Saturday, February 20, 2010

The golden Fish

Scene 1:
A school going boy with his mother at an aquarium shop.
"Mama, i want this aquarium,i just love the fishes in this one,see, the golden one is so beautiful,Mom, please,".
Mom says,"O dear! This ones like already sold,see the "ALREADY Sold" mark there.Come, lets see other ones.There are so many fishes out there darling.Lets see them all.You will "Like" others more,wont you?"
Kid-No, I want this one itself.I love it and lets have it, atleast try it for me.
Mom- Ok,if you say.
She hesitantly goes to the shopkeeper and Comes back after 2 minutes.
Kid-(with a smile on his face displaying pure innocence and hope) This golden fish is like awesome,one of the things i have loved so much.Thanks Mom.
Mom- I am sorry.The shopkeeper said NO.
Kid- (in tears but firm and quiet,probably hes very balanced)-Ok Mom.No problem,next time.
He manages a smile and his last thought "Its not always that you get what you wish" and a smile, or a laugh at the way things go, and he fades away with his mom never to come again to the shop.

Scene 2:

The aquarium with the golden fish is delivered to the real "owner".A big house, rich people and nice place.It becomes the limelight there for few days,and people are so excited there for their new aquarium and their beautiful fish.Few days, the charm fades away,people dont even care to look in the direction the mighty aquarium lies.Properly fed and watered, the fish starts feeling lonely due to the lack of attention and love poured onto it till sometime ago.Owners notice that feed is not being consumed,they get worried.They also notice that the golden fish has lost its sheen,it is ridden to a corner with no movement at all.Time passes,and nothning changes.One day, the fish dies.
Last thoughts:"I loved the way that boy adored me.I wished they could listen to my shrieks when i said:"Yes,i want to go with this child,i know he will take good care of me.Anyways,its fine.
"You don't always get what you want!"
A smile and its gone.

2 comments:

Mads... said...

heyy..jus wonderin yr..how u manage to deliver such gr8 wrk wid such a beautiful message..frm these daily incidents..we hav so much 2 learn, nd by bringing them into words like this u hav done a gr8 job..keep it up..!!!

Dew drops said...

This post comes from an inspiration..:)
or rather a line which one of my friends put up..:)

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