This is the life story of a being called
temptation. It had no specific gender. It just came in as a being, and went
away as a being. Not a he or a she, just an it. It took birth as a toddler named ‘Desire’. Desire took birth
out of want. She was a subtle baby- strong, yet sensitive. She was weak in the
beginning, but grew stronger as time flew. And one fine day, she turned into an
it- feelingless. It took a while, though.
Desire said she wouldn’t surrender to her
worldly want. She knew she shouldn’t. But her heartless mind justified her want
and convinced her to turn a deaf ear to her angelic conscience. Her
self-control died, and Temptation took over. Desire was now an it.
Temptation was now Desire’s new name. With
all its goodness slowly disintegrating, it started moving towards its unethical
goal. It did encounter some ‘obstructions’ though.
Guilt was the first boulder. She said,
“Desire, fight your temptation, she’s a demon.” But Temptation had enclosed
Desire in a soundproof cage. She could hear nothing. Temptation struck Guilt
with her fist. She flew many miles away.
Temptation was now even closer to its goal.
There, on a high table a few centimeters away, stood Emilia’s costly doll-
Desire’s wish and Temptation’s goal. Temptation bumped into Desire’s Ethics.
But again, they were no match for its strength. Temptation rather crushed them
and used them as a ladder to reach the doll on the table. Temptation won.
Then, Emilia came into the room. Finding
her doll missing, she cried out, “Mum, where’s my Becca?” She saw a doll in
Temptation’s arms. She still thought it was Desire. “Hey, that looks like
Becca!” she said. The reply was, “Oh no! This is Angela. I came to show her to
you.” And Temptation walked out the door. But she tripped on Guilt. The poor
thing pulled herself back to rescue her good Desire.
This fall woke Desire up. As Temptation was
groaning in pain, Guilt’s wounds sealed up. She took shape the Ladder of Broken
Ethics crumbled, and Self Control sealed them up. Desire examined herself. She
found out that Temptation had ruined her senses. She took out her sword and
killed Temptation. She fixed herself. Desire was good again.
But what about Becca? The poor thing missed
Emilia. Desire got up. She cleaned her dress and rushed to Emilia’s. Hugging
her tight, she apologized for the cruel acts of Temptation. A good friend as
she was, Emilia forgave Desire. They’re good friends now.
And that is the story of how the being
called Temptation died.
