MOLI MEETS THE SPIRIT HOLY (SUPERNATURAL FICTION)
Now Jolly is 40,and Moli 10 only.Jolly’s parents died when Moli was 5 years old.Since then she lives alone with her daughter.When she goes to school Moli remains alone in the cottage.Jolly has trained her how to survive 5 hours all alone in her home,on a wooden wheel chair which Jolly has made for her.Moli is a case of cerebral palsy with a paralysed lower part,so she needed a wheel chair.Jolly could not buy a costly one but made with tree-stems cut out an wooden one for her daughter.
While alone Moli makes her sentence through images-to show it to her mother after returning from school.That is the way Moli builds a conversation with her mother .
Their neighbours have much hatred for them because of Jolly’s bold decision of being a single mother and adopting a child like Moli.They find Jolly haughty enough to break the laws of poor farmer society.The only help Jolly gets, is from that orphanage cum school and thus she finds her means to survive.
Being in the hilly area,Moli and Jolly remains very close to nature.Jolly, at night tells her daughter good fantasy story and fable stories,to make Moli sleep and have good imaginative Dreams. But at morning Moli is practiced to come out of the dream world and become a sharp practicalist and helps her mother to go to school by preparing bread and tea.Sitting on a wheel chair,it is tough to reach a gas oven or stove on a kitchen rack as we normally see. But Jolly has no arrangements like modern world,so she collects wood ,coal and has made an earthen burner to cook and trained Moli to make breakfast on her own – as Moli sits on a wheel chair and reaches easily that short height burner which is less accidental than a gas oven or stove of city area.
In the village they have a temple of Mahakaal,where Jolly and Moli gives a weekly visit,but Jolly is strong enough not to attend that convent school where rich people use to come-the school that gave her such a harsh treatment of being poor during her 12 years school days.
Jolly takes a decision to make Moli courageous and independent like her-so,she prepares herself to tell Moli the truth of her birth before she touches 18.
In the fairy tales and fables Jolly interweaves her own life and Moli’s history.Now through fantasy stories she narrates all these and asks Moli what is her opinion. –at one night.
Moli hugs her mother and indicates with her Index finger that tomorrow she will answer her question and now both-mother and daughter,being tired, sleeps tight.
The next day-
Jolly gets up early as the sun rises,cocks crow-she finds that Moli is still now sleeping,unlike other days.Jolly decides not to make her awake,because Moli may be having answer-dream for her mother’s question(asked by Jolly last night).
Jolly smiles- “ Yes, after returning from school,I will get my daughter’s opinion-how does she feel of being orphan and special by birth,as I told her the story last night,one princes loses a prince from her life as the prince gets to know that his would be wife is not from a Royal family by birth.She is also adopted by the king, her father.”
Jolly jumps down from the bed and makes breakfast in that earthen burner.Moli is sleeping.
Jolly now leaves for school.Locking the main door from outside,leaving Moli alone.
At 10 o’clock the Moli wakes up-
“oh my God,mamma has left for school,it is too late,now how I can manage to ride my wheel chair-every morning mamma drops me on the chair and I go to burner to make breakfast” She thinks.
The wooden wheel chair stands by the window ,nearer to her cot.Initially she feels helpless,she thinks-“why mamma did so,why didn’t she call me up?”
Now cool and calm Moli gets irritated-their small cottage is all silent now-Moli tries to move her lower part to reach the chair from the bed,but she fails.Atlast,somewhat frustrated,she finds her copy and pencil under her pillow.She wipes out her tears from eyes,takes the pencil and expresses her anger with roughscribbling and scratching on paper. As she used to do in her early childhood ,but Jolly trained her so well to get matured enough about their situation.
Now Moli feels shame on herself now-“I have spoilt Mamma’s effort,as I was sleeping,Mamma did not call me and left the copy on the bed under pillow-for me.”
“Oh I forgot,I have to give my opinion about the story Mamma told me yesterday night.But how can I do that without brushing my teeth,that will be dirty and I am not habituated to this.But now , How can I reach my chair-I have to be cool enough to think about this problem”she thinks again.
