The meadow was wide and green.
But someone decided to make it safe.
They put up stakes. Then ropes. Then signs.
Don’t step here. Don’t run there. Don’t drink from that side.
The young ones obeyed. First out of care. Then out of habit.
One day, one of them was thirsty.
She looked at the water. She looked at the sign. The sign said no.
She didn’t drink.
She waited for someone to tell her when. No one came.
The water stayed there.
The young ones learned that thirst, too, could be wrong.
Over the years, the meadow stayed green. No one crossed it. The stakes rusted. The signs held.
Moral:
Whoever marks every step
teaches the body
it cannot be trusted.
