Fragments Of Memories

Chapter -2 # On The Street !

I exited from the park and walked ahead towards home as usually watching the beautiful mansions along the way and the streets leading to so many distance of vision full of apartment buildings , houses and cars . But rarely I find human beings roaming around. All I see only lifeless ,man-made buildings and their grandeur boasting the luxury and affluence of those inhibitors, surrounded by few feeble plants , some big trees on both sides of the street . Surprisingly it's this scanty existence of greenery within this concrete jungle is the only thing fascinates my heart and soothes my eyes and it outstands before them even though those houses outnumber these trees . The scintillating , well designed magnanimous estates only manage to scare me resembling giants to my eyes or awake a sinister feeling of haunted houses . Hahaha ! I am really strange ! Isn't it ! Yeah so many times I try to find any human existence in these so called high society ,but I never find them.. it's very rare to see anyone by chance ,but the maids, workers, labourers ,drivers ,cleaners ..such people often can be seen and interacting within their aquainted ones. Sometimes 1 or 2 school children I see busy in cycling race with their bubbling spirit . Rarely few college girls or boys cross the way .

The very cute moment is when I see a cute , humble, docile pet dog in its winter cloth walking humbly with its master . Aaaw ! I feel like stopping it and hug it, play with it ! It looks so so adorable ! I often see this cutesy little doggy and always my heart melts with affection and a sweet feeling . But it remains busy walking looking down straight on the road ,as I said it's a very humble and decent dog it seems . It doesn't even know that there is a secret admirer ,though she is a stranger for it , someone's heart blooms just by a glance of it .

Well I have so many memories relating such pet dogs...I got lost for a moment in those memories and then suddenly after a few steps a gang of stray dogs comprising 3 big dogs and around a dozen of young ones of medium size bumped into me . Imagine my situation ! A sudden jolt ! All my tender ,cosy ,gooey feelings turned into shocking terror for dogs ...and I just cried out ...Ohh my God !!! Mommy !!! But I tried to keep patience and calm ,and thank God they didn't do any harm nor attack me, they just crossed me normally and I quickened my steps in order to over cross them as soon as possible..! Well even in this situation I saw them with loveful eyes and telling in my heart that I love you buddies ,you need not feel hostile to me. I saw this big family of dogs and felt deep compassion and love for them . I could recognise the parent dogs ,the male and female together and those medium young ones running around them , playing with them with zest !
They are animals ..So what ! They are also living beings and they have their families too. It's such a lovely feeling and beautiful realisation. I really love them to see them with their loved ones . They are really adorable. Man, animal , birds ,insects ..all have their life and families and they live for them ,they fight for them ,they stand for them ,work for them and survive together .

My home is just a few steps ahead . I entered in no time with all these thoughts in my head.

Often from my balcony in my lonely ,spare time I observe these stray dogs ,all their activities, and relish those beautiful scenes how the young puppies keeps playing and fondling with their mother with loving noise and moving erect tails ,and the momma dog lying down calmly with a content motherly heart overflowing with love, affection ,care , tenderness, and a sense of protectiveness towards her kids . I remember the day they were borned and how they were crying . The silent ,cold ,dark night was interrupted by these cryings. I often feel pity by thinking of them and looking at them . I don't know why ! Often during nights I hear their sudden painful cries signalling they were mistreated or beaten by some cruel ,heartless ,wicked persons just for fun .I really hate such sadistic people from the core of my heart . There is a saying that " A person's true humanity is revealed through how he treats animals ".

Just because they can't speak , don't have houses like us ,it doesn't mean they don't have their own life . Who are we to think them low or ill-treat them . Both them and us are the parts of same Mother Nature . When they cry in pain, when they suffer from any accidents or misfortunes .. it terribly hurts me .I can't describe exactly how much it hurts me. Sometimes I cry with them and cry for days each time I recall any miserable scene of them .
Sometimes when any dog or any cow is limping with an injured body ,crooked leg ,it really makes me cry just by thinking how painful it must be for them . I wish I could do anything for them and help in their recuperation .