A minor's Intellections

/*Hi i am trying my hand at a little of story writing and this is the initial step. Its just a fiction, hope you like it. Please do leave your suggestions and comments on this, this story might not be a good one but with your suggestions i can definitely improve on this skill. And the story seem to take a lot of time and space, hence i would post a single chapter at a time. Please do go through... Rahul */

Chapter-1

The little boy slyly got up from the bed, he had not slept well all night. Even at the tender age of 6 he has been thinking about his future and everything that he has been doing all day long, he could sense the recursive way of life of his. He found his parents awake so early in the day, "They slept even lesser than me" the boy said to himself. 

He busily ran to his dad and greeted him, then asked his dad "Dad, did you not sleep well?". His dad was not so surprised by this question since the boy never got up so early, "I did sleep well son, its just that am used to getting up early" said the dad to his son and started reading the newspaper again.

 "Oh, so i slept lesser than dad" thought the boy. Then he turned to his dad "Dad i could not sleep well, i want to know few things please help me dad". This time around dad gave his full attention to his son and was listening to him patiently, "Dad i want to know the reason why i need to go to school and study", dad was rather puzzled at this question and he thought for a while and then answered "Son you need to take care of yourself after few years and for that you need to study well and get a job".

Son was nettled by the answer, the other day he had seen a young boy of his age working at a garage "Why is it that he is not going to school for studying?" he had asked himself this question then and since then he has been busy over this thought. He asked the same question to his friends and they found no good answer, so he has come to his dad. He asked the same to his dad, here again dad took his time to answer and then said "He must have been really poor and his parents might not be in a position to afford his education, so he has taken up the task of working in the garage and look after his family". 

Son was again into his world of thoughts and left the place without saying anything to his dad, dad could sense this from his son's face and so didn't interrupt him either. The child went about his daily chores with little care, he had forgotten to make his morning prayers as well which he used to do everyday right after he woke up, he had taken more of tooth paste than he normally did and half of it had fallen into the wash-basin without him noticing it, he spent more time under the shower thinking till his mom knocked the door and called him, "Monu it is getting late for you, come out soon" called out his mom. He quickly finished his bath and came out. Yes, at this young age children don't really tend to know the value of time and that responsibility is always entrusted on their mom, same was his case that day.

His mom could very much infer that her son is unusually careless that day, she had to persuade him to get his things done. She had to comb his hair and feed him while he was wearing his shoes and taking his books since it was already late. "Sorry Amma, i was really slow today" he said to his mom when she was accompanying him to the bus-stop. She responded with a smile and he smiled back. They were just about there when the bus had come, he waved his hands at his mom. He didn't sit at his regular place and rather at another seat because that was where he was sitting when he saw that kid working at that garage yesterday evening. "I will see him today also, poor boy" he thought. But that was too early for the garage to start and so to his disappointment he couldn't see the boy, and he had missed many of the things he noticed everyday on his way to school, he missed to notice the traffic police who managed the traffic with his actions, he forgot to watch the big-boys practicing cricket at the ground, he even forgot to wave hands at his friends mom but just when his friend got in and the bus started to leave he ran towards the rear end and waved at her, she also smiled and waved back. 

(Rest in the next post)