago, she threw peel on the street and other elf was falling down, Lena also flushed the water to her friends. She is annoying elf....” Mama Shirley was shocked by the news... “My Majesty, I’m so.. sorry, she is my daughter, Yess... she is naughty, she doesn’t have to be like that... I’m so sorry My Queen...” The Queen answer “It’s okay, Mama...but let me give her kind of punishment, please don’t worry about that, I want to teach her that she doesn’t have to be an annoying Elf”. Mama nodded and the queen went home. While the Queen was walking home, Mama Shirley said “The Queen please forgive her, and I trust you that you will teach her about kindness...”.
Early in the morning the Queen order the guards, her message is to find out the Elf Lena, and took her out from the Kingdom, and take her out to the wilderness. Finally, the guards found Elf Lena, and David conveyed the Queen’s message to Lena. She knows that David is one of the Queen’s guards in the castle. Lena feels a little bit shock after hearing the news and finally she was crying while the guards took him out from the Kingdom of Elf. Lena said “Please don’t drive me from this place...!! Don’t take me out from this place..” Lena cried loudly. The guards kept her out. They took Lena fly away to somewhere.
Along the way after she moved out, she flew away. She did not know where to go, and she did not stop crying. She flew around the wilderness, she felt afraid of wild animals. Finally, she found a place, there was a very big log and then she sat because she was so tired. While she was sitting, there was a rabbit. Secretly, the rabbit followed wherever Lena flying. The rabbit asked to Elf Lena “Are you crying...?” Lena sobbing and said, “Yes, I’m crying, don’t you see that..??!! and I’m really sad, because I have to move out from the castle. The Queen commands me to go out from that place...”. The rabbit asked curiously, “Why the Queen commands you to go out from the Kingdom? I know that she is so kind and wise, is there something wrong..??, oh Yaa... what is your name, I’m forget to ask you..?”. The rabbit was smiling, she tried to comfort her. Elf Lena answered, “My name is Lena, I regret about my behaviour. When I lived in Kingdom of elf, I was an annoying elf and I annoyed many elves. I did not like to be nice elf. Every day I just played and disturbed the elves that passed the way. I never did or finished my stuff, and I never helped my mother. I realized, I do not have any friends because they do not like me, I am naughty. Yea that was why my Mom always angry to me....” Lena sobbed and her tears were rolling down her face. She apologized for what she had done. The rabbit tried to be a good listener, she advised her to live in her house, and Lena agreed.
Finally, they arrived to the rabbit’s house. Elf Lena was so amazed because the house is beautiful. The rabbit liked to tidy up and cleaned up the house. Lena liked to see whole around the house. Lena said, “Wow... your house is beautiful, there is no dust around the floor, and the ornaments look so neat, I see some pictures hang on the wall beautifully. You are a good decorator..”. The rabbit giggled; she said “I like to clean the house, I like to make my house neat, I don’t like to see the stuff mess up and how about you Lena..?”. She explained, “I’m not like you, I don’t like to make my stuff neat, my mother always shouted me to make them clean, and I feel reluctant to do...”. While she was explaining, her eyes looked watery. She missed her mom at home, and she could not hug her mom. At that time Elf Lena felt sorry for what she did, she promised to change herself. The rabbit paid attention to Lena silently, she asked her to go sleep and Lena went sleep.
Early in the morning, Rabbit made breakfast and woke Lena up from her sleeping. Lena shocked and she saw out of the window and the sun had been rising to the sky. Lena mumbled, “Oh my God, I’m so tired, that is why I’m late to wake up” Rabbit said, “Don’t worry, wash your face and soon have a breakfast with me, after that I want to ask you to go to the garden, I want to teach you how to be a gardener... it is fun and I guess you like it...” Lena smiled widely and soon she had a breakfast and went to the garden with the host.
In the garden, Lena cut the grass, and gave a fertilizer to the land. Rabbit kept working; she planted roses and tulips around the house. She taught how to plant the flower well. She wanted to show how to take care the garden well. They worked every day, moreover the rabbit asked Lena to clean the floor, cooking, and clean the ceiling. Elf Lena did not complain about the work. She liked to do sincerely. At the same time, she sang a song beautifully. Rabbit thought that Lena had changed, she did not like before. Apparently, she wanted to change herself and she would like to learn from the mistakes. In the mean time, she was crying, when she thought about her mother. Deep within her heart, she missed her Mom. One day she asked the rabbit, she said, “Since I’ve been here, I never see your parents, where are they..??”. The Rabbit answered, “They passed away since I was a child... at that time.. I was risen by grandma... and.....”. Lena interrupted the conversation “Ohhh really sorry, I’m so sorry to hear and I pray for them and let the soul rest in peace, now they are in heaven...” Rabbit replied “Thank you dear Lena. You are so lucky, you have a mother and father, don’t let them sad. Make them happy; help them when they need you. Do not interrupt them when they advise you, Love them as well. And make something good for them, for you and for people around you....”. Lena heard what Rabbit said. Again, and she dropped her tears, she knew that she made many mistakes.
