Ashu's Gift For Deepu Dii

Oh god !! I think I am late ; aarrgg!! no no no please god , just save me this time I shouldn't be late ..." The charming lady was trying to console herself while checking her wrist watch for the nth time when she entered the auditorium hurriedly . The whole place was dark just a few dim lights were adoring the audience side while there was a centre light on the huge stage . She was checking out the whole place when the announcement was made by the host "Our next contestant for today's extempore competition is Rihaan Mohammad . Please give a huge round of applause for him ."

"Thank God !! Am on time ; this means next is Rihaan's turn . But wait ; where is Jalal ?? Did he reach here or not?? Oh God !! I just wish he is here or else no one can save him from Rihaan's wrath..." She was busy with her thoughts when suddenly a hand caught her wrist and pulled her away from the entrance towards one of the audience seats making the engrossed lady startle and as a result she fell on that person closing her beautiful almond eyes decorated with long eyelashes tightly . Sensing that she is safe , the beautiful lady opened her eyes slowly only to see the charming face of her husband adorned with his signature smirk . The couple was brought back to reality from their dreamland by the ever cutest voice " Hey everyone..." The romantic couple realised their position and where they were . Quickly composing themselves they settled on their seats listening the cute sweet voice with rapt attention .

The little fellow standing on the centre of the huge stage looked a little nervous but as soon as his eyes saw the most awaited faces of his parents , he relaxed a bit where as the condition of the loving mother was no different who was continuously praying God to help her child .

The nervous soul gained some courage and inhaled a long breath then exhaled it out in order to calm down his nervous nerves . He opened the piece of paper , he was holding in his hand . When his eyes saw the topic on which he had to speak , his lips curved into a beautiful smile , his grip on the mike which he was holding in his other hand tightened . He lifted his eyes with confidence and spoke with the dimpled smile adoring his face

"Hi everyone . Am Rihaan Mohammad , student of 5th standard and my topic for today's extempore competition is ..."My Parents" . " making his loving parents to glance each other in surprise as they were anxious to know what their little son is going to speak about his parents .

"My Parents...Well ; Am son of Mr. Jalal Mohammad and Mrs. Jodha Mohammad . Yeah!! you heard it right Mr. Jalal and Mrs. Jodha . No!! No !! They are not the Great Jalaluddin Mohammad Akbar and Maram-uz-zamani Jodha Bai . But they are no less then them . They are the most loving and caring parents one could ever have and I really feel blessed to have them as " My Parents " . When my Grandmom ; my cute si Daadi told me about the resemblance of their names with the Great Emperor and Emperess of 16th century ; I couldn't stop myself from knowing more about them . Yaa...I was really curious to know about their as well as my parents' life and guess what my Daadi told me that not only their names resemble but also their lives . I was also shocked just like you people are now . I thought how is this even possible ?? But then I thought it may be only coincidence as they didn't name me as Saleem instead they named me as Rihaan..." saying this the little fellow giggled . He was totally lost in narrating his parents' story while his parents were shocked to know that their little soin knew this much about them . They intertwined their fingers together , joined their heads together and again listened their gem of life feeling proud of him as he continued

" Parents...Parents are the unseparable and the moist essential part of my life ; not only my life but every child's life and when the parents are those of " My Parents " I feel , I got everything , I needed in my life . My Mom ; She is the best mom in this whole world . From morning till night , she is fully busy in taking care of me and my Dad and the whole family and my Dad ; he doesn't even have a second to breathe because of his office work ...urrgg!! I soo hate his office ...huh...but he is MY Dad ; when it comes to his family , he doesn't care about anything else as he always says to me " Nothing is more precious than his family " I really love you Mom and Dad . "

Till now the loving mother's beautiful eyes were adored with the precious pearl drops while the condition of the caring father was no different .

" Aww!! My Son !! " said the mother feeling proud of her son .

" Hey!! What do you mean by YOUR Son ...haan?? He is OUR Son...ok!! We both participated equally in bringing him in this world . " saying this the handsome man winked making his wife blush like a Kashmiri Red Apple while there the speech wasn't over yet as their son continued.

" I know my parents really well . They are not only loving and caring parents but also a loving couple . But sometimes they really behave like small children ... Yaa... They too fight like cats and that too on silly things and that time I am the one who have to become the judge and announce the final decision ..." Giggling a little he added " And I know now also they must be fighting saying My son My son and will end up saying Their Son ...Look I really know you both very well Mom and Dad . "

This made the parents' eyes widened in shock . He truly knows them vey well .They both too giggled . Their little son ended up his speech saying

" I am really thankful to God who gave them to me as " My Parents " Love you Both a lot Mom and Dad" while the caring parents convulsively stood up and ran to the stage only to embrace their little one in a warm hug . Till now the whole auditoruum was filled with the echoes of claps and hooting as now everyone knew the winner of this extempore competition .

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Ashu, soo cute OS buddy. Loved the bond between Rihaan and AkDha. Their 16 th century connection. And, My AkDha...just uff...