Sparkle.. Phone Addicted Or Book Addicted?

Mom: Sparkle! I'm just frustrated with you! Everytime you keep watching either television or mobile phone! You have became a Phone Addicted! Sparkle, Look around! How beautiful the world is! You can do much more than just hanging around with your phone!

Sparkle: Mommy! You know I'm very much bored with this world! My world is my phone! Please let me chill! 

Mom: Ahh! Sparkle! Instead of watching reels in your phone, you can read books! I don't mean school books! I mean story books! You can learn a lot of morals from them! And story books are very interesting!

Sparkle: Mommy! I read my school books and that's more than enough! 

Mom: Okay! You shall continue chilling with your phone but I'm leaving few story books here which have many amazing short tales, if your mind diverts then you can surely try reading the book once! 

Saying this Mom left from the room. Sparkle continued watching her phone. After some time, Sparkle's phone's battery drained up and she kept her phone on charge. Sparkle started thinking what would she do till her phone was charging when she caught sight of the books which her mom left. Sparkle opened one book and when she saw it it was amazing! The book had a short tale with mind- blowing pictures! Sparkle started reading one of the books. The title of the first book was, " Julia: The Writer". The tale of that book was as follows:-

""14th January 1964, all newspapers had only one headline, " Famous Author, Mr. Joy Richards, dies in a helicopter crash!" Joy was a very famous and renowned author who had written several novels and books out of which more than half were bestselling. After the death of Joy, his wife, Mrs. Jessica Richards was completely alone. She had only her daughter in her life, Julia, who was just 2 years old. Jessica made a decision that she will nourish Julia nicely and make her a very good person. Years went on.. Julia had turned 11. One day, in Julia's school, her teacher, Miss Cella told all students to write a story. Julia wrote a story named, " Why?" which included a story of a girl, Mary, who was very poor and people would always discriminate her. Ahead of all discriminations, Mary stood up and became a well known author. Miss Cella loved Julia's story a lot. She appreciated Julia and said," Really, Julia at such a tender age you write so well! You're just like your father, excellent in writing! Proud of you!" Julia went home and showed her mother her story. While reading Julia's story, Jessica had tears in her eyes, she became emotional and started remembering her husband.

Julia: Mom, Please don't cry! I know you're remembering Dad, but please don't cry! 

Jessica: No Julia! I'm crying with happiness! You are brilliant in writing, just like your Dad! You know what, I've an idea! 

Julia: And what's that?

Jessica: Just a minute!

Jessica ringed up Mr. Joy's friend, Mr. Greenwood, who had his own publication house, The Greenwood Publishers. 

Jessica: Hello! Mr. Greenwood! Jessica this side!

Greenwood: Yes! I've saved your number! How're you?

Jessica: I'm good! And what about you?

Greenwood: I'm amazing and what about our little princess, Julia?

Jessica: She's good! Actually I've ringed you up to talk regarding Julia only! 

Greenwood: Tell me, what's the problem?

Jessica: Actually, I want a favor from you!

Greenwood: Tell me!

Jessica: Julia has written a story and I want it to get published by your publication house! 

Greenwood: I will get it published! But Julia is very small, she has written a story? 

Jessica: I'll share the pictures of her story to you!

Greenwood: Sure! 

Greenwood read Jessica's story and he ringed Jessica back!

Greenwood: Jessica, I've read Julia's story! She's awesome! I must say, Joy is back! And she's getting published by us!

Jessica: Thank you! Thanks a lot!

Greenwood: Mention not!

Julia's story got published and just like her father, her book became bestselling in kids category and thus Julia's writing career begun! Julia wrote more books and novels like her father in future! Julia became one of the best authors of her time!""

Sparkle became emotional too after reading the story and she got a moral that," If we try, We can do anything!" Sparkle just loved the idea of reading story books and she just couldn't control herself from reading another book! The next book on the list was, " Expectations Never End!" Sparkle started reading:-

"Jimmy, a very kind girl, who lost her parents and lived with her aunt, Moana, and helped her in her shopkeeping. Moana's shop was a grocery shop. One day, a little girl of hardly 15 years, with her cat, came to Moana's shop. Jimmy was sitting in the shop that time. The little girl beat her cat and the cat went to Jimmy and stood near her legs. Jimmy saw a piece of paper in the neckbelt of the cat. In the list, item names were written and Jimmy gave the respective items in a bag to the little girl. The girl kept the bag on her cat and just hold the holders of the bag and whole the weight was on the cat! Jimmy felt a bit awkward and started following both of them. The girl and the cat went in the metro station and the girl took a ticket of her and kept it in the cat's neckbelt. Both of them went inside the train. Jimmy followed them! After exiting from the metro, the girl and the cat started walking and reached a big palace! The cat knocked the door with her pawnails. A woman came out and opened the door. Jimmy was watching everything while hiding behind a tree. The woman who opened the door, went inside the home, and brought stick and started beating the cat badly! Jimmy couldn't bare and went to that woman.

Jimmy: C'mon! It's an animal! Just because it can't speak, you're beating it! What's the issue? 

Woman: This cat is very foolish! It would have taken the keys with it itself! It disturbed my sleep!

Jimmy was devastated after listening to that woman. Jimmy then saw the girl who came with the cat to her shop hiding behind a tree. Jimmy went to her.

Jimmy: Why're you hiding here? That woman was beating your cat and you were hiding here! 

Girl: That woman is my mom.. My mother is very aggressive. She wants my cat to do everything! She thinks it's an animal and animals are intelligent! I won't bother my mother and if I do so, she beats me too! I won't bother a lot for just a cat! Ahh! I've a bit affection for my cat but at the end of the day, it's just a cat! Cat is the property of it's owner and the owner can do anything with it's pet! 

Saying this the girl went inside the home. 

Jimmy understood, " Expectations keep increasing day by day! Increasing expectations with animals is a very big threat for mankind because animals are as important as any other life supporting materials! We need to control our increasing expectations!"

Sparkle read the book and she had tears in her eyes after reading the tale of the poor cat! Sparkle was loving the idea of reading books and she read all other books which her mother left there! After reading all the books, Sparkle went to her mother.

Sparkle: Mom, you were right! Books are very interesting! My phone was charging so I read one book and I just couldn't control myself to read more! Earlier, I was a Phone Addicted but now I'm Books Addicted!

Mom: Very Good! Proud of you! I really wanted you to become Book Addicted!

Sparkle giggled, Mother smiled.