Literature
The Ripest One Never Falls First
I was very young when I had my first one. Back in my hometown. It was small, few houses, but lots of dogs. At night, they would swarm up to the cherry tree at the top of a hill near our backyard. It had the sweetest cherries, but the tree would keep all the ripe ones hidden deep within its thick branches, dropping the other ones for the dogs. We loved to go up there and climb that tree, my sister and I. For hours, we’d sit on the thickest branch and feast. It was a laborious task to get them, but it was worth it, just to get a taste of those cherries. But one day, she didn’t want to go to the hill with me anymore. Mom would sneak