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CHPTER-XXXVII:The eternal pond(part-2)
Days went by but Suruchi's mother didn't return. She grew into a beautiful maiden and was wedded to Roshan the son of the high priest of Sun temple in Jyothinagar. They were very happy, and were blessed with a pair of beautiful twins, a boy and a girl. But suddenly in happiness, the bottlegourd was broken by Roshan. Suruchi was shocked, what to do now, her life just started with her 2 bundles of joy. Should she leave now?
Chapter-XXXVI:The eternal pond
Long back in their teenage days Surajkumar-i, Tejkumar, Deepak, Pruthvi, Tejaswini, King Deepak's wife Diya and their long last friend and Rashmi's mother Suruchi used to go to anywhere beautiful garden. One day while they were playing there Suruchi's mother a good witch called her and said,"dear I am going out for an important work, please take care of the house and my things, I may take long to return". Suruchi smiled and nodded her mother. Her mother then said,"be carefull allow no one near the sacred bottlegourd, it may lead to dangerous consequences." Suruchi again smiled and nodded her head at her mother's words. Then her mother smiled at her and handed their family treasure a beautiful pair Chandraprabhai and Suryaprabhai. Suruchi was shocked at this,"ma where are you going, why are giving this to me now?"She asked. Her mother smiled at her and said,"you will know when the time comes and come in search of me". Saying this the woman left, Suruchi was crying seeing the direction.
From origin to end
I was heavily frustrated, after working for hours I got a pounding headache and went to bed. When I was half to fall a sleep I heard a sound. I looked at my smart watch and found it's 3:35am. I was shocked to hear a noise in such a time. I took my mobile and walked down the stairs. As I was in the middle of the living room I saw a door in between. I remembered the childhood Japanese cartoon series in which a cat robot emerges through such doors. Thinking it was dream I rubbed my eyes and closed them. As I still felt unreal I opened my eyes and saw the door again, Thinking it would disappear if I laid down I went to the couch to avoid climbing back. But again I was disturbed by the sounds. Then I picked my phone and used it's flashlight on the door. It was written, "door of hope". Then suddenly I heard a voice from behind it saying me to open the door, to go to anywhere in time. I opened the door and was shocked. There were passages showing different time of my life. In one I was crawling, the other showed me kicking my first goal at school, thr next was when I married my beautiful woman, one me getting success in work, one me holding my little daughter and there were also some which showed an older form of me sitting on a bench in a park with an old woman who resembled my wife. There were many other passages without me, some had, some people who looked like me but they were wearing ancient/non used type of clothes as if they lived centuries back and all others in those passage were similar. I saw passages with mud roads, forests, fields, etc., there were also passages which had no roads but just airstations and skyscrapers. There were passages that showed just constellations, galaxies, nebulas, planets, etc., there were cave men, hunters, mammoths, dinosaur, etc., in some passages. Some were like no trace of humans, no trace of living things, only greens, poisonous clouds, etc., there were passages which were like bigbang. I thought of moment and asked the door to show me the passage where men were nonworkaholic. The door said,"its in your mind, any livingthing can live a happy life if it understands the concept of fulfilment". Hearing the door I asked it to give the passage to return home. A passage opened and I came out Thinking about it. Then i went to my room and lied down thinking of those words. Suddenly someone jerked me. I opened my eyes to see my angry wife yelling at me. We have nor been in good terms recently. But then I remembered the events I saw in door. A smile came on my face by itself and I hugged her. She was froze at it as we were fighting for weeks but then recovered and bent back and smiled at me asking what. I shook my head and walked down the stairs taking her hand in mine. I told her that I am quitting my job and we can go to our ranch and live the peaceful life she wanted. She was shocked but she smiled and as we went near the couch I saw my smart watch on the floor. I was shocked to see it near the same place where I came in the dream.
Chapter-XXXV: Meeting the king
The next day Ramiyya took them to the king who ruled their village and some other 100 villages around. They had already informed the king about their arrival while getting permission to meet him. The village came under a province called Jyothinagar and thr king of Jyothinagar was Maharaj Deepak, father of Suraj Kumar-II. Agni was nervous to meet him. But he was terrified when the king met Surajkumar-i. As the king made a shocked look facing the warlock and the old woman, Agni went between them and pulled the king to a secluded place. The king held Agni's wrist and said," do you know who they are?". Agni checked his surroundings and said,"I know but their life is in danger so keep the secret." The king nodded his head and they went in.
Chapter-XXXIV: Oodha’s deeds
As Surajkumar-II and Rashmi kept Chandraprabhai and Suryaprabhai close a powerful light hit Oodha's urn in which she was doing black magic to find the secrets and whereabouts of Agni. The urn blasted into pieces and pierced her skin making her shout in pain. Then she noticed her reflection in mirror, it was her old real image, she understood that something powerful has broken her magic mask. Then she saw Surajkumar-II and Rashmi near the door with the ornaments, but as she was afraid of it she vanished in air as the guards caught her hand.
When I was less than 1
I tried to lift my hand from under my torso, it was stuck. I started crying, hoping someone would remove it or place me on my back. The hand was hurting, I neither knew how I laid on my stomach nor to turn back. I cried for a few minutes and then my hand was removed by someone, who always fed me and had the same warmth as the dark womb. She cooed me and caressed my red hand. Then she left me back on my stomach my hands before my head. I tried to move forward, it was very tough, so I stopped trying. Then I heard a rattling sound, the woman was shaking a rattle and saying,"come to mumma". I didn't understand her but moved towards the sound.
Chapter-XXXIII:Red Hands
Later while returning the princess plucked some herbs on the way home, she asked Ramiyya to allow her to use his grinding stone. He was ready to give anything of their use. She sat there for nearly an hour and made a paste of it, she had also added some turmeric pieces, some basil leaves and some neem leaves available in the kitchen and garden in Ramaiyya's home, she took the paste to Agni and applied it using coconut fibre. He saw her moving he'd hands with inconvenience and turned them. Her hands were sore and red. Everyone there were very happy to see their understanding and care for each other. Ramiyya was surprised to see them being so happy even when the princess was cursed of old age.
Chapter-XXXII-The village
After learning about Ramaiyya the 4 travelers decided to ask help to him for crossing the village and finding their route. They met him and told their stories, hearing this Ramiyya was very happy, but he insisted them to attend the village feast and meet their king before starting, as he would also get some information and permission regarding their journey. They all accepted to it. They went to a market area where there was a large celebration for the sun God and the feast was being served with various entertainment taking place around. The princess saw a small Ferris wheel with just 4 cabins. Her eyes were bright with amusement, Agni saw it and asked,"want a ride my lady?" She saw him with a bright smile and nodded her head. He held her hand took her to the place while the others watched them with a smile. Agni went to the owner and asked for a ride and handed a gold coin to him. The owner refused to take the coin and told him,"we use barter system or local coins, we don't get out of the village mostly, so this coin can't be used by us". Hearing this the princess told," it's OK we will ride some other day" .But Agni ran to the nearby shops and instantly started helping them. Being strong he helped them easily loading and unloading their carts. They were happy with him for finishing their job faster and gave him some copper coins. He returned with a smile on his face and told," how can I not fulfill your first wish?" There was little tear on her cheek while she was seeing his right hand which had a cut made of the sharp edge one of the carts, then she smiled seeing smiling face and climbed in a cabin. Surajkumar-i and Tejaswini smiled seeing the kids.
Genre: fairytale
For: all age Groups
No. Of words:300
Project: fiction fairytale book