The Cage – part six

In part five The bird flew out again. The sky was a warm blue, inviting and beautiful. It soared across it and then, came to rest on the branch of a tree. Restful. Happy. The trees rustled in the wind, the flowers shivered shyly and the bushes…  What was that in the bushes? In the [...]

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The Cage – part five

In part four The bird pushed the door of the cage slowly. It was not locked. It flew open. It paused for a minute looking at the world around it, without bars obstructing it. It was a beautiful world. And there it was- the sky, pure and blue- calling to it.  It opened its wings [...]

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The Cage – part four

 In part three She went back to Narayani for a while. She was sleeping. So she went back to the kitchen. It reminded her of him. Why had he been staring at her like that? What had he asked her? Why did he want to know who she was? And why was she feeling so [...]

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The Cage – part three

In part two She did not want to go back to her room. It had been her prison, the last time she had seen a boy. And that too, because she had stood watching him as he had carried the large vessel of milk to the kitchen. She had hardly thought that he would want [...]

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