Sitting
comfortably on the sand she saw her younger cousins jumping and having fun in
the water at a distance. She was always fond of the beach, she loved it: its
depth, its unpredictability. With Sammy, her cat resting on her lap she kept
looking from one kid to other. She was plunged into deep thoughts.
Out of those eight children why would only one
be so crazy over her? She was never among those who’d differentiate between
children; she treated them all equally well but she never understood why
everyone treated her differently. All of a sudden her thoughts jumbled, her
kitty jumped from her lap to attack on the bird sitting nearby.
“No Sammy NO!” She yelled. But her kitty
ignored and went to the other direction. “So this is life, you take care and
love someone more than yourself, take care of them like your baby even they’ll
ignore you” She thought as she watched Sammy go away. “But then why only
Alizeh?” Her thoughts confused her.
Alizeh was her youngest cousin, nine years
younger than her and despite their differences that little girl copied her.
From her walking, talking, posing, and eating to even the words she spoke the
most. She was surprised how much a seven year old can observe. Deep into her
thoughts she didn’t realize that she was continuously staring Alizeh, her
chained thoughts broke and found Alizeh staring at her. She smile and a warmer
smile was what she got in return and within seconds she saw Alizeh running
towards her, drenched in sweat and out of breath Alizeh asked,
“Why don’t you join us? We are having a lot of
fun.” “I am fine here, there has to be someone who has to take care of the
stuff as well, go and enjoy darling”, She replied softly.
“You
know what? You are very sweet, you always smile, talk softly, and never say no.
I like you, you’re very kind.” after speaking Alizeh kissed her hand and ran
towards the other kids. She was surprised at the little girl’s purity, her
smiled broadened and she felt like a true hero.
She
watched the orange sun setting in the deep blue sea and thought “So you really don’t
need to be superman or batman, you can be anyone’s hero. All you need is one
kind word and you can win any battle.”
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