Raghili- A Ramayana Fiction

Chapter 3 - Mother not one but three

Kaushalya was in the kitchen preparing ladoos for the puja but something was unusual her two notorious princes were not there to ask for ladoos before the puja. That was very unusual. Whenever she used to make ladoos for Vishnu puja Lakshman and Shatrughan always used to hide around the kitchen for one opportunity to get their hands on ladoos made for Lord Vishnu. Kaushalya always used to give them one ladoo each before the puja and this was their secret. But where are they today.

After finishing the preparations she went around in their search. After a few minutes of searching she finally found Shatrughan in the garden. He was sad.

"what happened? Why are you soo sad" asked a concerned kaushalya

"mata lakshman bhaiya is upset with me" replied shatrghan on the verge of crying

"but why?"

"Me and Lakshman bhaiya were playing when i took his dagger which ram bhaiya gifted him in order to tease him . He was running after me when his foot hit the water container and the water spilled on bharat bhaiya's drawing. Mata saw this and she scolded bhaiya a lot. Now bharat bhaiya is upset with lakshman bhaiya and lakshman bhaiya is upset with me" narrated shatrughan now crying

"Ohho Sumitra overreacts sometimes. You stop crying see i have brought ladoos for you. "

Seeing 2 ladoos in her hands his sobs increased.

"what happened"

"now who will steal ladoos with me"

"shatrughan you know na none of your brothers can be upset with you for long. You are the youngest take its advantage. "

"seriously mata"

"absolutely! Here have one and take the other one to lakshman all his anger will fade away in seconds"

" mata than i should give my ladoo also to bhaiya as an apology"

Kaushalya smiled. She feeded one with her hands to shatrughan.

"you have one i will give you one more so that you can give two ladoos to Lakshman"

Shatrughan jumped with happiness and hugged kaushalya

"mata you are the best! "

Kaushalya caressed his hair.

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Afternoon

Keikeyi was in her chamber writting a letter. She heard some sounds coming from outside. She went out to see who was there. After looking for five to ten minutes she spotted something behind the big showpiece. She went ahead to check and found Lakshman hiding behind it. Lakshman was covered in mud from head to toe.

"Lakshman look at yourself. What prank did you do this time"

"ssshhhh mata speak slowly otherwise maa sumitra will listen"

"ohh so you are hiding around from sumitra. But what about this mud on your dhoti and angvastra and what are you hiding behind your back. Show me"

Lakshman brought his hands forward and proudly showed keikeyi two juicy mangoes.

"What is this? " asked an amused keikeyi

"uff mata you dont know anything. These are mangoes"

She hit his head lightly.

"I know that lakshman. But what are you doing with these mangoes.

Lakshman with a bit of guilt replied
"Mata you know na bharat bhaiya loves mangoes. I spoilled his drwaing by mistake. So i brought these mangoes as an appology. "