ENLIGHTENMENT

"Mom, I broke the nib of my pen. I want a new pen. And that too Parker." My mother asked me,"Why don't you take this one ,dear? "showing me a cheaper but a good pen. "I want a Parker pen." So she bought me one.

The next day, I asked my mother for a new book. She asked me,"Why a new book? Can't you have one of those old ones?" But I cried for a new one and she finally bought me a new book.

Days passed on. My demands increased. One day, my mother took me to a library. She let me have my choice of books there. I chose "Gitanjali" written by Rabindranath Tagore. As I glanced through the pages, these lines touched my heart.

I wept for a pair of shoes until I met a man without legs."

(This is an old piece of mine which I wrote when I was in 7th)