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Young World
Garden of stories
KAVITA SIVARAMAKRISHNAN
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Resham was unhappy that yet again her story had not won a prize. But grandpa made her see things in the right light.
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Resham was upset that her story didn’t win a prize in the story writing competition. “This is the second time and I have still haven’t got a prize.” It was spring and Grandpa’s garden was blooming with flowers of all kinds. Its beauty made her feel better. Resham forgot her heartache temporarily and approached Grandpa who was in the garden. Resham loved tending the garden with her Grandpa. Grandpa asked Resham, “Do you enjoy writing?
221; Resham was caught off guard. ‘Surely Grandpa knew’, she thought as she said, “Yes.”
An analogy
“And you are disappointed that your story didn’t win a prize.”
“After the amount of hard work you put in, it hurts and I am not going to participate in such competitions any more,” said Resham.
Grandpa smiled as if to say ‘I can understand’. Grandpa was weeding the garden now and Resham helped pull out the weeds.
“Do you enjoy gardening? Pulling out weeds, tilling the soil, watering the plants?
Resham nodded. “Gardening is so much fun.”
Grandpa continued, “That’s because we have a zest for gardening isn’t it. When we sowed seeds, did we expect a garden the next day? No. But we thought of a garden in our heart and continued on our journey and thoroughly enjoyed it, didn’t we? Sometimes, even after the best of efforts some seeds fail to sprout, and we have our moment of disappointment. But do we feel sorry and give up? Did we put on a long face and find gardening miserable, boring and dreary. If we had we would have surely missed this beautiful garden.”
“Listen Resham, you cannot take your talents for granted, just as you cannot take your garden for granted. Like a garden you need to cultivate your talents, nourish it and cherish it and then you will see the fruits of your labour one day. And remember both require constant weeding.”
Resham got the message. It was tea time and Grandma was calling them for tea.
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