Spoiled
“Don’t you worry, I very well know what a young boy wants and
I will do my best to fulfil my son’s wishes and most certainly those which I
could not fulfil when I was his of age.”
He looked at his wife, eyes glowing with pride; not knowing that
his father was not asleep and was overhearing their talk.
His father did feel the words floating around him. He knew
that in his own time he too had done his best to fulfil every wish of his son; of
course he didn’t want his only son to get spoiled.
“Where did I go wrong?” father tried to hide himself from the
surrounding chill in the warmth of his old quilt.
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A post for Five Sentence Fiction
Word prompt- Spoiled
it is nobody's fault! Everyone is correct and both the father did and are doing whatever they can!
ReplyDeletenice post!
thanks Sankeerth
DeleteThe ma's love Aroraji. It's the balance game ma spoiled and pa balances. Nice take on the prompt, loved it.
ReplyDeletethanks Shweta for reading the post
DeleteHeart achingly true picture of the world.. Love your stories.. Short and crisp.. True blogger's delight..
ReplyDeletethanks Roohi, your comments are very encouraging
DeleteIt has hurt the old father and the it will hurt the young father when he becomes old, life is life that. This is like a lesson of life.
ReplyDeleteyes, things never change. thanks Indrani for reading the post
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