The leopard inspected her new surroundings with a sense of despair- the cage left her with a sickening feeling but she couldn’t let her emotions drown her else her cub would sense the reality.
“Mommy I aint liking this, why are we caged? I love the open jungles where I can breathe fresh air, hunt for my prey. Not this suffocating cage where they feed me the same meat daily and so many people come and ogle at me. I hate it Mom, I want to be free. Free like that kid over there, who watches me and then runs off to play. He is not tied or caged like me. Why us?”
“You think he is free sonny but he is not. He goes home to his Mummy and Daddy who decide what he eats, wears, studies. The he grows up and he still isn’t free for he is so afraid of breaking the norms and following his heart that he lives forever caged- in invisible shackles. Its the same story- we have some hope of being set free, who knows someday we may be back among our kin. But he- only when he breathes his last will he be set free.”
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An interesting and different perspective. Nicely done.
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Thx so much Ian!
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wasn’t it Rousseau who said man is born free but everywhere in chains? We are all enslaved in one way or the other if not by others, by our own habits. Well said Akshata
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That’s so true. Thanks for stopping by Sunita
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Clever and thought-provoking story, Akshata. Thanks. Thankful Thursday Week 3 Link-up.
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Thx so much Shirley
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Woaa that’s deep. Loved the perspective you have put across. Then invisible shakcles sometimes hurt more than the visible one.
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Very true Raj, thx as always for the wonderful comments
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wat an amazing metaphor described, so very true. Speechless!
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Thx so much Ravi
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That was rather deep, Akshata! We so are prisoners all our lives – prisoners of the society, first and foremost, who decides how we should live, whom we should love…!
Loved this one! ❤
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Your comments interpreting this are equally wonderful Shilpa
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Thank you, Akshata!
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