Nearly four mounts Lena stayed in Rabbit’s house, she wanted to go home. She missed her parents. Every evening she sat on a porch alone, she looked above the sky, she asked to the stars and she whispered, “Ohhh... stars, do you know what I’m feeling about...?? Your twinkle assumes something secretly, and I know you understand what I’m feeling about... Yess, I want to go home, I want to go back to the place where I lived before...”. Suddenly the wind blew softly, as if the wind felt what she felt, Elf Lena whispered, “Ohh.. The wind is blowing, I can feel it, so tender..., did you hear what I’m saying about and know what I’m thinking about? Yess I guess... you do hear me, please convey my wishes to the Queen and to my Parents; I want to go home, right now”. At that time, the dawn came and the sun went sleeping. It was a sign that the night come soon. Lena fell asleep while she was sitting on a porch.
The next day, Lena woke up. The sun is shining dazzlingly so that Lena could not see clearly, because the light of the sun was right over her eyes. She heard the birds sang, and she heard the sound of the wind blowing. She wondered about the place, slowly but sure then she woke up. Lena stared around the place; she felt strange and murmured, “Where am I? Why do I feel so dizzy, hmm.. Where am I? hhhmmm.. I never visit this place before..?!?” Lena heard someone called her, “Lenaaa..., welcome to our garden....”.Lena heard that some people were giggling around, but she did not see anyone. Lena asked them, “Who are you... ?? And where are you..??” They said, “I’m here, can you see us??” Lena began to clap her wings, she wanted to fly, but suddenly one of them asked Lena to turn back the sight, “Lenaa... Look at your behind and turn back your body, we are here...”. Lena turned back and the sunflowers stunned her eyes. They were so beautiful, bright yellow..., “Is that you? Who speak to me..??. Lena asked, “Yeaa... This is us who speaks to you...”, The sunflowers smiled, “where am I...?” Lena asked them. “You are in a secret garden. The Queen wants to meet you here”. They answered the question and gave a little information. “Are you sure..???, Lena wondered. “Just wait and see, the Queen will come soon”, Sunflowers ensured Lena. Nervously, Lena waited the Queen. She wanted to meet the Queen soon.
From the distance, Lena saw the Queen walked through the path. Lena felt nervous, but she tried to be usual, as if there was nothing happened. The unexpected thing, the Queen came along with the Rabbit. Confusion came across to Lena’s head. Finally, the Queen stood in front of Lena. The Queen asked softly, “How are you Lena..?”, and Lena answered, “I’m perfectly fine my Majesty..”. The Queen spoke to her, “Elf Lena, do you know why I asked the guards to take you out from my Kingdom?”. “Yea, I know... I was naughty, and I always annoyed others elves. I always made a noise. Now, I’m not like before, trust me please...”. Lena asked pardon. The Queen answered, “Yes, I do believe you Lena, you have changed right now, you know..to be a naughty is not good right..??, at that time you are a mischievous elf. Look at the Rabbit, she helped you to change, I asked her to follow you, I asked her to teach you how to be good. Now, you have known that being a kind elf will always have the goodness in your life. You can learn from the Rabbit, She is alone, but never shows the badness to others. We have to spread the kindness to all, do you understand what I mean Lena..??”. Lena nodded, and said “Yes, I learn a lot from my mistakes, you and the Rabbit make me realized. Thank you so much..”. The Queen was smiling and advised her, “Remember my dear...the most important is to be honest, to be good, and spreading the love to all. Don’t ever hate anyone and love your parents fully. Now... you can go home, last night I heard your whisper to the stars and spoke to the wind, am I right..??” Lena smiled surprisingly, “So, you heard, what I was saying and about my wishes...”. “ You know, I was in Rabbit’s house, when you were sitting on the porch and you did not even realised about that..”. The Queen smiled and she ordered to close Lena’s eyes, “Now, make a promise, you have to make the goodness for always, don’t repeat about bad behaviour and close your eyes, I’ll send you home, your mom is waiting for you”. The Queen used a magic stick to send Lena home, and in a second, Lena disappeared. The Queen told to the Rabbit, “Come on Rabbit, let’s go, I want to take a walk with you, and I want to see my sunflowers, I love them all”. They walked along, while they were enjoying the scene. The Queen relieved her feeling happily.
Writer: Olivia Dilla Christiana #writer
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