I am doing #atozchallenge2019 on my blog. Everyday in the month of April In will be doing the letters from AtoZ with the with small scenes from my WIP The Sibling Saga. Hope you enjoy with Misry and her sister Moon.
“Ma are we going somewhere? Why are you packing our things?” Misry asked after returning from school.
“Yes dear. We are moving to Assam in a week’s time. Your daddy has now been posted there,” informed Madhavi.
“Are Honey and Boney too coming along? I mean has uncle been posted there too?” Misry was concerned.
“Nope dear. It’s your father’s promotion posting.”
“Wow! Daddy has been promoted! So now he can stay at home with us, right?”
“I wish so dear but I don’t know. You should ask Daddy.”
“Where is he?”
“He shall be back from office in an hour or so.”
“Okay. I shall ask him then.”
Anurag came home at lunch and was very touched by Misry’s question. He knew his family missed him very much but then he knew he can’t do anything about it.
“Yes dear we are leaving by Monday. And hopefully we are going to stay together this time,” replied Anurag to his curious daughters.
A farewell party was organized for them in the Officers Mess. All the officers’ families in the campus came to congratulate Anurag. The officers also made him sit on a chair and carried him out of the hall on their shoulder singing the famous song-
For he’s a jolly good fellow, for he’s a jolly good fellow
For he’s a jolly good fellow (pause), and so say all of us
And so say all of us, and so say all of us
For he’s a jolly good fellow, for he’s a jolly good fellow
For he’s a jolly good fellow (pause), and so say all of us!
It was a ritual they always did for the parting officer.
Moon and Misry along with the other children followed the men singing the song behind. They were too small to understand what was going on. But their excitement never died down. A new place, new friends, new school had always excited them. And they were more excited when they came to know that Anurag was going to take charge in Kaziranga, the famous national park home to one horned rhino.
However, at heart she knew she would be missing her besties Honey and Boney. Honey was in tears to part with his best friend.
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And with this we have come to an end of the AtoZ2019 challenge.
This is time to thank you all. Without your presence and followups my challenge would not have been complete. It was also very wonderful to read your blogs. Variety is the spice of life. Glad to have found you guys. Thanks.