Flash Fiction Friday - Landscapes

'Do you have anything in green?' 

The gallery assistant pressed a few buttons and a picturesque landscape appeared on the screen. Green hills rolled seductively down into a valley point whilst a variety of trees, bushes and shrubs decorated the foreground. 

'Hmm. I see a few shades but... what I really want is patchwork perfection.'

Again buttons were pressed and this time row upon row upon row of farmer fields uniformly hedged lay over the ground like a quilt of green, yellow and brown.

'Yes, this will do. Add it to my list, would you?'

The gallery assistant smiled and nodded then waited patiently. This was a very important client.

'Do you have anything in blue?'

This time a beautiful blue sky above a shimmering blue sea filled the gallery with a sense of calm and tranquility.

'Oh, it's beautiful. Just breathtaking. Now, what about yellow. Do you have yellow?'

A smile, a nod, a few buttons and now the gallery screen was full of shifting sand dunes and swirling patterns that promised to lead you to hidden treasures.

'Not bad, not bad. I bet you don't have red. No-one has red.'

This time the screen was emblazoned with a rusty red sky at dawn, it's vibrancy shouting a warning that fell on deaf ears.

'You know, you really have out done yourself this time. I'll take it.'

'Which ones, Your Excellency?' The assistant dared to speak but no mistakes could be made with such important transactions.

'Why, all of them of course. Don't bother with the gift wrap. I'll just take it as is. I do enjoy shopping in this universe. There are so many hidden gems if you just know where to look.' 

The gallery assistant hung the sold sign across the planet Earth carefully. It wouldn't do to upset the colours now that the transaction had been completed.