A tight slap woke him up - Chandru whimpered when he saw the
stick in his mother’s hand. He knew these toys that his mother sold on streets
for a living, were out of bounds for him. But the child in him refused…
Link this 55 word fiction to Day 6 of WT Fest....
No Meena, no. Don't write such sad stories :(
ReplyDeleteouch.. hard hitting!
ReplyDeleteOuch.... I felt that slap :( Touching !
ReplyDeleteYoo.. where did my comment go ? !
ReplyDeleteHow sad :( Why can't the child have just one toy? How did she get the heart to hit him. Oh the things poverty forces people to do!
ReplyDeleteWhat a heart felt write. It's sad how poverty can change the feelings of a mother.
ReplyDeleteWhy o Why? Why hit a child? Very sad 55er. :(
ReplyDelete:( :( very heartening one Meena
DeleteThat.. was very sad.. :( no..really ;( .. wonderful one Meena.. nice impact in so less words..
ReplyDeletehard hitting truth...i guess i have seen such mothers, not the one who take away toys, but on similar lines.
ReplyDeleteA sad sad story.
ReplyDeleteThe mother could have spared one toy for her child. very sad. poverty is bad.
ReplyDeleteHard to make a child understand.
ReplyDeleteOh! That hurt a lot!
ReplyDeleteIt's hard for a mother to do so....maybe her circumstances....???
ReplyDeleteOh no!! She certainly could spare one pink elephant for her baby?? How cruel. Even if you don't have much you should always provide for your child.
ReplyDeleteoh no! How heart wrenching for the poor child :(
ReplyDeleteSuch a sad situation to be n for both mother and child...
Ohhh.. :(
ReplyDeleteTears in my eyes... so much pain for one so young :(
ReplyDeleteSad, but very realistic. Hardships and poverty rob some kids of their childhood.
ReplyDeleteWell written.
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