Dreaming of Palace

I had been walking in the darkness for some time. The whole place was suddenly lit with bright lights. “What is this place?” I said aloud and looked around. Fortunately, nobody was in the vicinity, or else I might have been taken as a crazy person, talking to myself.

I was sure that I have never been to this place. It could be called a valley of flowers. Although I am not an expert in flowers, I know the names of some of the flowers. But these flowers were exotic to me. It was as if the whole place had been decorated for the welcome of some important person. The idea that I was that important person amused me.

As I walked ahead, I saw gigantic buildings in the distance, they looked so beautiful from the distance. Perhaps I was required to go to one of those buildings. I was, however, not clear about the purpose of my visit or even about the name of the place. Yet the place looked so enchanting. Even the path looked so inviting that I won’t have minded sitting there indefinitely.

The idea of sitting appealed to me and I sat on the roadside boulder taking in my surroundings. So far, I had not encountered any living beings unless you counted roadside trees and bushes as living things.

I had been resting for a while. I decided to get up and explore the place further. There was a magnificent building that stood at the end of the road. Perhaps I am supposed to go there. My feet automatically carried me toward that building as if the building was acting as a magnet.

As I approached the building, I saw that it was a magnificent castle. There were many people standing at the door. I tried to sidestep those people and enter into the building, but those people encircled me from all sides.

I was a bit scared and felt like an unwelcome guest.

One person who appeared to be their leader put a garland around my neck. He indicated to me to enter inside. He was walking by my side. All the other people followed us inside.

I saw that it was a big hall and on a platform at the center, a throne had been put up. The man guided me towards the throne and made me sit there.

Only then did I realize that I was the new king of this beautiful place.

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The alarm on my mobile woke me up. There was no kingdom, I was alone in my small one-bedroom flat.