Poem 275 : A Silenced Psyche

 A Silenced Psyche

                         - T ABRAHAM

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Suppression surpassing within,

An incomprehensible disgust,

The land covered by the locust,

Weeded and seeded the land,

Food turning into a quicksand,

Destruction deserting the land,

Rays of sun shining in bands,

Darkness and light in a conflict,

The light is fading and faded,

Flicking and fluttering in bands,

Dark thoughts encircling within,

A bright light finally shining out.

Poem 274 : Flowering Waves

 Flowering Waves

                            - T ABRAHAM

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The bushes with blooming roses,

Blooming with colourful petals,

Well protected by green sepals,

Petals drying out and falling down,

A season where the blossom stops,

Protector cannot withstand the absence,

Slowly drying out in absolute absence,

All the colours browning with foulness,

Fruits and leaves entering the rottenness,

Dryness bringing the inevitable fallenness,

Oceans and seas with all these lying,

Finally to be found dead and decaying,

Poem 273 : A Bold Attraction

 A Bold Attraction

                            - T ABRAHAM

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The charm of blossoms flowering,

Being followed by a floral beauty,

Bees pacing towards sweet honey,

Societal animal chasing the money,

Man turning the blossoming pleasure,

Into a glorious and precious treasure,

Fragrance contained within the bottle,

Sweetness bubbling inside the kettle,

The colourful creation flowing around,

Leaves and petals are floating around,

Colourless beauty never fails in its duty,

Killing the thirst and filling the air,

The filler of life and giver of breath,

Dullness has started to fade away,

The brightness of life is on its way.

Poem 272 : Portrait Of Pride

 Portrait Of Pride

                            - T ABRAHAM

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The movement in one direction,

Boldness making a golden glow,

A glowing beauty on its motion,

Works accompanied with promotion,

Insane crowds making a commotion,

Silenced beauty moving away,

Eyes that never move and sway,

Accelerating forward in a straight line,

No concern for the decelerating time,

Hundreds of movements and things,

Crossing everywhere and always,

Movement without loudness to notice,

Finally labelled as pride and noticed.

Poem 271 : Beautiful Eeriness

 Beautiful Eeriness

                              - T ABRAHAM

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Abandoned mansions and castle,

None living inside to create a hustle,

Dead silence accompanied by bustle,

The eerie tempests rising and falling,

Broken windows with glasses falling,

Rapid motions of eeriness being felt,

Darkness brining the guests of fear,

The unheard silence is felt very near,

Deafness or silence, undetected by the ear,

Light and darkness surrounding the year,

Fear giving the blindness and deafness,

A swift movement in the eyes and ears,

Present only to detect the unfathomable,

Candles and darkness battling around,

Supernatural movements felt all around,

Distinct darkness becoming the darkest,

A mansion surrounded by the tempests,

Dark clouds of disaster and beauty found, 

The eeriness standing out loud and proud.

Poem 270 : Charming Juvenility

 Charming Juvenility

                                - T ABRAHAM

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Rising from the fresh soil,

Moving above through toil,

Bright sunshine and large boils,

Energy wrapped in silver foils,

Pacing forward and never ending,

Pressures which are never bending,

Hidden fakeness sending the evil,

A devil hiding behind the beast,

Brewing into a sculpted beauty,

And never falling apart in duty,

Boundaries followed with deity,

The charm and freshness is present,

Hidden away from the evil eyes,

Colours becoming the most pleasant,

Placed behind and amongst the dullness,

A very bright and charming element.

Poem 269 : Undipped Brush

 Undipped Brush

                                 - T ABRAHAM

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The softness felt in touch,

A dryness moving fresh,

Water and paint to touch,

Plain and white sheets kept,

The touch of paint is felt,

Brush moving in and out,

Coloured and discoloured,

Again and again it is done,

Into all the colours of life,

Darkness and light mingling,

Water helping hard in singling,

Finally walking like a duckling.

Poem 268 : A Strained Pain

 A Strained Pain

                          - T ABRAHAM

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Vibrations of errors echoing,

The drying and dying leaves,

Falling all over again to gain,

A strength for some new trees,

Poisonous stings of honeybees,

Fresh waters started drying out,

Erring and yelling of red anger,

Void becoming large and longer,

Finally became largely voidless,

Perfection making the flawless.

