TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE STARS..........................

 While I was preparing for a project, I and my friend Risha used to visit a library near to the park of my city. A small tea shop was there near the park. I used to have tea from there while returning from the library. A young boy of age eleven or twelve had been working there. On a rainy day while serving tea to a customer, the glass slipped from his hand directly to the paints of that person. That man slapped him on his face. Seeing this tea shop owner came and supported that man by giving more slaps to the boy and pushed him out to the heavy rain. Nobody said anything. But when Risha reacted about it, there were supporters for him. He asked that man “if he is your own son, will you do like this, u could have been forgiven his mistake”.

Two days later again we saw that boy in front of a hardware shop where he had been sorting some hardware items from a big carton. When he saw us he smiled. “How does u feel here?” I asked him. He didn’t answer me, just looked towards the passerby.

Years passed and I saw that boy again pulling a trolley in which stack of sugar cane was loaded. He has grown up; the adolescence had given him a new physique. When he saw me he soon recognized me that was I couldn’t.  He stopped the trolley and came towards me. He introduced himself to me.” How are you?”, I asked him. With a painful tone he replied,” What can I say brother, try to lift the burden of life, if I had any supporters in those days I wouldn’t have been like this.” He went away. I stood there keeping utter silence. By seeing my silence Risha then asked to me. “Whom do you blame for this?,

I was searching for an answer. The boyhood days are actually the mould for a person to make him his future. It is a period for studying, playing, dreaming, to make out ones talents. Unfortunately many children of this world don’t get an opportunity to make their dreams fulfilled. Due to several reasons the children are being forced to go for work. Poverty is a major cause of this. These children have to face mental and physical torturing in their young age this sometimes adversely affect their character.

So shall we blame fate for this? The children are our beloved. Since we are their guardian angel, it is our duty to give them a helping hand. They are the stars of tomorrow. Otherwise they blame us.