A Tale Of Fear And Fearlessness

Once upon a time in the kingdom of Koch there lived a loving and sincere couple named Aarti and Deepak. They didn't have children even after ten years of marriage. So, they decided to visit temples to pray for a child. After they visited Tirupati Aarti conceived and after a year gave birth to a female child. They named the child as Antara. Antara was a very beautiful and intelligent child. Her childhood was normal, and she was provided with everything she desired. But when she was grown-up she faced the fear of facing the world. Soon her marriage took place. Instead of enjoying her marriage she became very frightened to leave her parent's house and go to her in-laws house. Harboring this fright, she entered her husband Aditya's house. Since she was the apple of the eye at her parents place, she did not learn to do household chores. Also, she started crying at night. This alarmed her husband and he complained to his mother. He had lost his father a year back due to paralysis. The mother-in-law also scolded her for not doing household chores and simply wasting her time. So, Antara became very frightened and asked to return to her parents place. To which Aditya agreed and rented a house nearby her parents place. For some days Antara was happy and also did chores and also started studying very well. But in the weekends Aditya returned to his mother's place. Antara did not know how to face this situation and she also did not go to her parents' place until Aditya returned. The same situation continued for about a year and since Antara loved her husband, she went with him to her in-laws place. So, Aditya vacated the house near her parents place and rented another house near his parent's place. Antara was still afraid of people and did not make friends with neighbors also. Soon she conceived and gave birth to a baby girl. She looked after the baby nicely. She herself decided that her situation was bad, so she started reading stories of courage and endurance. After 5 years she gave birth to a boy baby. From here she started to live an exemplary life. She sacrificed all her pleasures and started to live for the sake of her family. She was finally able to overcome her fears and started helping people instead of fearing them. At last, she wrote inspiring stories for children to make them understand about life and poured out her love for children.