Poem 267 : Flooding Falseness

Flooding Falseness

                                - T ABRAHAM

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Pouring and splashing all over,

Making everything to get over,

Freshwater streams becoming duller,

Oceans and seas becoming darker,

Flies and pests becoming pets,

The domestics labelled as wild,

Salt water from a human child,

The black, dark and wild beasts,

Pounds of flesh becoming feasts,

A clotting temperament in race,

Black and dark looks on every face,

Beast and the human becoming one,

Foulness and fairness became none,

Boundaries and lines are broken apart,

It is time for the lines forever to depart.

Poem 266 : Jellatinised

 Jellatinised

                       - T ABRAHAM

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Wobbling powdered candy,

Moisture mixing altogether,

Colourless appearance is seen no more,

Drop by drop changing itself,

Colouring happening at each step,

Stepping up to be gobbled up,

Dancing and rolling all around,

Never gets choked in between,

Messy moisture bringing the taste,

Gobbled up all at once by him,

Digested to become a foul waste.

Poem 265 : Black Cavities

 Black Cavities

                           - T ABRAHAM

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Sugars in excessive sweetness,

Deposited all day and night,

Ice creams bringing delight,

Plain foods are being denied,

Chocolates and biscuits filling,

Slow but steady and bold enough,

Blackness and germs are killing,

White turning to black cavities,

Illness and sickness spreading,

A very strong contaminant in the air,

Many just do not bother to care,

Rumors becoming cotton candies,

Woven with the sugar candies,

The deadly plague killing all around,

Finally the truth comes to surround.

Poem 264 : Colourless Existence

 Colourless Existence

                               - T ABRAHAM

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Greying growth seen all around,

Black and white which surround,

Eerie absence of every sound,

Silence forming circles and round,

Colourless chains are bound,

The draining of every colour,

One dead and decaying flower,

None to protect nor to cover,

A rapidly diminishing culture,

Deadness surrounded by a vulture,

Blackness bringing the darkness,

Blinded by the dull and dark,

The stray mouths giving a bark,

Rainbowing colours are lost forever,

Spontaneity in destruction and loss,

No one was present to pause,

Nor ever present to stop the cause.

Poem 263 : A Swelling Heart

 A Swelling Heart

                               - T ABRAHAM

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Dilation dimming and draining,

Many strong constrictions,

Building bolder constructions,

Red and white to make the ink,

Cheery blossoms with its pink,

Tranquil elevations to think,

The eyes have forgotten to blink,

But have given a golden wink,

Memories, Oh sweet memories!

Overflowing and flooding,

White blood and red blood,

Intermingling and swelling,

A swollen pink heart is beating.

Short Story 30 : Into The Royal Household

Into The Royal Household

                                     - T ABRAHAM

    The day was a pleasant one, with soft falling showers to cool down anyone affected by the start of the hot summer month. Liddy was waiting to enter into a royal household, and finally her prayers were heard.

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    Both the man and the woman who had bought the white and black teddy bear came to the shop. ‘We have come to buy a birthday gift for our younger daughter who has turned six months old today. As a token of celebration I would like to get the red teddy bear you have in your shop’, said the man to the shop owner. The man and the woman being their regular customers were given a discount of fifty percent and Liddy was finally purchased.
    It was already evening when Liddy was taken home. She was waiting to be unwrapped and unboxed to be placed inside the playhouse. The little girl was very much surprised to have got Liddy. Liddy realised that she is inside the household, where she was longing to enter for a long time. Yes, it was none other than the house of the royal family which lived near the shop.
    ‘I got three teddy bears and this one is the most loveliest of the three’, said the elder girl looking at Liddy.
    The days went by and it has turned into years. Liddy and the two other teddy bears were well maintained and even the next generation have entered the household. All the three teddy bears were passed on from one generation to the next as they look like new ones. The love, care and affection which is being given towards the maintenance of these stuffed animals is the only thing which is keeping them alive for a longer duration of time.
    Even though Liddy was the last to leave the shop, she got into one of the best families which lived in their town.

Short Story 29 : Black And White! That’s Right

Black And White! That’s Right

                                          - T ABRAHAM

    It has been two years now since Liddy came to the shop. Liddy was left all alone and the last teddy bear who was being her companion had also left. She wondered where the white teddy bear has gone and also, does the woman have any children.

