Open When Life Is Too Much

Virgil had had about enough of life. He angrily opened the satchel and looked through the cards. He stopped at one that said 'Open when life is too much'. Virgil's anger turned to sadness and Virgil opened the card, sadly.

'Dear Virgil,

Life can be a pain, I know. But take a deep breath and let it all out. You can even go to the imagination if you want to. You don't need my permission or anything. There's this place in the imagination that you would like. I always go there when life has gotten out of hand. Just show me the card and I'll take you there. I'll gladly do anything I can to help you out.

~Roman'

Virgil was curious about this place. Virgil walked out of his room and to Roman's. He hesitated and knocked on the door. The door opened and Roman greeted him with a smile.

"Hello, Virgil. What brings you here?" He asked. Virgil showed him the card. "Ah... that one. Follow me."

Roman closed his door and led Virgil to the imagination.

*****

"This is the place," Roman said and cleared some of the weeping willow's leaves away.

"Woah..." Virgil gaped at the sight. There were a huge waterfall and mini ones all going down into a lake.

"I know. The place is beautiful. Like you..." Roman muttered the last part under his breath.

"What was that?" Virgil asked.

"What was what? Nothing. I won't ask what happened during life that got you down. Just enjoy the scenery. If you like, you can play with the animals. They're all friendly."

"Okay then... um. Thanks." Virgil said.

"Oh, um. You're welcome." Roman said.

They both stared at each other and then looked away. Instead, they just enjoyed the scenery like Roman said.