The Steel Bird

I came up with a new poem while I was settling down to sleep!! Hope you like it!!!
                             
                                                               The Steel Bird

Oh look at that Steel Bird,

That magnificent bird of prey,

How it dives out of the heavens,

With its talons all glint and grey,

Only, man has tamed it well,

And it seldom flies the sky,

With its own free will.

Dreaded Wishes

Ok Guys, I have another story I would like to share. Give me your opinions once you read it!!

                                                          Dreaded Wishes

Once upon a time there was a Boy and his Father. The boy's name was Sulabhdas while his Father's name was Takatsingh. But their names had no bearing on their actual characters. For young Sulabhdas nothing was- as his name implied in Hindi- easy. He did not learn to walk so easily, each time his legs came up they stood for a moment or two then in a weird kind of way started wobbling and fell down. He did not learn to walk until the age of 5. Sulabhdas also had difficulty in school. He couldn't answer easy questions like 1+1 or 2+2. It was very hard for him. However, Sulabhdas was equally mischevious. He often stole a rupee or two from his Father, Takatsingh to buy sweets. Those delicious sweets made his senses quiver. He let his mind take over him and could not bear the temptation. He would start tantrums and yell at his Father to get one. His Father would be quiet as they were in public and when they got home would hit him as hard as his strength allowed him. But Takatsingh was nothing as his name was. Instead of being a powerful man with muscles ripping out of  his shirt and a well built body, he was frail and feeble and walked around with a stick to support him. But he loved making his son miss fun and only study. Once, for example, there was a great circus coming to Kolkata, the finest in all of India. Subhaldas was longing to go to it and watch the clown crack jokes and the monkey walk a tightrope. On the Big Day, the D-Day, when the circus came to town, Subhaldas was longing not to go to school. When Takatsingh saw his son lazily relaxing in bed he shouted "What are you doing!!!! You have school today!! Get up you lazy boy otherwise I will hit you with the bamboo stick!!" Subhaldas replied " Oh Father, Oh great ruler of the house, I have a toothache and cannot go to school." Takatsingh understood that this was one of his son's mischevious tricks and said "Oh, ok so if you can't go to school then you can't go to the fair ok. And maybe your friend Prahlad can have all the toffees and chocolates  I bought you." Subhaldas was in shock and said "OK, OK I am going to school." But Takatsingh was delighted by seeing the horror on his son's face. He slammed the door and locked it up so that his son could not come up. Subhaldas was very sad. He cursed and cursed his father under his father and wondered how wonderful it would be if he became his father. At the same time, Takatsingh was wishing he could go back to his childhood as he thought that his mother and father had pampered him to much and he would study very hard. Now at that time the Lady of Wishes was passing Takatsingh's house. She told both of them that their wishes would be granted and the next morning son would be father and father would be son. On the next morning, Takatsingh and Subhaldas were equally delighted. They had both switched their bodies successfully!! Subhaldas wanted to eat sweets immediately so he shouted at a servant to get him a rupee's worth of chocolates from the market. He sucked them through his toothless gums. He then went to play with his friends but they ran away at the very sight of him. Subhaldas then remembered that he was his father and his friends were very scared of his father. Takatsingh also was suffering miserably. Now that he was a child again, he had no wish to study and only wanted to play. But Subhaldas was not going to let his father play. It was revenge time for him and made his father go according to his word- to study day and night. In the day he made him do math sums on his slate. In the evening he made him recite poems from Kalidasa's Ramayana. Subhaldas was also getting many complaints from his teacher about his young father. Once, for example in class Takatsingh had said in class to his teacher "Give me the Hookah, I'd like to smoke."
His Father would also get sick many times and Subhaldas would stuff him with unnecessary medicines. Subhaldas was also in a bad mood. When he was a child, he imagined that if he was his father he would dive into lakes and climb up trees but he couldn't do that. When he jumped in the lake he felt very cold and came back home with a cold and if he tried to climb trees he would fall down on every try. Both Father and Son were getting tired of this and prayed to the Lady of Wishes to make them there original selfs again. The Lady of Wishes heard their desperate calls and granted their wishes again. In the morning, father and son were back in their original bodies. They were overjoyed and danced around, making an oath that they would never be mean to each other again.

The End

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The Boy Who Lost His Purpose In Life

Ok guys I am starting with a small story I wrote. Please read it and send your comments!!!

                                

     The Boy Who Lost His Purpose In Life

Once upon a time there was a little boy called Bruno. He lived with his family in Berlin. His mother was a simple housewife, who always did her work on time, and his father was a great general in the german army.  He was very gentle and kind, and never would say no to play a game. Even the mighty Fuhrer, was astonished by his father and gave important jobs to him. Bruno was very proud of his father. He always thought that next to God came his Papa. He cared a lot for his Father. Whenever he got the time he would try to utilise it by spending time with his father. At that time Bruno thought that his only purpose in life was to care for his father. But little did he know what was going to happen next.....

One day, Bruno found his father trying to wear all his war gear, with his mother assisting him. Bruno was confused. He asked his father why he was wearing all his heavy but protective armour. His father sighed and with a heavy heart told his son that Germany was in bad times and he was being called by the Fuhrer to destroy the entire British Armada. Bruno was shocked. He felt tears welling up behind his eyes, but he bit them back and wished his father good luck. When he asked in how much time would he come back, his father laughed and said that he would not come back for a long time. Bruno decided to be positive and waved goodbye to him till his father was out of sight. Bruno spent his time waiting on the doorstep, worrying about his father and anxiously waiting for his return. He pictured that moment in his mind, his father holding out his arms to hug him, and bruno diving into him. His love for his father was so deep, that not even a person could measure how many fathoms deep it was. He waited for days. The days turned into weeks and the weeks turned into months. But still his father did not come. Then the dreadful truth came. His father had been killed in battle. He had died trying to save his fellow countrymen. Bruno fainted at the very word of it. He was very sad. He had lost his purpose to live. First, he was angry. How could his father, Whom he loved so much, sacrifice himself for a few peasents? He was very angry. The anger was almost beginning to turn him red in colour. But soon he calmed down. He realised that whatever his father had done was the right thing to do. How sad would the peasents families be? Bruno was sad as he went doen to the graveyard. He kissed his father one last time on the cheek, and watched him being put in the ground. But what had been done was done. He then knew what his Father wanted him to do, to be successful in life.

                                                                                                                  

 A few years later, Bruno was a famous man. He made germany the best country in europe in financial matters. When a reporter asked him who inspired him to do this, he answered, "My Father. When i was young, I thought that my only purpose in life was to care for him. But I lost that purpose when he got killed in battle. I may have made Germany the best country in Europe, but i still do not have any purpose in life."

The End