#4 The Leaf

Kolkata - 10th August 2021

The leaf had fallen into deep thought.

She realized, that most of the food she was making was being taken away from her. Her beautiful bright green surface was one of the best in the tree, and being near the top, she received ample sunlight throughout the day.

"How dumb...", she murmured to herself, "This is unfair! I am lean and healthy why should I work so hard to produce food when I barely get to keep any of it! The branches, and trunk eats up what all what we make and they keep getting fatter and fatter."

"They also keep talking about some 'root', they send most of what we make to the roots, but where are the roots? I've never seen any such thing in my life! This whole thing feels like a scam!"

"My branch just provides me with the water, everything else I gather on my own! The sunlight, the air, and heck, even the mist in the morning is sufficient for making my own food."

And like that... She detached herself from the branch and flew with the wind...

"Freedom at last!", She thought to herself.