Piku

Hi, my name is Piku and I’m a bird a little bird, me and my parents living in this Oaktree (my home)it is surrounded by the mango tree, every day we sing together, my mother used to feed me and my father always fly to find food for us, our life is going peacefully and happily but it all disappeared when my mother disappeared, yes one day I woke up and found that my mother was missing and we were in the new home and I asked my father where is mom? He said angels need her so she went to sing for them and she won't return and this will be our new home so adopt to it, my little one.

Days passed but I don’t get why my mom left me, doesn’t she love me? Does she love angels more than me!? Now, it’s the new month for us without her, my father said that he going to teach me how to fly but my mother said she will teach me, I’m missing her lot, her care and the way she loved me, mom please come back. The everyday night, I cried for her, for her love and I notice my father was also awful, like this our days, nights are gone. 

It’s a fine morning today, my father going to teach me how to fly and how to survive in this world, weeks had passed now. I’m skillful in flying, spreading my wings in the sky, it's a lovely feeling but I don't have time to enjoy this.

 I have to achieve my aim to find angels and get her back and I want to ask does she love me!?. So I flee away from home without telling my father. If I say he won’t allow me. 

I’m flying now, it’s a warm-weather but suddenly it’s raining so I landed in one Neem tree. It’s raining heavily so I decided to wait until the rain stops at the same time, I got my old memories whenever it’s rain or whenever it’s cold my mother covered me with her wings, I miss her warmness. while I’m thinking about her someone sat near me, It is a Crow he stare at me and he started talking with me, Hey little one where is your Parents? I don't respond to him, he asked again still I don't respond then he stare at me sharply and said if you don’t say I’m going to kick you out of this tree, I don't want to get wet so I decided to say everything to him and I did. After hearing all this he smiled and looked pity at me. I ask why you’re looking like this at me. You’re such a kid, I feel pity for you. I ask why again, because angels don’t exist in the human world.

 I asked what you mean by the human world, it belongs to us also, He started laughing and said because humans can harm us they can be able to control any animals and birds, so I stated human world and they hate us and I replied no they love us. whenever they see me, they smile and are excited.  

Mr Crow laughed again and said that because you look cute and beautiful, if they think you’re in their path they will destroy you too and at the same time they hate me for my colour and my voice. Those humans are selfish, heartless. 

They fight for lands, religion and they cheat innocent exist among themselves they even harm kids and women, when their needs are high, some humans considered themselves as a God and guide the people to go in the wrong path and some of the humans criticize another human for their colour, appearances and their status and they filled this beautiful world with trash, human trash is everywhere, they drink and breath the polluted air and water after hearing all this. I’m stunned for a minute because the world, I see is different from what he said. Mr Crow relax take a deep breath, after taking a deep breath he stared at me. I looked at him and ask him doubtfully, can you please help me to find my mother?.

Little one still you don’t get it, he said and takes me to my old home. I am in shock right now because the view, I'm seeing now give me heartache. My home and mango trees and100 trees of them were destroyed. Crow said it is called development they deforested this area for their need to built buildings and your mother would have died while they are cutting the trees after hearing those words my whole world is shattered into pieces.

I’m just staring at that place without blinking then suddenly my father came, I Know you will be here, After hearing his voice. I turn around and hug him tightly and he wraps me with his wings and said she is no more, little one and she loves you a lot that’s why you are alive now, After hearing his words, I bust out with tears and I said I lost my precious one because of those humans for their selfishness and their need and they losing their humanity now then, I said to myself thank you, mom, for loving me, I love you and I miss you mom said and look at the sky with a teary eye.