Children Story – Story Of Mermaid
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New cricket bat in his hands in accordance with the orders of his senior friends, Cassim started to park from his home where they usually play cricket. “Now, I have a new bat with me, can I join you for a game”, asked Cassim longingly to Flynn, a senior. Flynn took bat from his hands, slowly examined it with a sheer look on his face. Soon after examining, “you are not smart enough to face our seaming balls with this weighed bat”, said Flynn with a roguish smile. Cassim turned red, but couldn’t do nothing. They refused to join for the game, but made use of his bat. He was made to pick balls at boundaries and also scolded for his delay while doing that.
He totally abhorred his seniors, grabbed his bat from their hands once game was done. He started walking slowly to beach which was few yards away from park. It was almost late evening, his way return to home saw something glittering few yards beneath the seashore. He perceived a fish fin clutched on to a fisherman hook. He took very slow steps towards it, “can you please help me??”, raised a voice. Frightened hearing the voice he left his bat down. It was the voice of a mermaid. ” I am here suffering for quite a long time, can you get me out of this??”, it pleaded.
He took a bit long time to make her free as she was badly hurt. Finally he made her free. She was very pleased by his help and requested him to pay a visit to her dwelling. Hesitating at first, later started on journey to mermaid’s dwelling sitting on her back.
They almost traveled deep into the sea, where he couldn’t see a ray of light. “Why were you on the surface of the sea?” , asked Cassim politely.
“I pay visit to surface of the sea once for a while as I did this time”.
Their journey very well came to an end. Cassim astoundingly gazed at the huge shining palace. There were thousands of mermaids which he couldn’t believe. They started playing with him all sorts of games they used to. As he was fond of playing, enjoyed with them happily. He didn’t even make a notice of time, even mermaid didn’t remind him. He was experiencing worldly happiness with them.
After a long time, he realized, he was away from his home for some time. He called the mermaid, “I think this would be enough, I should go back, take me back home”, he said.
“No, you are not supposed to go back once you have been here, you will get into a lot of trouble if you go back”, replied mermaid.
He stood perplexed for sometime, then pleaded her a lot and also was ready to face the consequences. After a long debate within themselves, Cassim started his way back home on mermaid’s back. He was left in the same place where he saw mermaid for the first time. She bid him a goodbye and disappeared into the seas.
He felt very hot as it has been many days away from sunlight. He observed many changes around him, he couldn’t recognize the place where was he. Suddenly he experienced rapid changes in his body. Abnormal rapid growth in height, his head started turning bald, white long beard on his face. He turned into an old aged man of 80 years. He, then realized he has been with mermaids for a period of sixty to seventy years and they have never reminded him about that.
He cried a lot for losing his enjoyment of young years with his parents, friends. He wept for years thinking of this and came to a decision. He started praying to God for years after and gained many mystical powers. Once attaining all the supernatural powers, he cursed mermaids would never come again to the surface of the sea, and let their happiness turn into ashes and there would be no more mermaids in this world.
It is believed his powerful curse made all mermaids extinct, if some are there still, cannot come to surface of the sea.
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