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    ‘It is good to know, that madam liked the white teddy bear’, said one of the employees to the owner of the shop. The woman who had bought the white teddy bear had posted the picture of her daughter holding the teddy bear in the space provided for giving the customer reviews after their purchase. She had also mentioned that her daughter liked the teddy bear and it perfectly fits into her daughter’s playhouse.
    Another employee said to the owner, ‘Great! Sir too had liked the black teddy bear as well. Their daughter is very happy with both the teddy bears. One from her father and the other from her mother’. The man who had bought the black teddy bear had also posted his review regarding his purchase.
    Liddy wanted to know whether it was one among her companions who were recently sold as Christmas gifts. The employees were scrolling past the reviews and Liddy managed to see both the images. ‘Black and white! That’s right. They both have went into the same household. It was the father and mother of the same girl who had made the purchase on different days’, said Liddy.
    Liddy also wanted to enter into the same household but it was still a mystery revolving around her purchase. She was conquered by boredom each day and once she is bought by anyone, she would become a complete teddy bear with her exceptional qualities diminished forever.

Short Story 28 : The Last Night In The Shop

The Last Night In The Shop

                                         - T ABRAHAM

    It was only Liddy and the white teddy bear who were left in the shop. The month of December has already arrived and Christmas was coming shortly. The store had begun to take orders through the e-commerce stores. It was on the day before Christmas the store had received an order for the white teddy bear. The employee who needs to pack the teddy bear was on leave and the teddy bear was taken away from the table where it was kept for sale. They need to deliver the order to an agent by tomorrow afternoon. It was the last day for the teddy bear with Liddy.

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    ‘Finally, you are not going to be left all alone in the shop. Someone has bought you and we will be bidding our goodbyes tomorrow’, said Liddy to the white teddy bear. Liddy did not feel worried about parting ways and neither did the white teddy bear.
    Liddy narrated their two years of existence inside this shop and how they were able to see the human race who came in and went everyday. And this was the first time they did not see the customer but would be packed and sent directly to their residence.
    The white teddy bear was very joyous as it was not the last one to leave the store in idleness. Liddy was not worried about being the last one left all alone without any companion but she knew that soon she will lose the autonomy over herself once a loving family is willing to buy her. Only Liddy was desirous to enter a royal family as she was one among the costliest teddy bears found in the town. Even though the region is not being ruled by any king, the family of the royal lineage was residing near the house next to the shop.
    ‘Soon a baby girl will be born to them and they would need a teddy bear’, said Liddy to herself. Then morning came, but an unexpected thing had happened. The order for the white teddy bear was suddenly cancelled and a customer came to the store that afternoon with a bill from an online shopping website. It was the customer who had placed the order and had cancelled it abruptly.
    ‘Can I get the teddy bear?’, asked a middle-aged woman. Immediately the package was handed over to her and she paid the price of the white teddy bear in cash and went home happily.
    Liddy had heard the words of the woman. It was something to do with the quality of the teddy bear. She asked the shop’s owner whether there was an option to return the teddy bear and she had also mentioned that, the online merchant did not have the return and replace window for the teddy bear. The shop owner immediately agreed and she took the white teddy bear with her.
    Liddy knew that the teddy bear would not be returned as it was flawless and also a beautiful one.

Short Story 27 : The Children’s Playhouse

The Children’s Playhouse

                                      - T ABRAHAM

    By the time the spring descended and the autumn was peeping out the teddy bears were becoming dusty in their appearance. It was a pleasant Sunday morning when a few customers came inside to buy a teddy bear. The two other teddy bears who were with Liddy were one black teddy bear and a white teddy bear.

