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It was a small town in a hill station. There once lived an old lady next to my house. She was all alone in her sixties but never tired of taking care of her own things. She was very enthusiastic and never depends on anybody else. She will always have smile in her face and do the chores. She will always help the needy people and showers them with unconditional love. It was not so easy to see her with the long face. So I will always call her as Smiley Nanny. I will be the first person to receive sweet and cakes whenever she prepares them for an occasion. I love her most in the world next to my parents. It was end of my under graduation and when I received admission from my dream university at abroad, I thought Nanny should be the first one to know the same. So I rushed to her home very enthusiastically to inform her. But to my disappointment I was not able to find her home as it was locked. I have started to search her in the town after I had waited for few hours. But I was not able to locate her after searching at usual places she would go. I came back to home and again went to see her home if she was there. But it was still locked. So I decided to wait for her at the doorstep. Even my parents had no idea about it and they have also started to wait along with me. It was late evening when I had a glimpse of Nanny at out street corner, I couldn’t wait and rushed towards her and hugged her tightly. She could have felt that I have missed her and was patting my back as everything is alright. We came back home and I was telling her about my admission abroad. She felt happy for me and congratulated me with her usual smile. It was only then I have noticed that she was not good, there is something missed from her smile. Her face was swollen as she has cried for hours. It was my first time to see her like that and I was not able to hold it. So I have started to question her. “Why she has been like that?, Where did she go?, What happened to her? Or to any of her family members?” She never shared about her family to others. So I made use of this opportunity to know about them. She gave her usual smile and we came to her garden area in the house, where we usually have our conversations. She started to narrate her story sixty years back.
She was only two years old and literally had no idea that he will be her long lasting love when he has born. It was her younger brother, who is her first child, friend, a pillar to lean on and a all time irritating person in the home. Her brother was shy and introvert. He will cry every time whenever he needs something from her and from his parents. He will also cry when someone offers him what he dislikes. So she will be teasing her brother, make him cry and do her chores as nothing happened when their mother questions her. It was continued till she gets into school. It was only then she realized her brother’s love for her. He will wait for her in the doorstep for returning her from the school. On seeing her, he will rush and hug her as he is seeing her after a long time. When he got to go school for the first time, he was clinging and went along with her to her class and was not ready to step into his class. He had his loudest cry when the teachers tried to take him to his respective class. Then she went along with him and made him to sit in his class. After few years, it was then she realized her love to his brother. When he met with an accident and injured his head badly, no one was able to stop her crying. It was like as if she had that accident. This hit her hard and she came to know that she loves her brother the most. On their growing years, they had their many fights with and without properties on bullying each other, watching favorite shows at Television, quantity of having favorite food prepared by their mom, awakening him from his sleep mid way to prank him and so on. Sometimes they also had serious fights over small things. But she never allows any other third person to bully or tease her brother like she does.
After few years when she left home to pursue her higher studies, it was then she missed him badly. She missed teasing him, she missed all the silly fights they had, and most importantly she missed the love and care they both share with each other without telling each other. But if anyone asks her about it, she would never reveal it and used to say that she was very happy when her brother is not with her, so that she can do all her favorite things without her brother intervention. But deep down in her heart, she missed him lot. She never once told her brother that she loves him but never fails to shower the love and care on him. She always expresses her love to his brother not by her sweet talks but by doing something he wishes or by giving something he is fond of. The same goes to her brother also on taking care of her. When she started to earn after few years, the first thing she would do after getting her salary is, giving a small amount to her brother so that he will take care of his own needs without bothering their parents. This was also because she does not want her brother to depend on anybody else and became habitual. Whenever they meet for a holiday, their actual fight and teasing resumes as if they came out of nowhere to disturb each other. But that time it was different. Even though they had a fight, she would ask her mother to cook something which her brother also would love to eat. Sometimes she will cook his favorite food or what her brother asks for. This happened many times from then when they came home.
Soon after few years, when her brother started to earn, he had given a small amount to her from his first earnings. She felt very happy and proud about it and she still keeps the amount with her even after so many years. They both know each other’s likes and dislikes where even their parents fail to notice. Every time when she buys a new dress or an electronic gadget, the first thing is she would ask her brother about that. Her brother very well knows what she prefers and never disappointed her on giving the same. She will always surprise her brother by presenting his favorite things especially on his birthdays. It was time for her to get married and she already started to miss her brother. She would never forget the look on her brother’s face at the time of her marriage which showered lot of love and affection where she is having the picture frame of the scene still. After few years, he brother also got married and they both settled with their families’ busy taking care of their needs. Even after their children got married they still had all their idiotic fights whenever they call or meet each other.
After few years, it was the day where she never had a single thought on that day would come as early. Her world got shattered and universe is silently hearing her loudest cry from her heart that her first child, her irritating partner, her brother had left her endlessly. Her brother does not like to see her with the long face and always wants her to be happy and do things which she is fond of. This gave her courage to overcome from her loss. After that, every year on her brother’s birthday, she would go to his tomb by preparing his favorite dish and will have the conversation with him from day to night about the recent happenings in her life. She felt very grateful and happy then. So it was that day where I was not able to locate her. I hugged her while I had tears in my eyes and smile in my lips after hearing out from her. When I left for home, the only thought I had in my mind was, I should not feel regret for anything in my life.
It was my day where I was all set to leave abroad for my studies; Nanny came to my home with her everlasting and mesmerizing smile and gave me sweets and chocolates and wished me for my growth and happiness. I bid goodbye to her and to my parents and left for airport. I have finally boarded the flight where I had a huge smile on my face and felt very excited throughout the journey to meet my brother after a long time.
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Very Enthusiastic nd good narration
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