This young girl wanted new clothes for the festival. Her mother couldn’t afford the expense. The girl ran away from home. A rickshaw-puller found her, took her to his house, gave her something to eat. The village came together to get her some new clothes and send her home.
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This calls for an awww!
:)
Comment by megha — October 22, 2006 @ 10:46 pm
spoilt child. New clothes, new Ipod whats the difference?
Nice of the rickshaw puller to take her in and treat her to a nice meal though.
Anyway, Happy Diwali, Uma!
Neela
Comment by neela — October 23, 2006 @ 2:10 pm
i disagree Neela. When you have nothing much to look forward to and be thrilled about, a small dream keeps you going. If it breaks, it might hurt bad. So it might not be anything to do with clothes at all..what do we know
Comment by pv — October 23, 2006 @ 3:24 pm
Very Premchand-esque :)
Comment by km — October 23, 2006 @ 6:41 pm
PV: of course - point taken. There are some small dreams that might cause more heartbreak than others. But I feel more sorry for the mother who slogs so hard and still has to face this than for the girl who wants new clothes and doesn’t get them. I wish someone would have told the little girl this, so that the next time her mom can’t afford somethng she doesn’t run away again.
Anyway, its a happy ending, good for all concerned.
Comment by neela — October 24, 2006 @ 3:56 pm