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    ‘Papa, I want that black colour teddy bear. It would perfectly fit inside my playhouse. I want it papa. Please…’, said a little girl who came to buy a teddy bear with her father. The man looked at the teddy bear for a while but dragged his daughter out of the shop and they went straight into the supermarket to buy the day’s grocery. ‘Please papa…’, cried the little girl but her father forced her into the car and they went home.
    Liddy was excited by the idea of being a teddy bear living inside a playhouse and started off with her story about a playhouse, ‘There was once a playhouse maintained by the royal family for their little prince. It was made out of wood with only a tiny door and one small window. This little prince had many plastic toys and one teddy bear.
    The little prince disliked the teddy bear and always used it as a punching bag to vent out his anger. This little boy had a notion that only girls like to play with teddy bears and he considers himself to be a strong man who only likes cars and boyish toys. The queen always takes care of the teddy bear by dusting it every day and would take it to her bedroom during the monsoon to avoid it from getting wet.
    One day the little prince was angry with the king and the queen and went hiding inside the playhouse. The playhouse was not in a good condition after the rains, which was there the previous night. It was in a condition where no one could tell when it would collapse and being inside the playhouse was not a very good idea.
    The teddy bear was inside the playhouse but the little prince threw it away. But the teddy bear fell down near the door of the playhouse. It was already getting darker and the queen was worried about her son. The king and the queen knew that their son was inside the playhouse. Suddenly it started to rain heavily and there was a crash sound heard from the garden. The king and the queen knew that the playhouse might have collapsed and they rushed to see it.
    Suddenly they remembered about the little prince and they were panicking and took away all the pieces of wood with which the playhouse was made. There they found their son lying with minor injuries with the teddy laid over him. The teddy bear which was there inside the playhouse was used by the little prince as a cover to protect himself from the wooden planks which had suddenly collapsed due to the rain. Since the wooden planks used were quite lightweighted and harmless he did not have any serious injury. The teddy bear was made with good quality stuffing and it had withstood the crash and protected the little prince. From then on the little prince’s favourite toy was this teddy bear which had protected him from injuries’.
    Then the man who came to the shop with her daughter, came all alone by himself to the shop once again. He asked one of the employees of the store to pack the black teddy bear inside a little box and wrap it with a gift wrapper. Liddy felt happy for this teddy bear as he is going to live with a family which has a playhouse.

Short Story 26 : In Memory of Grandmother

In Memory of Grandmother

                                           - T ABRAHAM

    It was already the start of spring. Liddy was happy to see many customers coming and buying many things for their children. The summer vacation was about to set in. All the three teddy bears were worried as they were the last ones left in the store. They were all well maintained, but the two teddy bears were not ready to accept Liddy leaving before them. Even though Liddy was the most liked teddy bear by the all customers, seeing the huge value for her beauty many go with the affordable ones.

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    Liddy the storyteller started off once again, ‘During the earlier days many people were engaged with arts and humanities. But nowadays these disciplines of study are facing their decline. There lived a girl with her grandmother and mother who was known for winning prizes for creative writing and recitation contests. She was interested in pursuing humanities for her under-graduation and asked both her mother and grandmother. Her grandmother had completed her Bachelor’s in Fine Arts and was a housewife, as grandfather did not like the idea of her going for work. The girl’s mother completed her Master’s degree in Mathematics but found it very difficult to get a job. These days engineering graduates were outnumbering everywhere and the preference was given to them in almost every sector.
    Her mother immediately rejected the idea of pursuing a degree in humanities. But her grandmother wanted her to take up humanities. Grandmother somehow convinced the girl’s mother and she started off with her college in Bachelor of Arts in History. When the girl has reached her final year, her grandmother had passed away. After a few months the girl was not ready to continue her Master’s degree as she had to face many challenges amidst her classmates and also in her college.
    The girl’s mother accepted her decision, when grandmother was alive she was the only soul who was able to comfort the girl during her times of hardship and now she is gone forever. The girl had joined a school as a history teacher.
    Whenever she turns back in time she can feel her grandmother walking along with her during the times of her hardship and insults. Even though she had the desire to do her Masters she had to knock it down.
    Her grandmother lives in her heart forever. The choice of her study makes her feel she is carrying on with her, the legacy supported by her grandmother and turning back she can visualise the support rendered by her own blood who did not give up on her even when the worst of insults were hurled upon her’.
    Both the teddy bears went to sleep during halfway of the narration. Liddy also joined them and no one was ready to purchase her. She was eagerly waiting for a day when the royal family would take her to their palace. But it was testing her patience and hope.

Short Story 25 : Under The Cupboard

Under The Cupboard

                                - T ABRAHAM

    Days were passing by and only five teddy bears including Liddy were still remaining in the shop. All five of them were eagerly waiting to be purchased by someone who would take good care of them.

