Paradigm - I

During he Second World War there was a boy named Elbert who lived in the western part of Japan. His family consisted of his father, his mother, two sisters and three brothers. Elbert’s father and his two brothers were a part of Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) which was a very powerful force of Japan and their work was also difficult. They had secret missions which sometimes included going to foreign and live with terrorists and give information about their plan to headquarters. IJA played a major role in winning of Japan during the second world war. When the Second World War broke out in 1942 Elbert’s father and his two brothers were asked to go and fight for Japan and IJA with its army went on fighting with other countries and they were successful in defeating Great Britain's army and Germans army.

On one such day IJA was fighting with US army and suddenly the soldiers of France attacked on them and Elbert’s father and his one brother were killed in the battle and another brother fought with bravery and IJA was successful in defeating the US and French armies. After the battle Elbert’s brother came back to Japan with the sad news of the death of his Father and Brother but when he reached home, he found that his two sisters and one brother (not Elbert) were killed by Germans and only his mother and Elbert were left. On seeing he thought of taking revenge with Germans and went again to fight bit never came back and Elbert with his mother shifted to another place which was full of peace.

Years went by and Elbert and his mother lived peacefully in the new town but this did not remain the same for a long time, one day a news spread all over the town that an atomic bomb had hit the nearby town and its side effects can spread here also. This was the second shock in Elbert’s life and they were asked to leave the house

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and shift somewhere else but they had no other place to reside in so they continued to live in the same place. One day while Elbert was sitting near a pond with his mother, he noticed a small animal with a shiny face. It was of white color and was a strange thing for him as it had a round ring around its body, his face was very different from other animals. He also saw that another animal with only one eye was following the other and he also started to follow them but both of them were very fast and soon disappeared and Elbert went back.

After two days Elbert went back at the same place to find out what was that but this time, he was alone and started to walk ahead and once again he saw both of them and began to follow them very fast and came near a small pond where both the mammals disappeared and Elbert waited there for some time thinking that they would come back after some time but none of them came out from the pond and Elbert decided to go back home and come tomorrow at the same time and same place. While he was on his way back home, he noticed a small paper lying on the ground in which it was written:

“Don’t lose your faith, go towards your left direction.”

At first Elbert ignored it and continued to walk back home but in the second time he again noticed a paper on the ground which read:

“Go back to the pond and come back here again and wait for another reply.”

This time Elbert didn’t ignore it and went back to the pond and found that there were some precious stones lying on the ground. When he tried to touch them, he heard a warning:

“Don’t touch these gems otherwise you will become a frog.”

After hearing the warning, he rushed back to that spot where he found a chit laying on the ground which read:

“Go back home and come back at midnight your luck will change fully.”