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When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us. Helen Keller
And then one morning, it suddenly disappeared. Father went round the farm trying to find a Rusilla, but the bird had gone. Lal was crying hard so Ama (ama = love), their mother, picked Lal up and said: My son, no tears. Allah makes birds to fly. No tears. It is cruel, it is cruel to stay in a cage when you have the wings and the heart to fly. No tears. You cannot hold a bird. You cannot hold things, anything, my son. Ama wanted to comform them, so she made up a plan. She promised to the children they would go to the town with their uncle Seyed, for the first time in their life!
It was very exciting journey. When they came to the town, they saw white children. The white children were very rude and they were singing: Nigger, nigger, pull the trigger. Lal didn't understand the meaning of those words. He was very happy to see children. He ran to meet them. The big boy caught him and threw him backwards to the ground. He was crying hard, because he didn't know why the white boy was so violent. Then Rashida threw herself at the boy, and fight started, but Seyed appeared and stopped it. He took them to a little house on the other side of town where a white lady lived.
She was so generous in spite of they were Punjabi children. She took care of them while Seyed had some duties in the town. The white women was very old, but she loved the children. She gave them her singing kettle and some roses. After few hours, Seyed picked them up. The sun was going down as they saw their home. Lal, 4-years-old, said holding up his kettle:
The Punjabi children were so innocent, they didnt value others by their skin. No! They were just trying to find some new friends in the town. But, unfortunately, the Punjabi children were beaten. I realized racism is a big mistake. You cant judge people as the white children from the story did. And something else... I realized there are always good people ready to help you, to take care of you, to be your friend!
Yes, friendship and family are the most important things in our lifes.
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