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    One of the employee who cleans all the five teddy bears have gone on a vacation for a week. The teddy bears were being kept away from the window to avoid them from becoming dusty. All the five of them were kept on the counter table. While they were being dusted one among the five teddy bears fell down near a cupboard. Then Liddy also fell nearby and she was able to see shreds of papers under the cupboard. These were nothing but the bills of the shop, which were no longer needed.
    Liddy started to weave her tale, ‘Long time back many things were written down in papers using pen. But nowadays everything is being stored in computers and mobile phones for easy retrieval of information. There lived a boy with his grandparents and he is known to write everyday. But his grandparents did not want him to write anything out of his academics and will never allow him to waste the papers available in their house. The boy wanted to have a diary but they did not give him one. So, one fine day he started to practice his mathematics using pencil and erased it during the night time and penned down everything which happened everyday. This was a process continuing until his grandfather died, when he had joined the college.
    One day his grandmother noticed a few papers kept hidden under the cupboard. The place was dusty and it was the responsibility of the boy to clean his room. She took those papers and started to read them. Then suddenly the boy came home a little earlier than usual. Grandmother had taken the papers with her as she felt eager to read about the past which was recorded by the boy.
    The boy left the day’s report under the cupboard, and the next day once he had left for the college she took those papers and started to read them. It had both the good and the worst times of his life. The boy had described his urge to buy a diary, once when he starts to earn his living.
    One thing which had shocked the grandmother was some of the worst things that has happened to him recently. Even though she was feeling joyous after reading that their grandson was living happily with them. The bullying and abuse he has to endure in certain places was bringing out tears from her eyes.
    The very next day grandmother had asked the boy to discontinue from the course he was currently pursuing and made him take a break from his academics for the next two months. Afterwards she was searching for a good place to send her grandson for studying and also bought him a diary during this time.
    Grandmother realised that how important it was for him to note down all the intricacies of his life. The boy had also realised that, grandmother had read his diary entries left under the cupboard. He found this out when she had asked him to discontinue and gifted him a beautiful diary’.
    Liddy was about to fall asleep when she has completed with her tale. But suddenly one customer came into the shop and bought two teddy bears for his daughters. Now only three teddy bears were left in the shop with Liddy being one among them.

Short Story 24 : The Capturing Camera

The Capturing Camera

                                   - T ABRAHAM

    A year has passed and all the teddy bears have got accustomed to the shop. The positions and places where they are being placed have become their comfort. But still they are longing to be purchased by the human families. Every teddy bear wanted Liddy to leave them only after all of them have been purchased, because her tales have kept them away from their numbness and boredom.

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    Liddy started off with her tale about the camera which captured everything, ‘Photographs kindled the memories of anybody who looked at it after a few years have passed. It was the time when anyone can own a camera and can also capture anything and everything which was pleasing to their sight. The human world was filled with photographs which were maintained in both forms, namely the hardcopies and the softcopies.
    There came a time when there was a newly invented camera named ‘Captured’. People were suspicious about the name and it was known to capture even the finest of details. Many people started to buy this new camera. After a month many people were reported to be went missing all over the world and not even a trace can be found to track their path.
    Many people noticed that the newly invented camera was having some superpower. The news came and it was said that the ones using the camera to capture a person’s photograph and also the one who is posing for the photograph taken by this camera are the ones who have went missing.
    The man who invented this camera was immediately arrested by the police and was interrogated regarding his invention. The man said, ‘The camera which I have invented has a superpower to deliver the people to an unknown territory and the flash light which is attached in the camera is known for this. I have invented this to reduce the size of the fast-growing population and wanted to bring the population under control’. The inspectors knew that he is a psychopath who was misusing the domain of science to overpower the human race. He was sentenced to imprisonment at first and then after all the cameras were destroyed he was guillotined.
    The whole of the human race started to develop a hatred towards camera and photography. Finally it was decided that no new inventions are supposed to be used without scrutinizing it. Gradually the years went by and the human race was finally able to move on by forgetting this great tragedy caused by their love to create memories to cherish their past.
    Many regions have started to maintain photo studios rather than allowing its people to have their own cameras. Once again people started to cherish their memories, but have also prioritized only certain important events of their life to be maintained as a photograph’.
    Liddy noticed a camera placed in the shop. It was a toy camera and immediately after the story was told, some of the teddy bears got afraid of it. One of the customers had bought it for her son and he was focussing the camera towards Liddy. When he clicked the button every teddy bear present in the shop was panicking. But Liddy knew that it was just a toy, and nothing happened when the button was released. All the teddy bears felt relieved as they could not think about the absence of Liddy before they are being purchased by any human family.

Short Story 23 : The Speechless Speeches

 The Speechless Speeches

                                             - T ABRAHAM

    The days were turning into months and every teddy bear inside the shop are eagerly waiting to be taken up by a loving and caring household. There was a river near the shop and sometimes there was a gurgling sound coming from it and most of the times it flows without any noise.

