"Mom, if I sell some of my things, then I can go to school."
"Son, listen to me. Reading, books, school, all these things are not in the destiny of the poor. Where do you have such things from which you can earn money."
"But Mom ..."
"Now stop being obstinate. If you will not read this world wouldn't be behind in progress. So keep quiet now and help me wrap things up."
I saw this scene on the roof of the house next to the terrace. I was still in the same city where old gentleman lived. And I was working in a bakery here. By the way, the scene I was seeing was just not here but everywhere in our country.I am hesitant to talk about this because I am n@
longer interested in studies. I want to study but how can I? I have no house. I have no money. And no other things related to studies. I wish I could study like other children. I want to become an astronaut, but I don't know when my dream will come true.
"Ah!" I consoled myself and came down the stairs. I came to gentleman in his room.
"Oh, daughter, you have come. By the way, why did you go upstairs? The roof must be getting dirty. I haven't been upstairs for almost four years."
"But why?" I asked in surprise.
"Just never wanted to go."
"But why? Come with me. I'll give you a tour of the terrace."
"No, no, I'll go myself later. By the way, can you tell me something that I can write in this book."
"Yes, there is a lot, but first I have to go to work."
I replied.
"Why do you need to work? Let me know when you need money." He said.
"No, sorry. I have to earn and eat by myself. So, I don't want to ever work lazily." I gave a simple answer.
"Hm, this is also true. Go then.Goodbye."
"Goodbye." Saying this, I came out and started walking towards bakery.Today the weather was a bit cold and the Sun had not fully risen yet, though it had risen but its light had not spread yet.
After some time I was working inside the bakery. The master of the bakery gave me the job of cleaning. I did all the work and opened the bakery. There was quite a rush here in the morning. People came to buy biscuits, cakes and juice etc. When all the customers left , I swept once again. But people were still coming. I went back home."Did you come?" I heard the same voice again."Yes.They promised to pay me four thousand rupees after a month." I happily replied.
"Let's eat something."
"You haven't eaten anything yet." I said listening to him.
"I thought I would eat with you." He said.
"Let's eat quickly. Then I will tell you many things."
He smiled and then sat down at the dining table. The food consisted only of tea and bread. But I enjoyed the omelet. After eating, we took the dishes and put them in the kitchen so that aunty would come and wash them.
"So what would you like to say first?" He asked.
"By the way, I might not tell you. Wouldn't it be right that I write a book on myself and give it to you? Not now, but sometimes. If my life lasts, I will complete it and give it to you, and if my journey ends, I will write it down and give it to you." I explained.
"And do you think I will live till then?" He smiled at me and said.
"May God give you life to read my book completely." I replied.
"Then it's ok. I will wait. But some journeys never end. Maybe this journey of yours also has no end."
Hearing this, I quickly spoke. "Please don't say that. I want to reach the end of my journey now. And I don't want my journey to end with my death. I want to finish it myself."
"Did you want anything else before? "He asked looking at me.
"Yes.Maybe, I changed my mind myself or maybe someone else did it. "I replied.
"I find your story interesting to hear. But I would like to read the story of your whole journey with its conclusion."
"I hope my journey will be over soon and I will tell you about my journey myself," I said in response to his words.
"Okay, I will pray to God that your journey ends soon," he said softly.
"May God accept". I said this and went up to the roof.It was really dirty. And the whole roof looked like a green field due to algae. Algae didn't look too bad. But the roof looked pretty bad with broken bricks and plastic bottles. I cleaned the entire roof from rubbish. If something fell during the cleaning, I would hear uncle's voice. "Hey, what are you making noise?"
"Nothing. It fell by mistake." I replied shouting too.I cleaned the whole roof anyway. Now it looks like a lovely black painted roof. I also put some dry grass to sit on the side. And decided to sleep here today. I'm bored here now. I didn't talk to uncle much because he needed rest. Today I will talk to the master of the bakery to make me work more for one week and then pay me. I was going downstairs muttering when suddenly I heard the sound of sss. It was the sound of boiling milk. I was about to run fast from the stairs when my foot slipped and I fell on my head. My head was down and my legs were on top. "Oh!" I screamed in pain.
It had to happen now. My head was as if it had exploded. I turned my hand over my head and not even a drop of blood touched my hand. "Oh God." This pain is too strange. In such pain, you feel like a dramatist when there is no blood coming out. Life is like this injury of mine.External is entirely different of internal. No one can understand what is inside. Seeing a smiling person, people think that he is very happy. But they do not know that there is a deep river of loneliness inside him and he is drowning deep in it. They don't know how lonely this person is. And they don't even understand that his smile is fake. He just pretend to be happy and shows that he likes his life very much.Phew! I got stuck in which things. I stood up holding myself. When I reached the kitchen, I saw that the stove was shut due to the milk coming out. I went ahead and turned off the gas. My head was still hurting.
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