Feathery Touch

Feathery Touch

so it happened to me last night…….!
I was sleeping as usual in my blanket all covering me and was suddenly witnessed by a soft feathery touch around my chicks. Tickling me, making me giggle in dreams. Oh My God…….!!!!! I can’t forget that awesome introduction in my life.
I’m so sorry! I forgot to introduce maah self, I’m AYUSHI, the author as well the narrator of this story which is though fictional but in virtual gives out immense pleasure for real.

So, with the tickling and soft touch, I was feeling very scared too!!! As it was a winter night with dark and silent ambience. I use to live alone with my parents as my bro & sis lived far away because of their work. I was sleeping alone and with the feathery touch I woke up in fear…….looked around, found no one L
Thinking it to be my bad dream I slept again (hehehehehhh,,,,,sleeping is my best hobby ).
Now again the same touch could be felt across my feet. :O I started feeling like it as my intuition again.
Soon the birds started chirping and could feel the cold winter breeze wishing me a very warm and pleasant morning. Aaaaaaaaahhhh! The bell at the door rang and I rushed away from my bed to get the milk and newspaper from the door.

While having my morning tea I said about the last night happenings to my mother………………………………”mamma” my best friend! & she pulled my ears scolding me that stop watching television late at nights. The dream was nothing but the replication in my mind according to my darling mom :*
As a regular routine I took my bag went to my college, thinking about the incident that happened last night & then returned back to my home by evening. I was in my room searching for the “x” of an equation in maths, and then suddenly heard some hustle bustle at my window. Gosh! Too much of noise!! I couldn’t concentrate on my math’s problem, so went nearby window again & guess what_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________?????

I found nothing. Huh!!! This was getting scary for now. I called my mom & dad shouting & they searched for every corner of my room but in vain. Everything was as perfect as supposed to be in my room. They both said to me in a complied tone, “Ghost doesn’t exist! Why the hell you imagine so much?!?”
I was like eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehhhhhhhhhhhhh! Why anyone not believing me about that sound and that feathery touch?
Then at the end of the day I was about to sleep. Today I was a bit alert but due to a lot of work load I slept soon. It was around mid at night I could feel something scratching my hairs, though it was quite relaxing for me but then I moved my hands across my head acting as if I was asleep.

My God, again that feathery touch. This was too much. I woke up & sat folding my legs on the bed but sleep is sleep, it manages to exist while sitting also.
Now the time of introduction came. I could feel something sniffing around my lap. I opened my eyes O_O!
What a beauty I could see was a little squirrel…….awwwwwwwwwwww!!!! She was damn cute but scared. Her lil eyes gazing me with full astonishment wide opened.

I too get scared of animals but tried patting her & guess what she ran L.I too ran behind her, but when I stopped following her in my room, she also stopped and when I started again she also started running.
Till now I got to know that she was playing with me. Then I got to remember of those dry fruits which my dad uses to bring every winter. I brought them in my room, sat on my bed & started eating them in that winter mid night. That naughty squirrel now with no more fear sat in front of me & started eating from the same plate in which I was eating as if she was showing the acceptance of my friendship.

Thinking it all to be my dream I woke up in morning & found her the Lil squirrel sleeping on my pillow, her feathery tail touching me across my neck. Since then she became my unsaid friend. I named her “gullu” & whenever she hears gullu she runs to me sniffing my feet.

Now all my family members know that it was not an intuition rather it was a secret God gift for me in the shape of maah lovable “gullu”. She is not a pet for me rather she is a living & lively cherish of my immense happiness with her.
Still that scary feathery touch, I cannot forget but all I remember is the friendship which is unsaid but as soft and tender as that feathery touch…!!!