The Demon Who Wished To Be Human

A long time ago, lived a demon from hell. He was bored with the things that were happening in hell, so he came to God and asked Him whether he could go to the earth. He was always wondering what kind of things happened there. God granted him permission to go there as long as he wants with one condition: that he will never become a human.

The demon agreed. He was so happy; he didn't even torture any human soul for the rest of the day. He couldn't care less about any other thing beside his trip to earth.

Then the next day he went there, to earth. There were so many beautiful views: the wooden homes, green-green grass under the blue-blue sky, with the yellow sun shining down the flying pink butterflies. In just a split second he fell in love with the earth. He neither ever saw the grasses nor the sun before; hell is just rock and fire and tormented soul.

Days and days passed by, but the demon still standing there, stunned and amazed by the new experience he had. On the next day, a couple of young people came there and laid themselves down on the grasses under the shade of a big tree looking at the sky for a long time. The demon watched them; they look so happy just like when he tortured a human soul in hell back there. He thought, that could have been very pleasing, so he did exactly like they did; watching the blue sky while laying under a tree. But the demon felt nothing. He looked once again to the couple and found them enjoying themselves. He checked if anything's different on his place; the grasses were the same, the tree was indifferent either. Yet he felt nothing.

In confusion, he woke up, came to the couple and asked;
why could I not feel happy like both of you?

The couple stared each other for a while, but then smiled nicely and answered him:
the sky is already blue,
the grass is already green
all can be pale
but the beautifulness that you seek
is only in your heart within...

The demon realized that he don't have a heart to feel; only human has heart. Then, the demon wanted to become a human. But to become one he needed to find a heart. So, to get one he was ready to eat humans. Start with the couple who just answered him nicely. And then he was looking for another human to eat them.

There was only one thing on the demon's mind: to have a human heart. He became obsessed with the earth and more obsessed to become human. The most important thing was he already forgot about the condition he made with God: that he will never wanted to become human. That demon wasn't aware of his horrible doing, because a demon, by definition... has no heart.


He began to wander around the village and ate every person he met. Young and adults, he ate them all. Soon, the village was on this terrorizing fear. Every villagers were afraid of him so they left their home and hide somewhere safe. The demon searched for another human left in the village but he couldn't find any.

Until one day, a man appeared in front of the demon and said to him,
eating the heart of a man will not give you anything.

So the demon asked the man,
If that so, what should I do to become human?

Sadly, at that time, the people of the village who ran away came out from their hides. Soon, they captured the demon who has weakened his guards.

Then, the man asked the people,
He is a demon, he knows nothing of human nature and life. I'm asking you humbly to spare his life...

But they refused,
No! He is a human being! He will be judged following our rules!

The demon was beheaded and died.

The man pitied the demon. He buried his head and planted a tree as a tomb. He believed that the demon would finally obtain a heart in his next life. The tree grew bigger and bigger as the years passed by. Now it resisted the rain and now looks down on human with kindness.

Did the demon ended up with a heart?

Don't ask me. It's up to you to decide.



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