Mimi, a short story about two sure hearts
Once upon a time there were two broken hearts.
One little heart wandered the forest, its red fur shone under the sunlight that made its way through the leaves of the trees up above. The morning dew had already dried from the fresh green grass of spring when the little heart decided to rest in a nearby field of grain, it was content being alone and so it was deemed broken.
Another little heart had a roof upon its head, not the dancing leaves of the trees moved by the spring breeze. This little heart wanted to go out, to get out of that roof; it wanted to disappear for a while. It thought of itself as broken.
One day, the roof-heart had courageously taken steps out of its roof. The water in the rice fields reflected the big white clouds above, the sun surrounded everything with its warmth. After walking awhile, the little roof-heart got tired and decided to rest under a solitary tree on top of a hill.
The forest-heart had been awake from the early morning and was now searching for a place to take a nap. The sun illuminated the forest, but it was not enough to warmth its ground, so it searched for a place just outside it; where the ground was warm but still protected by a gentle shade.
The forest-heart and the roof-heart found themselves under the same tree, quite puzzled from the presence of each other, but neither wanting to go a different way: the roof-heart was too tired from walking around and the forest-heart simply did not want to cede the perfect spot it had found.
So, one sat with its back against the tree and the other napped on its roots. After a while, they parted ways. But not for long, because neither had really minded the presence of the other. Instead, they had quite liked having someone same-minded nearby. And so, they continued meeting and these quiet meetings became their little secret. The secret of a forest-heart that had found some company, the secret of a roof-heart that had found a place to belong to and the certainty that comes when two sure hearts meet each other.
(Mìmì 秘密)