Saransh Gupta - Block C-1, Janakpuri Asalatpur Khadar New Delhi Delhi

This kind of a sad story but not shared with anyone.

A sparrow had built a nest in the space between our Cooler and the wall. It had laid some eggs and there were sparrow babies which used to make a cute chirping noise whenever the mother came to feed them. I liked to hear that voice.

One night we heard a lot of the baby chirping sound. Which was quite odd as we never heard it before. In the morning we saw that the ants had eaten the baby alive and its skeleton was glued to the cooler (they were still taking the pieces of meat).

For a long time after that (months) a sparrow used to sit on the window and continously chirp from day to night. I told it to my father and he said just one line 'aulad ke liye'. It has been over 20 years and I still remember it distinctly.

Sorry this is not one of the happy stories but just had one and felt like writing......