Savings of a little girl : Part 2 - Little brother

 

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Savings of a little girl: Part 1 - Savings

Little brother

The girl woke up in the morning with the letter in her hand, the letter that her brother wrote to Santa Claus, the small-small wishes of a small child, one scented eraser, a car-shaped pencil box, one yellow toy car, a drawing book, and a box of crayons😊. Her brother was sleeping soundly next to her; she wanted to caress him, but he will start crying if he wakes up, thinking about that, she just fondly stared at him for a while and got up after running her fingers through his silky hair for a bit and messing it uu😊😊.

Today is Saturday, so she doesn’t have to go to school but there is a lot of work. Cleaning the clothes, doing the dishes, cleaning the house, etc.; these are all her weekend chores..huh!!!. Thankfully winter vacation is coming, so not many studies, but she must prepare for Christmas also.

Christmas has never been celebrated in their house before but in her brother’s school, they have taught all kinds of festivals that are celebrated all over India so he has become very fascinated about Santa Claus and his gifts, so she wants to be his Santa Claus, and fulfill his small-small wishes.

The girl started her day’s work while still thinking about how to plan and celebrate Christmas. She soaked the clothes in soapy water and began to do the dishes absent-mindedly; only to come back to her senses when her brother’s favorite mug slipped off her hand and broke into pieces, waking up everybody in the house. Luckily, her father was at home so her mother didn’t beat her up, but then she knew as soon as her father goes out, she will not be spared ☹. She quietly cleaned up the mess and after finishing the dishes, she went on to finish her other chores. What an awful beginning of the day…

In the afternoon, when their parents went to take nap after lunch; her brother came to her quietly with a storybook in his hand; he wanted her to read out stories for him and then he whispered in her ears, “don’t worry Didi, I will tell Santa to give me two mugs, one for me and one for you.” She almost felt like crying, but she controlled herself, smiled at him, and started reading out his favorite story. He again interrupted her, “you didn’t post my letter I gave you yesterday right, give it back to me, I will add the mugs also.” She was worried that the amount of money that she has will not be enough to buy two mugs along with the gifts that her brother has already written but couldn’t say no to her brother and gave the letter back to him. He quickly added two mugs in his wish list and gave the letter back, “don’t forget to post it on Monday.” He reminded her.

In the evening also, her brother didn’t leave her side, he wanted to help her make Christmas tree and decorations from colorful papers. Was he trying to protect her?? So that their mother didn’t get a chance to beat her??

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Savings of a little girl : Part 1 - Savings

 

Savings

Today, the bus was too crowded, she couldn’t find a place to sit.

At the time of getting off the bus also, she had to squeeze and push herself through the crowd, she was feeling exhausted, but still very happy, she has managed to save 20 paise.

Every morning, before going to school, her mother gives her 1 Rupee and 80 paise, exact to and fro bus fare.

Some conductor uncle takes 70 paise, some take 90 paise.

The day conductor uncle takes 90 paise, she feels very sad ☹, no saving that day.

But other days, she feels very happy to be able to save 20 paise. Also, when she meets some uncles or aunties on the bus, generally they will purchase the ticket, and the fare of that day will be completely saved 😊😊

This way, she keeps on saving paise by paise throughout the year.

The girl's self-respect doesn’t let her ask for any money from her parents or is she upset with her parents on something. She doesn't get any pocket money, so she keeps saving the bus fares as much as she can, that’s her own money and she buys gifts for her brother with that money, it gives her the freedom to buy whatever her little brother wants.

With just a few days to go before Christmas, she still needs to save some more money to buy gifts (Santa Claus's gifts 😊) for her little brother; her brother still doesn’t know that she is his Santa Claus.

Her little brother is still an innocent boy, he thinks that Santa Claus really exists 😊; let him live in the fairy tale world for as long as he can, the longer he stays in that world, the better.

The world of adults is too harsh, too cruel, seems so unfair to kids ☹.

On the way home from the bus stop, she saw that there is a fair going on in their society ground; different types of cakes, Christmas decorations, gift items, etc. are available. A festive atmosphere is all around. Christmas is coming!!!

As soon as she reached home, her little brother jumped on her and hugged her so tightly that she lost her balance and they both fell on the sofa, giggling. Then he handed her a letter. He has already written a letter to Santa Claus about what a good boy he has been all throughout the year, what all he has done, and a list of what all gifts he wants from Santa was also ready 😊😊.

After her brother fell asleep at night, she was reading his letter to Santa Claus and was wondering how her childhood has been if she had an elder brother or sister like his brother's sister.

When her brother grows up, will he become like her elder brother, will he protect her from the bad world?? indulge her???  God, let him just grow up and be a good human being. Gradually, she also slips into the world of dream, a dream of a better future, a nice world free of cruelty, free of unfair things.

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Savings of a little girl: Part 2 - Little brother

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