THE BEST STAR
Ali was born in a middle class family. One night, while lying flat on his back in his cradle, he saw lots of stars in the sky. He asked his father in his innocent childish broken language, “Which one is the best star, papa?” His father did not have a clear answer for the innocent question of the child who was so young in age to communicate properly. The father replied, “All the stars are same but you are brighter than all of them because you are my lovely moon.” and kissed the child’s forehead. The question remained in Ali’s mind increasing his curiosity even more with the passage of time. He would ask the same question to the people who came across him. After much endeavor, not getting any satisfactory answer to his question from anyone, he felt disappointed and left asking the question to people anymore, rather he simply asked himself the question and would answer it, but his answers were never satisfactory. It was Ali’s first day at school. When he entered the school gate, he ...