Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Magic

Magic...My honest attempt to write a story based on something real and something fictional..

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Little Miss. N tossed and turned several times in bed before her tiny hand reached for her mom.

"Mom" she whispered..
"hmmm?"
"My throat hurts"
"oh"
"I don't feel good"
"oh"

Her mom gave her some water and sat by her. N's eyes were looking for something different. She stared in the dark as her mom went into other room. She wondered what will happen next. When mom came back, her sweet little eyes sparkled. She saw the tiny bottle in her mom's hand. It was given to her by her grandma. N believed it was magical. It had the most tiny-est cute white little pills of medicine in it. When mom opened it, N felt like a princess standing in front of her fairy god mother waiting for her glass slippers. She felt GRAND!!! Music played in her ears through the thick of the night when she saw mom giving her two of those pills. Ummmm....is that the smell of joy?? It sure is..As she put the pills in her mouth, N felt better. Her throat still hurt but she felt something was better. She could not really pinpoint what..She remembered her grandma's hands, her hair, her warm hugs and her sweet voice..

"You know when you get medicine, there is something you need to do" mom said
"What?" N asked
"in the next 24 hours, you need to do a good deed for someone else"
"but why ?"
"well, someone is helping you through this medicine and you need to return this goodness to someone else so this continues forever" mom whispered in dark and smiled softly.
"hmmmm..what will I do then?"
"Don't worry, you will figure it out soon.." mom said as N gently folded her arms around her mom's neck and hugged her..

She stood quietly in the line to go to the gym when other kids were making noise and pulling each other. Her curious eyes were looking for something today. Will I find it? What if I do not? Will the magic vanish? Will I know when I find it? What will mom say?

Soon enough, it was lunch time and there she was quietly chewing her sandwich all engrossed in her
thoughts.

"What is God grandma ?"
"What do u think N?"

She was startled by a noise of someone laughing and she turned sideways. She saw a bunch of them laughing and staring at a fallen water bottle. It had fallen from table on someone's lap and then on the ground. What a mess!! She thought. And suddenly she saw a face all red and eyes filled with tears and anger and sadness all at the same time.

"Have you seen God? Does he hear you when you talk to him? Is God a she or a he Grandma?"
"God lives in everyone. When you listen to someone with all your heart, you can make magic happen."
"Really? You are so so magical grandma.."

N suddenly got up and walked to her and said "It's okay. Let's go to the teacher." N firmly held her hand and ushered her out of the lunch room.

As they walked together out of the lunch room, she felt GRAND!! Music played in her ears in the middle of all the noise!! N smiled softly and whispered in her friend's ears

"Listen, I have to tell you a secret!!"
"Really? What??"
"Yeah, I know how to find God."
"What?? Can you tell me how?"
"Yes of course, it's easy. You just need to listen and help"

She smiled. Her throat still hurt but she felt something was better. She could not really pinpoint what..She remembered her grandma's hands, her hair, her warm hugs and her sweet voice..

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