[ Crossposted from Tell A Short Story ]
It was a brightful saturday of December. Nidhi and Bhavana were on their way to home from college on rickshaw. They were happily chatting about their teachers and classmates. At a traffic signal, when their rickshaw was waiting, a small boy came with a snake in a box in his hand and started begging. The two girls didn't pay any heed to him and kept talking. All of sudden the boy started shouting "See Miracle of Lord Shiva". Hearing this the girls turned towards the boy. The moment boy saw that these girls are paying attention to him, he started talking to them. He told "Madam make some offering to Snake and Lord Shiva will accept it". Initally girls didn't believe him and were again busy in themselves. But the boy insisted. Finally Nidhi told Bhavana, let us give something to this boy and let us see what happens. When the boy found that girls are now believing him, he told "madam give me a five rupee note, I will offer it to Lord Shiva" and you see that he will accept it. Nidhi gave a five rupee note to the boy. Boy kept the note in this hand,closed his palm, murmured some mantras and then opened his hand. There was no note in his hand. He told " See the miracle, god has accepted your offering". You are blessed by Lord Shiva. Nidhi got impressed and cried "wonderful!!!". Bhavana was sensible and intelligent and for her it was hard to believe that God accepted the five rupee note. She just thought for a while, blasted on the boy "Don't try to trick us, tell us where is my five rupee note ?". The boy insisted that Lord Shiva had accepted the offering. Bhavana got down from rickshaw and caught the boy with his collar and shouted at him "If you don't speak up truth, I will give you in police". The boy got scared and opened his palm and showed the five rupee note. Actually he had folded the rupee and had hidden it between his two fingers, in a way that no-one can see it. The boy returned five rupee note to Bhavana and started pleading for mercy " Please don't give me to police, I will never cheat again" and started crying. Bhavana felt that boy had learnt his lesson and left him.
It was a brightful saturday of December. Nidhi and Bhavana were on their way to home from college on rickshaw. They were happily chatting about their teachers and classmates. At a traffic signal, when their rickshaw was waiting, a small boy came with a snake in a box in his hand and started begging. The two girls didn't pay any heed to him and kept talking. All of sudden the boy started shouting "See Miracle of Lord Shiva". Hearing this the girls turned towards the boy. The moment boy saw that these girls are paying attention to him, he started talking to them. He told "Madam make some offering to Snake and Lord Shiva will accept it". Initally girls didn't believe him and were again busy in themselves. But the boy insisted. Finally Nidhi told Bhavana, let us give something to this boy and let us see what happens. When the boy found that girls are now believing him, he told "madam give me a five rupee note, I will offer it to Lord Shiva" and you see that he will accept it. Nidhi gave a five rupee note to the boy. Boy kept the note in this hand,closed his palm, murmured some mantras and then opened his hand. There was no note in his hand. He told " See the miracle, god has accepted your offering". You are blessed by Lord Shiva. Nidhi got impressed and cried "wonderful!!!". Bhavana was sensible and intelligent and for her it was hard to believe that God accepted the five rupee note. She just thought for a while, blasted on the boy "Don't try to trick us, tell us where is my five rupee note ?". The boy insisted that Lord Shiva had accepted the offering. Bhavana got down from rickshaw and caught the boy with his collar and shouted at him "If you don't speak up truth, I will give you in police". The boy got scared and opened his palm and showed the five rupee note. Actually he had folded the rupee and had hidden it between his two fingers, in a way that no-one can see it. The boy returned five rupee note to Bhavana and started pleading for mercy " Please don't give me to police, I will never cheat again" and started crying. Bhavana felt that boy had learnt his lesson and left him.
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