the tree

Rahi was playing under a big tree which was situated behind their house. She was there alone. She was collecting some different kinds of leaves and plants to cook for her grandpa and her father. During the summer vacation no-one can make her sleep in the afternoon. In her house she has no-one at her age to play with her. So she has created her own world. She always talked with the trees, the plants and also with some people whom others can't see.

A little cat came to her "Meow". Rahi looked at the cat and sat down on the ground in front of the cat. She tried to pat the cat but couldn't touch it. She realized this cat is also one of them whom only she can see.

Rahi asked the cat,"where do you live kitty?"

The cat looked at the corner of the back of a tree. Rahi went there but couldn't find anything. Again she asked the cat,"Are you sure you live here?" The little cat,"Meow."

Rahi thought about something then she went to the potter's house and after a while she came with an object that will help her to dig the soil.

Rahi started to dig the soil with the object. Her hands were covered with soil she was panting and sweating while digging. After a while see smelled a very bad smell. She covered her nose with her hands and shouted out of fear.

After hearing her shouting everyone in the house came to her. They were also surprised after seeing the ground. Rahi started to cry hugging her grandma. She was patting her back and told others to call someone and dig the ground. After digging the discovered a cat's body with many cuts.

In the evening after everyone came back from their work, Rahi's grandmother called them all in the hall. Everyone was wondering what was happening in the house. How can someone kill a little cat brutally! Every part of the cat's body had been cut into pieces. And the cat was alive then. To stop it's shouting that the person covered its mouth with a plastic bag and cause of the pain the cat died.

Rahi's grandmother Namita entered the room holding Rahi's hand. She sat on a couch and made Rahi sit on her lap. Rahi hugged her grandmother and squeezed her face on the shoulder. Her grandmother gently patted her back and said,"Rahi sona, you are my brave child right? Now tell us how you found the cat?

Rahi lifted her face and said quietly,"I was playing in the backyard and saw a cat I followed her and saw that she was sitting on the ground looking down. I went to her and saw a mound of soil. I started to dig it. After digging some soil I smelt a bad smell and saw the h..head of the ca..at!" then she started to cry again.

Her granny carefully started to pat her back and then looked at others and asked,"Who did this?"

Everyone was silent in the room. Rahi's dad talked first,"Come on maa, how can someone in the family do such a cruel crime?"

Rahi raised her head and whispered in her grandmother's ear,"Rahul brother did this. I heard his thoughts. He was laughing in his mind."

Her grandmother looked at her seriously and said,"Are you sure darling?" Rahi nodded her head. She realized that her grandmother believed her words.

Her grandmother then looked at Rahul and asked her firmly,"Rahul beta, you did it right?"

Rahul looked at his grandmother with a disbelief and shock in his eyes and shuttered while talking,"I..um.. No.. Ga..granny,.. I..c..can ne..never.."

Grandmother raised her right hand and stopped Rahul. Then she said I know you did this. So now it is your time for punishment. Rahul's mother Mina tried to say something but couldn't. In their house everyone had to obey them (by 'them' means Rahi's grandmother and grandfather).

She stood up from the couch holding Rahi in her hand and said to Rahul,"You have to bury the cat in a nice place and then upon the soil plant a flower seed. Every day twice you have to water the seed. If the plant die or the seed could not grow up then there will be further punishment." Then she looked at Rahi's father and mother. And told him to come with her.

Name of Rahi's family members -

Rahi's grandmother - Namita.

Rahi's grandfather - Arjo.

Rahi's big uncle - Akhil.

Rahi's big aunt - Mina.

Rahi's uncle's son - Rahul.

Rahi's aunty(father's sister) - Bina(staying with them).

Rahi's cousin (aunt's son) - Mohit.

(We will know about them while reading the story further.)

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