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The story begins in the mid twentieth century in a very small town. The town was called Shyamnagar, situated in the eastern part of the country. It was just a little bit less developed to be called a city, otherwise the town had got everything. The town was small and was full of life.The town was famous for many things and the most famous among the people were 'The riches', as they were called by the people. They never talked with anyone and preferred to remain isolated, everyone knew that they had got plenty of money and all the luxuries of life but all they did not have was a natural heir. The Riches were actually Ramanujan and his wife Neetu, thy were in their fifties.
They were leading a very monotonous life, despite all the prized possessions of the earth they kept on cursing the Gods for not blessing them with a child. There was not a single moment when they would stop cursing God.
We all are familiar with the phrase,"Change is the only thing that is permanent", and so everything was about to change. The Riches were ignorant about what was coming to them. They were among the families which used to stay isolated as they did not like to interact with others, so there harly used to be any knocks on their Door.
There was something different about that day, there was a knock on the door and that was supposed to be the change. As the doors opened a man hardly in his thirties entered with his wife and two children. The riches were very hospitalizing in nature as they thought that after so many years providence has sent them to help them. The riches were very good to them and slowly started interacting with the kids. The kids started loving them and started visiting them everyday. They were their new neighbours and they were only seen interacting with the riches. Ramanujan and Neetu started spending more and more time with kids and so situations were getting better. Gods were as if relieved, they were no more cursed by the Riches. Now they were cherishing everything they had and were enjoying their lives.
Life is filled with examinations, and so they were goingto face a test and they were ignorant about that. Suddenly the kids stopped coming to the Riches, they started missing Rahul and Puja, the kids. They tried to contact Mr. and Mrs. Sharma but they were unavailable. They tried to console themselves by thinking that they might have gone for a vacation. As a fortnight passe, they became completely restless and went to see them.They found that their home was closed. Finally they lost their temper and they certainly failed the test.
Again they started cursing the gods but now the intensity of the process was much more.Gods could tolerate anything but this time even God had lost temper.The Riches need something to teach them a lesson.
That night something happened which changed their live. All of a sudden the surrounding started heating up, as if it was the hottest summer of the century. Neetu was still unaware about what was going to come to her. Neetu was sweating alot that day, she used a towel to dry herself and after sometime she found a baby crying and the baby was inside the towel. It was a miracle and she was astonished to see the kid. She thought that God has finally listened to her. Later on she kept on sweating and every-time she dried herself a baby appeared inside the towel. The Riches were worried and terrified and felt helpless. They decided to kill the kids in order to avoid people from knowing actually what is happening. Their love for children had vanished, they just hated kids and could not tolerate the sound of the crying babies. They started killing and burying the kids in the backyard. That day out of nowhere Puja and Rahul hastily entered their home and they witnessed the crime that was going on. They ran for their lives and never came back.
Out of shame and fear they could not even go and talk with the Sharma family. They were isolated again. They had killed all the kids, they were murderers and butchers.
That night Neetu saw a dream, it was more like a nightmare to her. God came in her dream and said"I had given you everything but you were not happy, you did not have kids so sent the Sharma's , you couldn't even pass the exam, if you don't have anything, don't fight too hard to get that thing that you lose everything else. If you didn't have a kid, it was for a reason."
Neetu was all wet, she was sweating like anything.She jumped off her bed and held the towel, she did not have in mind the consequence of rubbing the towel again. This time there was no baby, it was probably the end of the curse. When they went to the backyard they found out that there were no dead bodies.
Theywere relieved and were now happy with whatever they had. The Sharma's had left the town.
The story begins in the mid twentieth century in a very small town. The town was called Shyamnagar, situated in the eastern part of the country. It was just a little bit less developed to be called a city, otherwise the town had got everything. The town was small and was full of life.The town was famous for many things and the most famous among the people were 'The riches', as they were called by the people. They never talked with anyone and preferred to remain isolated, everyone knew that they had got plenty of money and all the luxuries of life but all they did not have was a natural heir. The Riches were actually Ramanujan and his wife Neetu, thy were in their fifties.
They were leading a very monotonous life, despite all the prized possessions of the earth they kept on cursing the Gods for not blessing them with a child. There was not a single moment when they would stop cursing God.
We all are familiar with the phrase,"Change is the only thing that is permanent", and so everything was about to change. The Riches were ignorant about what was coming to them. They were among the families which used to stay isolated as they did not like to interact with others, so there harly used to be any knocks on their Door.
There was something different about that day, there was a knock on the door and that was supposed to be the change. As the doors opened a man hardly in his thirties entered with his wife and two children. The riches were very hospitalizing in nature as they thought that after so many years providence has sent them to help them. The riches were very good to them and slowly started interacting with the kids. The kids started loving them and started visiting them everyday. They were their new neighbours and they were only seen interacting with the riches. Ramanujan and Neetu started spending more and more time with kids and so situations were getting better. Gods were as if relieved, they were no more cursed by the Riches. Now they were cherishing everything they had and were enjoying their lives.
Life is filled with examinations, and so they were goingto face a test and they were ignorant about that. Suddenly the kids stopped coming to the Riches, they started missing Rahul and Puja, the kids. They tried to contact Mr. and Mrs. Sharma but they were unavailable. They tried to console themselves by thinking that they might have gone for a vacation. As a fortnight passe, they became completely restless and went to see them.They found that their home was closed. Finally they lost their temper and they certainly failed the test.
Again they started cursing the gods but now the intensity of the process was much more.Gods could tolerate anything but this time even God had lost temper.The Riches need something to teach them a lesson.
That night something happened which changed their live. All of a sudden the surrounding started heating up, as if it was the hottest summer of the century. Neetu was still unaware about what was going to come to her. Neetu was sweating alot that day, she used a towel to dry herself and after sometime she found a baby crying and the baby was inside the towel. It was a miracle and she was astonished to see the kid. She thought that God has finally listened to her. Later on she kept on sweating and every-time she dried herself a baby appeared inside the towel. The Riches were worried and terrified and felt helpless. They decided to kill the kids in order to avoid people from knowing actually what is happening. Their love for children had vanished, they just hated kids and could not tolerate the sound of the crying babies. They started killing and burying the kids in the backyard. That day out of nowhere Puja and Rahul hastily entered their home and they witnessed the crime that was going on. They ran for their lives and never came back.
Out of shame and fear they could not even go and talk with the Sharma family. They were isolated again. They had killed all the kids, they were murderers and butchers.
That night Neetu saw a dream, it was more like a nightmare to her. God came in her dream and said"I had given you everything but you were not happy, you did not have kids so sent the Sharma's , you couldn't even pass the exam, if you don't have anything, don't fight too hard to get that thing that you lose everything else. If you didn't have a kid, it was for a reason."
Neetu was all wet, she was sweating like anything.She jumped off her bed and held the towel, she did not have in mind the consequence of rubbing the towel again. This time there was no baby, it was probably the end of the curse. When they went to the backyard they found out that there were no dead bodies.
Theywere relieved and were now happy with whatever they had. The Sharma's had left the town.
the characters are not describe briefly in the story.,.,if u say something more about them.,,it will be a good story,..,.and control the speed.,,.short story means a story about an EVENT, ,.size doesn't matter.,.but for the 1st time its not bad.,.best of luck
ReplyDeletei became conscious about the size of the story so i rushed to finish it... i will keep your words in mind
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