Amrita remembered her mom telling her when she was a child that God punishes in His own little ways whenever one sins. She never failed to stress that one may not be able to relate the punishment easily to the ethical lapse but if observed carefully one can see it invariably follows.
One day she came home from school with a long face. She had broken her slate. Her mom asked “What did you do?"
She kept silent for a while and when prodded admitted to her taking Anupam's eraser without his knowledge.
"Do return it tomorrow and say sorry. I will get a new slate” mom said
Another incident when she was in her teens came to her mind. As she was returning home, she fell down and had deep scratches on her legs and wrist. When she came crying, mom as usual asked her what she did that day, she could not lie when she saw her mom's kindly face and confessed that she copied in the test.
"Remember always that God is watching and would punish if we do wrong. Sometimes it is immediate and on some occasions delayed"
Her mom was gone years back but she never forgot the tiny incidents and mom’ message..
When the very big and expensive chandelier fell suddenly on the ground and broke into hundreds of pieces in the morning, she knew why. She should not have brought her male colleague home for late dinner last night when her husband was away on tour.
Too good, I wish I had the skill and the creativity to write short stories and flash fictions like you and Meera :)
ReplyDeleteOh, why did she forget her mom's message !
ReplyDeleteAnyway, she did wrong things when she was a child.. But the last wrong doing.. Don't know what to say.. May be her husband is a monster and her action can be validated :-)
It's the good one
ReplyDeleteAnd none of the incidents could teach her a lesson. :)
ReplyDeleteYou are on a roll. :D
ReplyDeleteIf only she had remembered her mother's words......
hahahah :D moral science :D good one KP :D
ReplyDeleteGood One. I really love the way you weave stories, small incidents with significant meanings.I do concur with you that punishments follow ethical lapses, all of us would have experienced it but would not hv been able to relate with it. Of Course God has his own little & strange ways.
ReplyDeleteA lovely story to re-iterate that all actions have consequences. Good one.Please keep them coming
ReplyDeleteWow! that is what I would say..
ReplyDeleteShe didn't learn anything from her previous experience I think.
Sometimes God doesn't punish us - he tests us - perhaps that's why the chandelier didn't hurt anyone :-)
ReplyDeleteMhm... Chandelier dropping and not falling on her seems to me was a good thing; don't you think?
ReplyDeleteA lesson in morality alright :).
ReplyDeleteMoral check :)
ReplyDeleteIt makes scary at times when I read stories like this...they warn like a gentle reminder to always do the right things...
ReplyDeletehmmm... its human tendency to make mistake and realize it later. Though we know its a wrong,we still end up doing it!!
ReplyDeleteI read this story many times since you published it.
ReplyDeleteThe irony is she remembered the message, but she never seemed to abide with it.
and, I don't get it, couples cheating on one another and feeling sorry about it later.