A big realization from a little- part 2

  

Meenu got so much angry. She accused them for not giving her freedom, she said “I am not a kid any more, being a grown up girl, I know, what is good and what is bad for me .It is not a big deal that you both done for me. Every parents do that. I need to go, and I have come home only to get money for that. If you are not ready to give it, I know what to do.”. Her parents are startled at her behaviour. Each word from her hit them, as a huge blow. They couldn’t respond at all. Meenu, then hurriedly packed her bag and set out to hostel. She didn’t mind to hear her parents calling her back. She was just out of her mind..

“Are you alone or Is there anybody with you?”.... Meenu just woke up from her thoughts. She looked for the person who asked this, and found that the question was actually not for her. She found a little boy, of some 10 years old standing next to her seat. It was a lady, sitting with her asked the boy, whether there is anybody he come with.

The boy looked so innocent, and was a little hesitant to speak up. But the lady asked again, and he said “I am alone, and nobody is with me”. That was really surprising, a 10 year old from a village, travelling in a city bus with nobody in the place of a guardian. In the cities, the things are different anyway. This is not a city, but an ordinary village, and the bus is heading to the city. That’s why everyone got surprised including Meenu. She thought, may be he too had some quarrel with his parents and setout alone. But, he is too little to take a decision like that. Her mind is now turned in to the thoughts about him, and she is becoming calmer than before. Then, another lady asked where his parents are, and why they send him alone. The first lady asked whether he had some quarrel at home. Everybody now want to know his whereabouts. And he made everyone surprised telling his story..

......to be continued...