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    Liddy started with her story about the river, ’The newly formed water droplets were entering the fast flowing river in which the flowing water is always unheard. No new noises and sounds are accepted by the already existing water droplets which formed the river. When these newly formed droplets were trying to enter the stream there was a gurgling sound made by them. All the existing water droplets asked, ‘Who are you? Why are you making the most irritable noise?’. The newly formed water droplets did not answer them but continued to flow. Suddenly there were a few bubbles formed when they had started to get into the river. Bubbles were forbidden by the river and it started to threaten the new water droplets, ’If you are going to form bubbles in the stream I will change my direction and would eject all of you towards the river affected by the factory effluents’. The newly formed water droplets replied, ‘We didn’t do anything, it was the rocks and sand which were clinging on us while we seeped underground’.
    The river did not accept their words and was planning to silence them forever. ‘I only want silence to be maintained in my stream. There should be no speech made and no noise as well. The communication is always speechless and such water droplets are trying to change these things. I am going to change my direction and land them straight into the factory effluents’, thought the river.
    On the very next day there was a change in the course of flow. The speed and direction of flow was suddenly changed. The new water droplets were panicking. The old water droplets thought that defiling the new ones will only harm them and not the older ones. It was in the middle of the night when the stream of water reached the river affected by the factory effluents. They reached the place with full of gurgling sounds and more bubbles were formed when the river had started to flow into the contaminated water. The newly formed water droplets were contaminated with the deadly chemicals and it did not stop with that. The older water droplets also started to fall into these chemicals and the river was unable to control its flow and the whole of the river went straight into the contaminated water body. ‘Finally we too are dead’, cried the river as all its water flowed straight into the affected stream.
    The reaction of the river towards the speeches of the new water droplets and its evil actions resulted in the fall of the whole community. Finally the river was bubbling and gurgling forever with the irreversible contamination’.
    By the time Liddy completed her story, there was a crazy kid nagging his father to buy him some toys. His father looked at the teddy bears but he knew that his son would tear them into pieces in a few days. So, he did not purchase any teddy bears and left the shop. All of them were relieved because they did not want to live and die in the hands of a monster.

Short Story 22 : The Rain And The Rainbow

The Rain And The Rainbow

                                       - T ABRAHAM

    It was the months of monsoon where the raindrops were splashing into the shop through the open window. Little Fluffy got wet and also some other teddy bears got wet because of the heavy rain. Liddy started to think about the rainbow and started to weave her story in the midst of the wetness prevailing all around them.

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    Liddy started off with her imagination, ‘There was a time when the rain and rainbow were mutually existing. But on one fine day the rains were continuously pouring out causing the earth to flood all over. The sun who was taking rest behind the moon did not show up even after a week had passed. The rainbow was waiting patiently to take its turn but the rain was dominating and disturbing the humans. ‘When will you let me come rain? I am waiting for my turn’, said the rainbow to the rain. ‘Wait for one more day and I will make way for you’, said the rain in a villainous tone. The rainbow was quite disturbed and had some thoughts of perishing away soon. It was afraid that the rain might do something against it as the tone of the rain was very clear that it did not like the rainbow asking for its turn. But the rain kept upon its word and descended away the very next day. According to the mutual understanding the rain will hide itself when the rainbow comes out and the sun will shine brightly. But this time the rain became insane and did the most dreaded and terrible thing to the rainbow. It rained when the rainbow came out.
    The rainbow came out immediately after the rains have descended and also the sun came out as well. All the beautiful colours of the rainbow was blossoming out after a long time and the sun and clouds enjoyed this sight of beauty. But suddenly the rain came out. ‘What are you doing rain?’ asked the rainbow. Without any response there was a spontaneous reaction from the rain. It immediately began to rain and the rainbow was getting drained out with all its colours getting lost into the air. There was a painful cry from the rainbow before it was lost forever.
    Witnessing this cruelty by the rain towards the humble and faithful rainbow, the sun and the clouds began to chase the rains away. The sun started to shine brightly and it had rapidly started to increase its intensity. The clouds started to crash against the rains and they started to spin round and round and the rain was caught inside a whirl. The intensity of the sun became very high and the flood waters descended into the ground and some ascended as vapours, going back into the sky. The whirl formed in the sky was received as a gentle breeze by the humans.
    The rains were diminished forever into tiny droplets which were filled with cycles of motions and emotions. The rainbow was killed by the rain and the rain received a deserving treatment from the other elements of nature which were living in a mutual understanding with one another’.
    Once the story was ended, two teddy bears were bought by a gentleman who has a small baby girl. The teddy bears wished good luck to both of them who are journeying towards this household to live in happiness and comfort.

