Who killed the carrot? [short story]

Once upon a time, there was a vegetable village. It was a magical place full of peace and love, until...

One day Cucumber decided to visit its best friend Carrot, because they had to prepare themselves for a very special and dangerous occasion – the vegan day. This event was very dangerous for all the vegetables, that could have ended up eaten by a hungry crowd of evil vegans.

When Cucumber arrived at Carrot's house and knocked on the door, no one seemed to be inside.

„That's weird," Cucumber thought. „Carrot is always at home covered with her beloved soil. There must be something wrong."

Cucumber kicked the door off and entered the house. A terrifying moment followed. Carrot was lying on the ground torn appart into pieces of fresh orange meat.

Cucumber started to scream. And it screamed and screamed for several hours.

But then it realized: „It must have been vegans! Only they do such things to poor vegetables!"

Cucumber was so sad, but it knew it had to do something. It had to revenge Carrots death.

And that's the story of how our Cucumber becme a professional detective.

Cucumber looked around and decided to go to the nearest forest. „Where else could vegans live? They love green and nature, they must be in the forest."

The forest was so dark, silent, and spooky. Every step was a big challenge. Cucumber was barely breathing, because its guts were squeezed in fear. If some of the vegans appeared, it would die in a minute – it was sure!

Cucumber went deeper into the forest and suddenly saw a group of weird creatures sitting around a big fire. They had two legs and two arms, strangely styled head, and, compared to Cucumber, they were enormous!

„It must be them!" Cucumber thought. It was scared to death, but now it was too late to back down. „I have to be brave! I do it for my best friend Carrot. Because there's nothing like our friendship. We were so exeptional. Carrot was so calm and quiet in its soil and I was giving it water, singing it songs, making both of us so happy... I can't leave it like this. I have to fight – fight for the vegetable's rights! I'll sacrifice my youth for my nations freedom!"

Then Cucumber took a sword (which it always kept in its pocket), screamed like a Celtic warrior, and ran towards the creatures attacking them, longing for blood.

But... You might remember, that compared to creatures, Cucumber was absolutely tiny. And it was on it's own against a group of enemies. And the most important thing: they had fire.

Unfortunately, Cucumber forgot about that and kept running... And that's the story of how the creatures had a roasted cucumber for dinner.

And what's the lesson of this extraordinary tale? There are many: a) being brave can sometimes mean being dumb; b) vegetable villages are real; c) friendship is everything; and finally d) when a carrot is dead, it is dead. Don't ask why. Or you will die too.