"You sow today the seeds of tomorrow
so, give away what you want to borrow."

-- Devasi.

Her Divine Right

Rules

- Devasi, 2016


Once there was a boy and a girl who were playing together. They decided to run to a tree they saw in the distance.
"One, two, THREE!" Off they went.


The boy got there first and began climbing the tree as fast as he could.


"this is my tree, so you can't come up." he said as the girl ran up.


"Okay." said the girl breathlessly as she sat on the ground under the tree.


"And how long will that be the case?" She asked.


"Until you get down? Then can I get up?"


"No, until I say you can." He responded as he turned and sat on a branch.


"Fine then." She said with a shrug, "If that's your tree, this is my ground. If I can't come up, you can't come down."


"That's not fair!" The boy protested realizing the corner he'd painted himself into.


"How so?"


"The ground is a lot bigger than a tree. You can't have the whole ground!"


"My rules are the same as yours." Said the girl. "So if you can break mine, I can break yours."


"It's not about the rules!" He said "I said, the ground is bigger than the tree, and so it's not fair that you have it."


"Okay." She said "If it's not about the rules, Then it's just a tree and ground. If it's not about the rules, I can come up and you can come down."


"FINE!" he said "You can come up."


"How bout' you come down and we keep playing." She responded as she got up and walked out from under the tree.