THE FEAR of SHAKING AGAIN

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12th Baisakh,2072. Who will not remember that day? That day when terror struck everyone alive ,that day when happy faces were swelling with pain and cries ,that day when people's hardwork got collapsed in front of their eyes. Yes, the day was 12th Baisakh. A day when a stupid earthquake destroyed everything. How could I remain untouched. I was also effected by the quake. It was noon. I just had entered the room thinking to bath. As soon as I entered the bathroom our mother earth started shaking. I couldn't think it was an earthquake. I tried to open the door but I couldn't. It was jammed. And ,I stood there thinking of nothing, shaking. My mother was slamming the door so hard that it would break open. Then, slowly I again tried to open the door, fortunately, it opened. But what was the next thing I had to do :grab the clothes ;run; hide under the table. Slowly I dressed myself and went outside the room. It had stopped shaking. My mother grabbed my hands and dragged me down the stairs to the road. There all of the neighbours had gathered ,panicking. A girl in my neighbourhood fainted. We took her to the hospital. Luckily our another neighbour had a mini-van. So we took her in that van. Eventually, everyone there started crying. Old people started chanting mantras. The earth again started to shake continuously as if it was the daily routine. All of a sudden heard that our pride, national heritage: Dharahara got collapsed. Trust me, even my house has got dangerous cracks but I was feeling more pain for Dharahara. We spent 10 days outside. After that we gathered up the courage to enter the house. We had approximately spent 5 days at our home when the aftershock of 29th shook our hearts. I was on the top of my house when the earth trembled. I was now completely hopeless and felt that why I hadn't died in the first earthquake. Atleast I shouldn't have to bear these many aftershocks. After the huge aftershock we stayed out more 5 days. I was always shaking with fear. And from that day onwards one thing that has conquered my mind is: the fear of shaking again .....