For Pleasure Only
"Happy birthday, happy birthday, happy birthday to you!"
It was Lena, my only friend who was a slave in the palace as well. She was the only one who ever showed me kindness, and I reciprocated this act also any chance I get. Now, here she was holding a muffin with a tiny bone dug in it and wishing me a happy birthday.
"What is happy about today, Lena?" I sniffled and continued scrubbing.
Lena rushed over and dropped the muffin before me.
"Everything, Daisy. Everything. Sometimes, we have to create our own happiness in the midst of all our problems. It could be worse."