Short Story 21 : The Candy Man

The Candy Man

                            - T ABRAHAM

    The teddy bears of the stuffed animals world were evacuated. All the teddy bears are now being kept for sale in the human world. But there lived one exception amidst the teddy bears who was none other than Liddy. When the teddy bears reach the human world it was inevitable and sadly all the teddy bears lose their ability to talk and walk voluntarily. The autonomy which they have over themselves are lost once they enter the human world and they are under the hands of the human beings.

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    Liddy was known to have entered the human world without losing her ability to talk. But she immediately turned mute whenever a human passes by her side. This quality of Liddy made her into a storyteller and this kept the other teddy bears away from boredom. Her tales are being woven from her vivid imagination, and her easy to comprehend vocabulary and language makes her into what every calls her to be, ‘The Magical Storyteller Liddy’.
    Liddy caught the sight of a candy being chewed by a little child who has come to the shop with his mother. Liddy started off with her tale, ‘So, today’s tale is about the candy which travelled in the human world and was destroying the human race. There was a candy named Gummy who was living away from the human Tummy. Gummy was the sweetest sugar candy who would crawl straight into the mouth of every human being but would never crawl into their stomach. The sweetest sugar candy always stayed inside the mouth of every individual and he was an omnipresent being. Once there was a time when the children of the human beings were struggling with toothaches. Gummy was ever present over their tooth and many children became lazy to remove the residue poured out by Gummy by his sweet existence. When the days went by, Gummy’s existence was getting affected because many of the parents have started to buy toothpaste, toothbrush and mouthwash for their children to get rid of the sweet which was causing all the pain to them. Even after that the children were getting frequent toothaches.
    Suddenly one day all the children were having terrible pain all over their oral cavity. When the parents examined them, they found out that most of their tooth have already got decayed and they immediately rushed towards the nearby dentist. This was the weirdest days ever seen. All the parents of the town were crowding in their nearby dental clinics to remove the decayed and deformed tooth of their little ones. Then, they all have realised what was the causative for all this misery. It was none other than the sweetest sugar candy. Yes, it was Gummy who does not get into the tummy and was always hated by every mummy. To end this cycle of decay and pain all the parents have decided to ban the sweetest sugar candy from their town and also to destroy all the Gummy chocolates available in the supermarket. So, here ends the tale of the sweetest sugar candy which had met with its fate. It did not go into the tummy and angered every mummy and so was Gummy destroyed forever ’.
    Once the story of the day ended one among the teddy bear was sold and they all bid goodbye to it. They all hoped that it would become a part of a loving and caring household.

Short Story 20 : Fallen Into The Clutches Of The Humans

Fallen Into The Clutches Of The Humans
                                                          - T ABRAHAM

    It was the last day of the spring and the start of autumn. Pinky was cleaning the Blossom cottage. To her surprise Pinky found a dusty door near their entrance which was locked with five chains. ‘Mama…. Where does this door lead to?’, asked Pinky to Mrs. Cephal. ‘Pinky… don’t try to enter that door’, said Mrs. Cephal to Pinky and went to sleep. It was around nine o’clock when Pinky had started to clean the cottage. But Pinky had a burning desire to open the door.