Moli is trying hard to reach the chair and to go to brush her teeth.she moves her upper part Stretches out the body .She is hungry also.Suddenly she finds that on the table ,her breakfast is ready.The table is near the cot.She stretches her hand and and takes the breakfast-“Now I have to eat, it is 11 o’clock now and reaching the chair is almost impossible”-she thinks.Moli eats up bread and banana.this is the first time she is breaking the routine.Every day she rises early and had her breakfast after brushing teeth.
But today is a very different day. Everything seems to be out of law today.After satisfying her hunger,she realizes today something special will happen.She recollects her dream-the prince leaves the princess for her poor birth-the story mamma told her.
Moli now takes her copy and pencil,draws an image of a young man,writes “papa” at the bottom of the page,it means she needs a father.
In the school-
Jolly today is somewhat unmindful.Her thought centers around Moli.She left Moli on the bed,how much she might be struggling to reach her chair,she had her breakfast or not,and afterall,what will be her opinion about their life?Jolly attends the classes somehow,and is in a hurry to reach home .It is 1 p.m now .Tiffin time,but Jolly does not have a mobile phone to ring her daughter.On 4 p.m school will be closed,Jolly will return home by foot-it takes 15 minutes to reach her cottage from school.
Let ‘s see what happens in the cottage then-
It is 2 pm now.There is pindrop silence in the cottage. Moli falls asleep after drawing some images in her copy.As she could not move,she was on the bed till then.Suddenly she sees herself on her wheel chair.She feels so happy,moves the wheel chair with her little hand and roams in her small 2 roomed cottage.
But Jolly did not come yet,then who moved her to the chair.Moli looks here and there she finds nobody .As she stops moving,someone pushes her from the back,she feels the sudden jerk.
-“Mamma are you there?”she screamswith joy.
“No dear,your Mamma did not reach yet”-
Says a white dressed figure who now appears before Moli.Moli finds its face is covered with white clothes,it can not be recognized whether it’s a male or female one.
Moli-“who are you?” “where is my Mamma?”
The figure-“your Mamma will reach you on the perfect time ,don’t worry.”
Moli-“but,why are you hiding your face,and please tell me ,who are you?”
The figure-“I am the goodness within you,I am always white.”
Moli-“goodness of me,I cannot understand your words!”
The figure-“ every creature has goodness within them,I am the holiness
personified,that is your soul- pure born,special and sacred.”
Moli is overwhelmed-“My soul, is it you?”
The figure-“Yes dear,you drew a father figure in your copy,it is true that our
society never allows a single mother live smoothly,specially with a child like you.”
Moli blankly looks at her soul,tears in her eyes-“But my mamma struggling hard to
take care of me. We need a father,otherwise,when I will grow up my prince will leave me alone ,because I don’t have a father ,I am an orphan.”-she says innocently.
The white soul now unveils herself-It is a woman resembling Moli’s face.She smiles-“Look Moli,never depend on a person who leaves anybody because of his or her birth, a person should always be judged by her deeds.
If you get a prince in your life,it is nice but,if he loves you truly ,he will never leave you for your birth,and your Mamma is such a strong person who is already leading a life of maidenhood,with you she is happy,don’t pressurize her to get a father to you.”
Moli-“if Mamma gets married…..”
The figure-“No dear, she couldn’t,because it is an oath taken by her to be a single person all through the life,create an example before society.”
“God is always by your side,keep this purity within you and be happy,it is very natural to react for a father,but in your situation ,nobody will come and help you-
that is the reality.
The spirit now comes closer to Moli wipes off her tears with her white fingers.
Moli asks again-“Are you a ghost?tell me the truth,I am not a child anymore.”
The figure says again-“ I am the holy spirit that resides within everybody.”
I came to give you a lesson of life,I am your conscience,I am the purity people should try to explore”.
Moli wakes up-actually she was having a dream,but this dream was like a reality.
In the mean time,Jolly enters the cottage,Moli is spellbound to have such a dream.Jolly rushes to Moli,hugs her-“my baby, I left you alone to have one day experience-because in later age ,you will be all alone, living without me.” Now sitting by the side of Jolly, Moli makes Images which expresses the story of her dream and her whole day experience.Jolly can not control her tears.
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