MASS MURDER!

Zoya was trying to choose, choosing was a tedious task for her. She didn’t know which colour would best go with pink. She was musing this, when she heard the loud commotion. Loud commotion meant loud voices and loud voices equals fights. She hated when people fought. It always bought tears and uninvited physiological warfare where she got to play the pawn. “Go ask your dad this. Go tell your mum that.. Go look if your mum ate … go give this to you dad! “God! Her work load as a kid definitely doubled during those days. Now who has done what? She dusted herself and moved in to investigate.

The scene inviting her was quite unexpected. Her grandma standing near her precious fish tank and tears running down her face. Which made Zoya wanted to wage war. She rushed to Console her. Her hugs always worked. There she saw, inside the tank most of the fish had died. But how could this happened? Who dared to harm her grandma’s fishes? She had just fed those precious fishes. That is when she heard Nani Shouting that someone had added soda into the water. Uh??.. whatever that meant..

But why was Nani pointing at the fish food and calling it Soda? As her thoughts were running laps something big like an asteroid hit Zoya’s little brain. She had added that to the water thinking it was fish food. OH MY GOD… she was responsible for the death of the fishes. She had bought tears into her grandma’s eyes.. She had become a ruthless mass murderer. And just like that the tears flowed with no halt. Now the whole house was trying to calm her instead. What could she tell them? It was her? Her voice wouldn’t corporate with her for that.

She didn’t know when she slept but she got up her tummy rumbling. It was almost lunch time and they had made her favorite and just for a second she forgot about the fishes and rushed to eat. While she was having her food, Nani, forlorn, stood there staring at the tank. She could have no more, she left. When she went out to play, there, they were cleaning the fish tank. Once that flourished with life now seem scattered. She didn’t want to see that. She decided to go back to sleep. But the fishes had followed her there too. She had a nightmare of fishes eating her up. She was jolted awake and she no longer could take it. The guilt has grown long like the shadow during forenoon.

She whisked around trying to find Nani, to confess and ready to face her wrath. She atlas found her near the well and closed her eyes and told her everything. How she had thought it was fish food and how she didn’t mean to hurt anyone certainly not her. The tears accompanying her gave her the courage she need, and finally she begged Nani for her forgiveness.

Her grandma was shocked. Shocked at how this little child had so much of courage in her to own up to her mistake. How this little child was brave enough to face the consequences? She was in awe of this little child and being a wise lady, she took little Zoya in her hand and engulfed her in the tightest hug she could give. And told its okay and forgave her. That moment Zoya felt a relief as if a rock that was on her heart lifted. Her grandma also praised her for the bravery and courage she showed. She also taught her that it’s okay to mistakes but what is important is to own up to them and learn. The whole point of making mistakes is to learn and all this learning would made her a strong princess.

This was how Zoya first became acquainted with courage and forgiveness. Little did she know she they would become her best friends later in life.