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There was a big temple in the city, where outside the temple poor children were sitting and when any one enters in the temple they starts speaks loudly in row that “please give me some 1 rupee my mother is waiting, she has not eaten anything from 2 days…………please sir give us 1 rupee, if you give me one rupee you are my god. But no one had listened the voice of these innocent children.

One day one person has pass from Temple Street, where he has see one good boy ……man suddenly go to that child and ask that “what happened my child?”

Man: - Hey boy where is your family

Child: - I have no family I have only my mother with me, my father was Forde

Man: - ohh……the one who has given you a birth, you are speaking bad for that person.

Child: - uncle you don’t know more about my father, if you are at my place you would realize the situation

Man:- ok…..i know that you are suffering a lot, but some times you also have to understand that, to whom your are blaming that person would be right

Child: - I am sorry, but I want to ask you that question?

Man: - ya…sure you can ask?

Child: - why I am feeling inferior while I am talking to you?

Man: - but I am not feeling that so.

Child: - you are not, but why I get feel so.

Man: - (silently starts walking)

Child: - stop uncle, where are you going

Man: - I have some relationship with you, but I can not disclose that relation.

Child: - may I know that why you don’t want to disclose that relationship.

Man: - I am sorry my child but some one has given me swear to not to disclose this relation.

Child: - ok, when did you tell me this relation.

Man: - on your birthday.

Child: - why…..you have only selected my birthday?

Man: - because your birth date is only mystery

Child: - can you tell me that how you know me?

Man: - (downly) through schoolbag?

Child: - schoolbag…….?

Man: - yes…….your birth date and schoolbag is only the mystery, but my child I give you my swear to not disclose the word schoolbag in front of anyone….please

Child: - (happy tone)... You have to promise me that you will tell me the truth on my birthday

Man: - ok…..i give you promise that I will disclose all facts on your birthday

Child: - ok….thank you

Man: - (put his both hand on child head and speaks) god bless you my child.

(Child runs speedily to his house, he was very happy because he realizes that on his birthday there is some mystery which he relates to.)

(Mother enters into the scene)

Child: - maa today I am so happy

Mother: - my child; May I know the reason behind this happiness?

Child: - maa today I meet one person who knows everything about our family

Mother: - who was that person?

Child: - I don’t know, but yes he told me that “my birthday is only mystery and history”.

Mother:- (shocked)…….did he given his name?

Child:- no, but he has promise me that he will tell me everything about my past and about school

(child struck that sentence of man; that not to disclose word schoolbag, thought he has given his swear )

Mother:- what school…..?........tell me what he says about school?

Child:- (change the topic)……ohh, school means today when I was bagging I saw that children are going to school without shoes ( he starts laughing loudly )

Mother:- thought mother was silent but she was still thinking that there is something happened to my child.

Child:- maa good night from tomorrow my school is reopen

Mother: - every day she was thinking that I don’t want to disclose this mystery in front of my child

(Mother exit from seen)

(Old man enters)

One day child was going to school where he feels that one man is coming behind him, at any how he finally enter into school

Where whole day he was thinking about old man

After completing the school when he was come back to home

That old man come behind that child and said that I know everything about your birthday and……schoo……l…..bag. Schoolbag

The boy turned…….slowly……..where he has seen reality in the eyes of that old man.

Old man enters in the scene

Child: - who are you….and how you come know about my birthday mystery?

Old man: - because my child I am the father of your mother

Child…… (Shocked)……..what??

Old man:- because to whom you have meet in temple street is the enemy of your family

Child…..(having tear in his eyes)

Old man:- stop crying my child if you want to know the reality then come with me….i will tell you a whole story.

Child:- ok…….(still having tear in eyes)…….ok I will come with you nanu.

(They both starts walking and come in the temple street)

Old man:- My child this place is only the mystery place.

Child: - (shockingly and speak)……….this place?

Old man: - yes, the person to whom you meet was your real father

Child: - what?

Old man: - now listen the reality, your father was drunker, he constantly torture your mother to give more money for his drink, but she on day denied to give money to your father, your father has throw you and your mother out of his house, then after to provide you food and good education she is still an prostitute, and lastly your “birthday and schoolbag “ is mystery because on that day when you arrive I had listen that your father is going to kill you and then sent school bag to your mother with one cheat” next is your turn”

Child:- (with red eyes and angry)……I will kill you father, now on my birthday I will create mystery and history.

Old man:- don’t do my child, because before your birthday that person would died, because that person is having last stage cancer and still he don’t know

Child:- ok……but can you tell me nanu that how you know all this ?

Old man:- because that person has also kill your nani for money, so on that day I has taken one oath that anyhow I am going to finish this person, and when he goes to take I had change the medicine, thought that person is only having cold, I had change that cold syrup with cancer syrup.

Child:- why you have done this nanu…..i want to kill that person….because he has ruin the life of my mother

Old man:- you are innocent you don’t know more,and listen one thing my child tomorrow I am going to kill your father and then sharp at 10:00 am you will inform the police that there is happen murder in the temple street now go home and forget all this and tell the truth to your mother

Child:- ok…..nanu……bye

Old man:- controlled his tears……and replied bye….bye my child…..hope we will meet next time

(Mother entry in scene)

Child:- (having tear in his eyes) tightly huge her mother and said maa I know real truth….you have sacrifice everything for me

Mother :-(crying tone) you are everything for me my child…….i love you my child…..i love you

Child:- love you too maa. today nanu had old me every truth

Mother:- (happily speaks).....nanu

Child: - yes tomorrow I want to inform police that go and arrest him because he has only kill our enemy

Mother: - ok……

(Next day at 9:00 am old man calls the child and said that your enemy is no more.Now inform police to arrest me)

Police has reached after getting information at that place where they have seen two dead bodies

Policeman calls that child and said that your nanu has also committed the suicide

Child: shocked and seat infront of his nanu body……while seeing his nanu body, he has seen one school bag, then he go to that school bag…….and then he open it, where he has seen one photo of his child hood where behind that photo it was return one beautiful thing

“A woman can’t change a man because she loves him; a man changes himself because he loves her”

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