Carlos’s Walk

There was a young man walking down the street. He was around 19 years of age and his name is Carlos. Carlos is on his walk to the store, but it is 6 miles away. Therefore Carlous takes a shortcut through the woods. The shortcut lessens his trip by 4 miles. There were a lot of risks in this short cut. As well as a lot of risk in the long route. If he took the shortcut he would be tempted by the beautiful girl that lives in the tent near the woods. She seemed to appear out of thin air. While she was away from her tent one day Carlos snuck in to see what it was all about.

Carlos’s Discovery

It was the strangest thing ever. There was an expensive temper-pedic mattress topper that she slept on. This topper is worth five hundred dollars in stores. There was expensive jewelry and beautiful clothing. He laid down on the mattress topper to feel the comfort. Under the pillow he found at least 100,000 dollars. Carlos is confused so he leaves without taking a thing. He wonders why there is a girl that is doing so well living in a tent near the woods. He forgets to go to the store and goes home. His Father asks “Carlos that was rather fast; did you get the eggs? I’ve told you many times never to take the shortcut because there are many dangers.” Carlos responds “No Dad, I just went out for a short walk. I will go to get the eggs now.”

Carlos Makes A Choice

He thought about the girl in the woods. She was beautiful and she always winked when he came by. She always wore something like lingerie made of deerskin. The girl would whisper “Come here Carlos, I have something to show you. Do you truly want to live a life worth living”? After thinking about it, Carlos decided to take the long way to the store. The walk was so hard with so much sweating involved. After Carlos took so long on the walk, his father thought that Carlos was just playing around again. So he decided to send Carlos’s brother Quinton. Quinton had no question about whether to take the short cut or not. There’s no way he was walking 6 miles there and then another 6 miles back. As Quinton approached the woods he saw this beautiful woman.

Quinton Makes A Choice

She whispered “Come here Quinton. Do you truly want to live a life worth living?” He thought it was weird that she knew his name, but she was beautiful. So he went to her and she said “lay with me”, and he did. As he lay with her, she smiled and turned into a large python and squeezed him until he was lifeless. The python smiles as it collects another soul. Carlos is still walking to the store on the 6 mile journey not knowing what happened to his brother. He trips over rocks and scuffs his knee. He drank his 1 bottle of water that he brought. Which made him thirsty and exhausted. It was so hard to cross the streets because it seemed the cars would never stop. He saw a neighborhood girl named Angelica walking also.

Neighborhood Girl

Angelica was a sweet girl but very reserved. He thought I could never talk to her while  sweating and looking like this. So he turned his head, hoping that she wouldn’t notice him. Angelica saw him anyway and she saw how much he was sweating. She had at least 5 waters in her backpack and went over to give him one. She said to him “we might as well walk together since the journey is so long”. His embarrassment went away and he smiled. They walked and talked about school days and life. Also laughing together and really connecting as friends. They even had to dodge a couple of cars together while crossing the street. They finally made it to the store and back home. Him and Angelica exchanged numbers.

The Long Walk

After a few weeks Carlos realized that his brother would never return home. Carlos mourned him, and never took the shortcut again. Him and Angelica ended up marrying and having 2 kids. They loved the Most High and always placed him at the head of their life. There were trials and tribulations but mostly peace and perseverance. Carlos always took the long way in all of his tasks. He built their house from the ground up using bricks. When there was a tornado their house was the only one on the block with no damage. Carlos always knew that the long way is the only way to have a strong foundation. Nothing overnight is worth having.  Carlos will always remember that walk.

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