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    Pinky checked with her mother and father. ‘They are in deep sleep’, Pinky said to herself and started to search for the keys. Pinky found out three keys which were kept hidden under the potted plant near the entrance. ‘Almost opened the door. I need two more to enter into this mysterious door’, said Pinky to herself and went about searching for the remaining keys. Pinky had managed to find out one key buried near the rose plant which was there in their garden. The other key was found under the carpet which was in their living room.
    By the time Pinky had managed to unlock the door and open it, Mrs. Cephal came to the living room to have some water. ‘I have sore throat. I need some water’, said Mrs. Cephal to herself and got the water bottle kept on the table. Pinky went hiding behind the sofa and Mrs. Cephal noticed that the door which was kept unlocked. ‘Pinky…’, called Mrs. Cephal. But Pinky did not respond. ‘The portal to the human world is unlocked and it can pull in anybody who goes near it’, said Mrs. Cephal.
    Mrs. Cephal tried to close the door but unfortunately the door had suddenly opened and pulled her inside. ‘Help! Help!’, cried Mrs. Cephal and before Pinky could come for her rescue the door forcibly pulled in Pinky as well.
    Mr. Cephal was in a deep sleep and he woke up once it was morning. He was quite confused with the nightmare he got during the night when Pinky and her mother were transported into the human world. ‘Pinky and her mother were placed in a shop. No one bought them for months and suddenly I woke up‘, said Mr. Cephal to himself and went straight to the kitchen to have some water. Then while he was going to the living room he had noticed the door which was kept locked for years was now kept open. Suddenly he realised the absence of Mrs. Cephal and also his daughter.
    ‘Pinky… why did you do like this?’, sobbed Mr. Cephal. ‘If they have went to the human world. Even I would go there along with them’, said Mr. Cephal and went straight into the door and landed on the shop where his wife and daughter were kept for sale.
    One of the supervisors of the shop asked the customers, ‘Madam, would you like to purchase all these three teddy bears for your granddaughter? It is a combo pack and we are offering a fifty percentage discount if you are going to purchase in bulk. We have received these three teddy bears this morning and they have been manufactured recently. So please do consider’. ‘Okay, then I will buy all of them’, said the old lady and took all the three of them to her home.
    ‘Thank you grandma’, said Little Raphel and took all the three teddy bears to her bedroom. Every night she slept with these three teddy bears whom she cuddled and also received comfort from them.
    Even though the Cephals came into the human world by mistake they were being comforted by little Raphel and they were also received by her unconditionally, and were also being treated with utmost love and care.

Short Story 19 : The Sun Burn

The Sun Burn

                           - T ABRAHAM

    It was a busy weekend for Pinky. The day was hotter than the other days. Pinky felt that the sun is penetrating directly upon her. ‘Why is the day hotter than usual?’, Pinky questioned and went to sleep a little early than the other days. There was a power cut during the night time and Pinky was sweating profusely. Pinky had a dream which was influenced by the sun.

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    Pinky was standing on a podium and was addressing the audience who have come to participate in the storytelling contest. Pinky began her story, ‘It was the time when the sun started to play hide and seek. Some days it does not give its light upon the earth and would be in hiding during the day time. The favourite hiding spot of the sun is behind the moon. One day the moon asked the sun, ‘Why are you playing with the earth? It harbours a variety of lifeforms which requires the light and sunshine from you. If you are going to stay hiding behind me for a longer duration of time there would be many deaths in the earth. If that happens you are solely responsible for all the loss that happens’. The sun said, ‘Stop advising me moon! I know what to do and what not to do. These humans are the most insane of all beings. They can even produce the light of their own. Nothing productive is going on but all sorts of non-sense is progressing on earth. The earth is only seen to be going towards its regression and no improvements have been witnessed till this day’. ‘But think about the plants and animals who doesn’t have anything to do with what you are telling me. Don’t take the blame of killing the poor animals’, said the moon. The sun did not reply back but thought about this for some days.
    After this conversation the sun has decided to remain in its place. One day it was caught by insanity and decided to burn down the planet earth. Then the sun slowly started its journey towards the earth. When the moon had noticed this, it was trying to intervene and intercede and stop the destruction. But as a result the moon was burned down by the sun. ‘You cannot stop me moon. I am going to burn down the earth’, the sun screamed and landed over the earth. The earth was burning down to ashes and everything and everyone were panicking. Many voices amidst the crowd were heard telling each other, ‘It is because of the global warming! The hole in the ozone layer! Ozone has been completely depleted’. The sun was joyously seated over the planet earth and when half of the planet was destroyed suddenly the stars have started to shoot the sun. Suddenly there was a black hole approaching the sun and it tried to engulf the sun. ‘The devil is trying to engulf me’, cried the sun. Suddenly the stars shouted, ‘Stop your insane actions and return back to your position. The black hole will burst into pieces if you return to your position’. The sun moved away from the earth and went straight towards its dwelling place. As the stars have told, the black hole was burning down. But before the sun realised its mistake and had returned to its initial position, almost half of the earth was damaged. These places became the deserts and there was some water remaining on the earth. Majority of the places remained unaffected as the waters protected the earth’.
    Suddenly Pinky woke up from her dream. Then the power came amidst the darkness and Pinky got terrified and started to cry out ‘The sun has come to burn me down’, and realised after a moment that it was the light bulb which she had left switched on to know whether the power has come or not. Then she calmed down and turned off all the lights and went back to sleep.